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With Lagoon closing its weekday hours, due to school starting we spent this past week mostly at Lagoon. We went with some friends during the day and also had a boys night out with the Mom's. We had so much fun! Carter is now meeting most of height requirements for the big rides. So on our mom's night out, we took the older kids and headed out for a evening of big ride fun. Carter finally after several bribes (ie: dip n' dots, snow cones you name it I used it) rode the colossus roller coaster. He was very nervous about going upside down twice with the two loops, but he did it. Then, he got his Dip n' dots ice cream and wanted to ride it again. He now says that it is his favorite ride. Once again, we definitely got our use out of our passes this year. Now with fall coming we have Lagoon's Frightmare's to look forward to. I love the Halloween season and all that comes with it. Look at me, I am now skipping right to the next season. There is still some summer left. I hope all of you are having a terrific summer!

Fun in the Sun..

With summer vacation coming to a end this week, the kids have been swimming and enjoying the last few days of their vacation. I am sad that the summer went by so fast. We had such a late start with it raining most of June. We got this pool last year and didn't use it very much because it was little too deep for Ashlynn. This year the pool has been perfect. The kids have enjoyed using it and it gave them time to practice their swimming skills.

Swimming Lessons

Carter and Ashlynn had their swimming lessons for the last two weeks and I must say they both have improved tremendously with their swimming skills. Ashlynn is now moving up to the level 3 in the preschool level and Carter is going into the regular level 3 class. Ashlynn with her certificate and treat for finishing level 2.

The videos below are of Carter showing off his swimming skills. (Sorry, Ashlynn's class was to far away to get any videos) For those of you that don't remember Carter had a fear of water so bad that he could not take baths as a toddler, we would shower him and made sure water did not go in his eyes. He also had to take level 1 three times because he would not put his head under water. Look at him now! He absolutely loves to be in the water and he was the best swimmer in his class this year. Carter also jumped off the diving board and swam to the edge of the pool. I love that he has found something that makes him relax a little because he is such a nervous little kid. We are proud of both of the kids for learning how to swim. They are both so excited about swimming that they are starting their next levels next week.

Bear Lake Adventure

We spent the day at Bear Lake and had quite the show to watch. We were eating lunch at the marina and we heard that a truck was submerged under water from trying to launch a boat into the water. The truck and the boat trailer were completely under water. After a few tow trucks and scuba divers they were able to get them both out of the water. It was definitely entertaining to watch. According to one of the workers, this is a common procedure each weekend. Maybe, there should be a better process to get a boat in the water???

The most ironic part of the story is that we know the person that put the truck in the water. We ran into each other as we were watching the whole process. He apparently left his friend's truck in neutral as they were trying to unhook the boat from the trailer and you know what happened next...and yes I said he put "his" friend's truck and trailer in the lake. Yikes!

There is a video of the truck being pulled out of the water at the end of this post. I love the cheering heard in the background.

This is the truck being pulled out of the water. Then they had to stop because it was on its side and the boat trailer was coming out first. It had completely turned around in the water.
Here is the other tow truck to turn the truck upright to get it out of the water. The scuba diver that hooked the tow on said the truck was still running under the water.

Then, after all that excitement we went swimming in the lake. Carter & Ashlynn were having so much run riding the waves. The best part is that you can walk really far out into the water and Ashlynn could still touch the bottom.



The view of the lake. It was so relaxing sitting on the beach and looking out at the water. We will definitely visit this place again before summer is over!