Lagoon

Why I thought it would be a good idea to go to Lagoon only 5 days after coming to America from Australia with four children is beyond me!  But I did and we went and we somehow lived through it, though parts of it were pure torture!

I do this every time I think about amusement parks.  I think, oh my goodness, my kids will love that it will be so fun!  But I forget about one thing my kids won't love, lines!!!  Long lines!  Whatever they want to do they have to wait patiently to do it.  Now Will would have had a hard time waiting his turn under the most favorable of circumstances (meaning he hadn't just been moved half way around the world and displaced to a place where he didn't have a bed or a routine) but under the current circumstances, he was wretched!!!  Kicking, screaming, pushing, you name it, he did it!  I even told a Lagoon employee, after she had to pry him off of the ride he snuck in the exit to get on to, not to have children!  That is a serious low for me...I always encourage people to have kids no matter how terrible mine are!  So to that Lagoon employee, have children, those really horrible moments are worth every bit of pain and anguish because the sweet moments make up for them a million times!

Anyways, despite the terrible two year old, I think the rest of the kids had fun and it was a pretty successful day.  :)

 Thank goodness we had lots of family there to help out.  My mom, my sister, Angela, and her kids, my brother Neal, Shannon, Cody and their kids, Kelli and Matt and their kids.  So we were pretty lucky there.  I wouldn't have survived with out them!

 One of Will's favorite rides.  One that he kicked and screamed waiting in line to get on, and then again when he had to get off.

 Kelli and McKinley

 Shannon and Sawyer

 Ava and Will

 Izzy and Auri

 Sawyer and Will

 Izzy, Will and Auri

 Finally, I found a ride that had no line ever.  So Will could just ride it, hop off, and get back on it, over and over and over and over and over again.  And he did.

 Sometimes others joined him, Lily.

 And Sawyer.

 Izzy

 Ava and McKinley

 Baby Noelle and Sofie.

 What cuties!

 Best...

 Baby...

 Alive!!!  I love her!

 Oh, Ava!  Her hair was amazing by this point!!

 Ava loves babies!

 Here we go again!

 And again!

 We moved on to the bumper cars which are always so entertaining for me!!!  I don't know why but I crack up watching my kids try and drive around in them!  This is totally Will's sort of thing!

 Then I just hung out with Will and Sofie and Noelle here at this fountain while all the other older kids got in rides that they wanted to.  Will got totally soaked and absolutely loved it.  And bonus, no lines!!!

It was a long exhausting day and in hind sight, I can see what a bad, illogical thing it was to do...but it happened!  And hopefully, the kids made some good memories!