Utah Trip: Springville and Lagoon

School ended on the 14th and we wasted no time in taking off for a family vacation. On the very same day we packed up and drove to Nampa to stay the night with my in-laws before driving down to Springville the next day. Curtis and I listened to the 7th Harry Potter book while the kids watched movies or played video games. If there was ever a time when the girls weren't busy with tv or games, because they were not interested in the movie or waiting their turn for the games, they would constantly ask "how much longer?" or "how many more minutes?". Thank goodness for technology sometimes when it can keep them distracted! When we stopped in Twin Falls for a potty break at a gas station we happened to see my sister, Tamara, and her family there also! It was not planned and we weren't traveling together since they were hauling a camper and staying at the Lagoon campground. However, we were planning on seeing them the next day at Lagoon.

The last day of school and she brought home her Kindergarten diploma and "Kit Kat Award" for always giving your teacher a break.

Quick picture of her cute class stick figure shirt she wore on the last day of school before packing up and heading to Utah. Each student drew a stick figure of themselves and wrote their name. Then they ordered shirts for everyone.

We arrived to my aunt and uncle's house, where my mom also lives, in the afternoon, earlier than they thought we would get there. Curtis decided to help Uncle Gilbert hang up his new basketball hoop and the boys played a game after. Then Curtis picked up some Panda Express for our dinner and we played a game called Skyjo. I was familiar with this game already because my cousin Alivia introduced it to us last Christmas and it is very similar to our Golf card game. Later, we all went outside and played some PIG. Mom sat on the porch and watched us.

Curtis and Gilbert hanging up the backboard.

Time to play!

The girls also enjoyed the playset.

If you couldn't tell, the boys are posing for me. Ha ha

We decided we better not stay up too late that night since we needed to wake up early for going to Lagoon. It's about an hour drive from Springville. For once, we actually left right when I wanted to leave, 8:30am. Lagoon opens at 10am but we needed some time to pick up some sandwiches and ice for our cooler and to get better parking by getting there before it officially opened. I bought the Get Out Pass for Utah that includes one day at Lagoon. It was my first time using this pass so I was nervous that we would get there and it wouldn't work. Fortunately, it went very smoothly. I just pulled it up on my phone and marked who was using it and then it gave codes for them to scan at the gate. Easy peasy! We weren't sure how long we were going to stay at Lagoon but we ended up spending the entire day there. My mom followed us and watched for most of the rides but did ride on the train. She was worn out halfway through the day and so after we ate lunch, she was able to go rest in Tamara's camper. It was such a blessing to have that option.

Colby and Cindy didn't show up until close to noon because they had to take their cat to the vet but we did finally catch up with them. Part of the day our family would do our own thing and then sometimes we would find Tamara's and Colby's families and meet up with them. It was fun to be there with them. Some of us adults are finding that we just can't handle the rides like we used to. Queasiness and headaches came with some of those rides. But everyone had a good time.

Getting ready to ride the big swings.

The girls and I took a train ride with my Mom.

And Tamara, Anna and Corbin.

Saw some animals while on the train so it was like riding through a zoo.

Sister picture!

High in the air on the ferris wheel.

Our family fit in one cart but it was a tight squeeze. We did not do any spinning unless it was very slow to change the view.

Flying aces ride. This one was named "Curtiss Falcon". Had to get a picture with it.

In line to do flying aces (2nd time for my girls) with Colby's family and Chris and Tony.

Me and my boys.

They loved that they both had their own steering wheel.

The kids seem to have so much more fun when riding with their cousins.

Even Jack rode with Tony and Corbin.

Tea cup ride.

The last ride of the night, the carousel. Alice wanted to ride this all day. She got a cat to ride on.

Charlotte was super excited to get on this golden retriever dog. She's currently trying to talk us into getting a real one.

Lagoon closed at 10pm and so we were all pretty tired by the end of the day and got back after 11pm. We were looking forward to sleeping in the next day!