It's laGOon TIME!

It's GO TIME! We finally made it to one our favorite places to enjoy summer fun! LAGOON! 

On our first day at the park Carter took along a friend and we hit all the big rides. Ashlynn was slightly nervous that she didn't need a booster seat for her favorite ride anymore: Wicked. She was worried she would slip out when it flipped upside down.  She has passed the height requirement and can now ride in a regular seat. (No more worries for her because she did just fine in a regular seat.)    

Carter and his Friend Cameron are in the front seats of the Colossus roller coaster. The lines were so short that there wasn't much of a wait time to get on all the rides.  It was awesome!

 Ashlynn and I on the sky ride above the park.

The picture below is Carter going down the fastest slide at the water park. He said it is so tight in the slide that you can't sit up during the slide down. I think that would be scary. He has become such a brave kid lately or maybe some peer pressure from his friends...Ha ha. He must of liked it because he went down it again.

Then on our second day we met up with some friends and hit the Beach Water Park. We had a perfect day in the sun! We had a great spot in the park, gathered some lounge chairs by the slides, packed a lunch and just played for a few hours. Ashlynn rode her favorite water slide 13 times within in 2 hours because the lines again were so short. (I just can't get over how quick you could get on the slides/rides.) We were all sad we had to leave so early but the boys had baseball games to get to. Lagoon Days are always a hit! We will be back for more fun soon! 

Your never too old...

Your never too old to have fun on your BIRTHDAY!

After Matt got home from work we had his favorite take out meal..Chinese Food. Then, Ashlynn and I headed to tumbling pictures and met up with the boys later at their Baseball game.

 Matt points out this big bucket of sunflower seeds every time at Dick's Sporting Good. So, the kids got him the bucket and the bonus part is that it has a padded foam on top for a seat.  That is a lot of seeds!

 Hamburger cupcakes..yum!

 We had the treat for the baseball game and I had Cutler's make these cute sugar cookies. 

 They tasted yummy too!

 The kids thought it would be fun to get cans of silly string and attack Matt after the game.  So, I got everyone a can on the team, we sang Happy Birthday and they attacked.

 Poor birthday boy..they got him good!

 Birthday boy enjoying his birthday cookie.

We also had a awesome SURPRISE when Aunt TRACY showed up at the game. We also won the game, Carter had a awesome pitching game and to top it off he hit a HOME RUN that brought in 2 more runs..Yay!! It was a GREAT evening to celebrate!

Foam pit play time

 So how do you get this dirty and gross?

 And all soapy?

 Well, you slide down a muddy hill and walk through a muddy river and...

 ...then slide down a hill full of soap that creates a foam pit at the bottom.

 This is what our family did on our first day of summer break.

The Fire Department created the foam and the kids just loved getting covered in the soap foam. The pit at the bottom was knee deep to me.  It was surprising that no children went missing because it would go over the little toddler's heads.  It was like a giant bath with no water.  It created some fun laughs.

Ashlynn's 9th Birthday

Ashlynn has turned 9 years old. Since her birthday fell on a very busy day we had to celebrate with a late night cake with neighbor friends and then had her birthday bash on the following Saturday.

 She wanted to have a Breakfast party this year.  So that is just what we did. All her friends came over in their pj's for some morning fun.  We had a breakfast buffet of food, made cereal jewelry, played a spin the nail polish game and made fabric journals. The girls were so cute when they were playing the nail polish game, they would snack on their bracelets they made while waiting for their turn.

 This is Ashlynn's buffet table (she even made the pink table sign). On the menu were chocolate chip pancakes, fruity pebbles crispy treats, donuts on stick, choices of cereal and of course orange juice. (lots of morning sugar, but that is what parties are for!)

She also loved all the extra attention she got in the mail with the cards she received.

We love this girl and her sweet light-hearted attitude. We are glad that she had a fun birthday!

A new egg and a baby bird

There was another egg in our bird's nest and one of them hatched. Since this picture was taken the other egg hatched and we have two little baby birds in our Blue Spruce tree. So cute!

Schools Out! Celebrate!

 Schools Out! Wahoo!  

Ashlynn and the neighbor girl celebrated with bubbles.

Here we come Summer Break!

  Late nights, BBQ's, Swimming, Outdoor movies and of course lots of Lagoon Days are in our future this summer.

Hope everyone has a fantastic summer and can get out and play!

Field Day 2014

Field Day 2014 was on the day before the last day of school.  I was on the committee that planned out the events and we came up with some fun new games.  It was also a beautiful sunny day to enjoy a day out of class.  We had positive reviews and felt like it was a total success! I was running the Dodge Sponge Toss so I didn't get many pictures of the kids, but was able to snap a few.

Let me just add that my arms were so sore after because the hose didn't reach the big tubs I was using for the sponges and I had to carry tons of gallons of water to and from the hose to my station.  It was definitely worth the work out though!  Carter and his friend were a BIG help in the afternoon because when their class was done with all the events their teacher let them help out with the younger grades in the afternoon.

The Tug-a-War is always a favorite.  Really anything that had water involved got the kids excited. It was fun to see the teachers participating.  In this photo Carter's teacher is spraying them with the hose.

 

 Carter has a few drops on him.  Not soaked yet!

 More water is involved with the Fireman Relay. This was a race to fill your bucket at the end of the line, but there is a trick to it..there were holes in the cups so you had to work fast. So fun! 

 Ready to get soaked...

 Beach ball toss with the Parachute.

Ashlynn's team lost and was pulled into the water.

What a fun day in the Sun!