Prior to the Music Express we had teamed up for rides as z and A and K and me. For the Music Express, since it's a kid favorite anyway, we decided to team up with kids in one car and z and me in another.
With z and I in our own car, the competition was on! Before the ride even started he put his whole body diagonal taking up as much space to squish me as possible. I was on the inside and had the forces of nature working on my side. When the ride started I let z push me nearly the whole time but then toward the end I thought, why am I letting him push me, I have the ride on my side! So that was it. I started pushing back, and ladies and gentlemen, I want you to know that at the end of the ride I won hands down! z was squished on his little side and out of breath and worn out!
Hurray! I defeated z and saved the world!!!!
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Yay Lagoon!!
Before we went to Lagoon K. and I went to the Dr. to check out her kankle. She got a bug bite a few days before and it swelled up huge! I had given her Benadryl to no avail the night before so we just wanted to make sure she was OK before taking her
Right off the bat z made us go on the White Roller Coaster. I hate that ride but the kids wanted to go on it too. It seems like every time I go to Lagoon I get stuck going on that ride against my better judgment. You should have seen how excited the kids were for that ride though. I remember riding it with my parents back in the day and I can remember my mom holding me on the ride so I didn't fly out. I think I really might have if it weren't for being held in that rickety old ride with crappy seat belts. I opted to ride with K. so I could hold her in just in case. It turns out the seat belts are much better these days but the kids HATED the ride and K. was terrified of the whole thing. She kept her head down which probably made it 100x's worse than what it really was because she also hit her nose on the bar on one of the bounces.
After that ride K. was a bit mad for the next hour or so at Lagoon.
Onto the next ride! It was about 2:30pm and not too hot outside. z decided we should go on the Cliffhanger before it was too late so we could get the getting wet over with. K. and A. were both scared to go on this ride, more so K. than anyone though. She saw them go upside down and wanted to be left off the ride. Of course her mean old mother wouldn't let her. We got drenched from head to toe. Our shoes were soaking, everything in z's pockets were soaking, our hair was soaking. Everything! So after that K. was freezing for the next several rides. The good news, she didn't hate the Cliffhanger other than the soaking part. Oh, and we never even went upside down. Don't know why.
Next we went for the spider. z and I have gone on our own a few times and the line was always too long so we'd never gone on it. K. of course was scared again. Let me just tell you, it was awesome! Even K. loved it! That ride was so fun!!
After that we went to the Colossus. I love that ride! I made A. go on it with me years ago and she swore she'd never ride it again. Too bad, mean old mom made her anyway. Neither of the kids wanted to and K. was scared to go upside down. Turned out to be another ride that K. liked in the end. A. still didn't like it though.
After the Colossus we rode the Music Express since it's one of the kids favorites. That was the treat for going on all of our crazy rides.
Then we rode the Sky Ride back to the other side of the park so we could go eat. It was still a little early so we let the kids go on the Tilt-O-Whirl while z and I sat the ride out. We went and looked at the Catapult, wishing we weren't cheapskates (it's $20 a person!) and then sat down and tried to let all the soggy papers in z's pocket dry out.
We had a free meal from z's work which consisted of two meats (choice of hotdog, hamburger, or chicken) letus, onions, tomatoes, chips, condements, potatoe salad and red jello. Knowing K. would only eat one hotdog I had her get two in case someone else was hungry. A. stuffed her face with three hotdogs, potatoe salad, jello, chips, and a drink followed by her icecream treat. After that she was sick.
We went to do the Rocket, a ride that a year or so I was scared of but z made me go on it anyway and it turned out I love it. K. again didn't want to go on it and A. decided that she was going to throw up and couldn't go on it. When we got up to the front of the line they took A. to the exit to wait and K. by this time had decided that maybe this would be a fun ride after all. When we were sitting on the ride and the guy was checking out our seat belts the guy noticed K. was happy to go on the ride and tried to scare her! It didn't work though, thank goodness! When we shot in the air and felt the rush of going up I thought to myself, I hope K. isn't freaking out right now! When we got off the ride K. was so excited! That was her favorite ride!
When we got off the Rocket A. was ready to go home for not feeling good. We called z's parents to come get her and walked her out to the pickup zone. As it turns out this was part of the last good part of the day.
We went back into the park with K. and hit a couple kids rides. Right after that it started pouring hard! We were right by the Terror Ride so we decided to go on it too since it's a covered ride. Standing in line we got completely soaked once again. When we were done with the Terror Ride we decided that it was too rainey so we left.
It was really crowded there and all the lines were long. They went sort of quick but we didn't get to do nearly as many of the rides we wanted to. Luckily z and I are going to bounce back next Friday with NO KIDS!!! We're going to try out Wicked and whatever else we want to do. I can't wait to not have kids wining to go on all the fun rides only to have them love them after they get off the ride. What a bore! Yay for next Friday!
Right off the bat z made us go on the White Roller Coaster. I hate that ride but the kids wanted to go on it too. It seems like every time I go to Lagoon I get stuck going on that ride against my better judgment. You should have seen how excited the kids were for that ride though. I remember riding it with my parents back in the day and I can remember my mom holding me on the ride so I didn't fly out. I think I really might have if it weren't for being held in that rickety old ride with crappy seat belts. I opted to ride with K. so I could hold her in just in case. It turns out the seat belts are much better these days but the kids HATED the ride and K. was terrified of the whole thing. She kept her head down which probably made it 100x's worse than what it really was because she also hit her nose on the bar on one of the bounces.
After that ride K. was a bit mad for the next hour or so at Lagoon.
Onto the next ride! It was about 2:30pm and not too hot outside. z decided we should go on the Cliffhanger before it was too late so we could get the getting wet over with. K. and A. were both scared to go on this ride, more so K. than anyone though. She saw them go upside down and wanted to be left off the ride. Of course her mean old mother wouldn't let her. We got drenched from head to toe. Our shoes were soaking, everything in z's pockets were soaking, our hair was soaking. Everything! So after that K. was freezing for the next several rides. The good news, she didn't hate the Cliffhanger other than the soaking part. Oh, and we never even went upside down. Don't know why.
Next we went for the spider. z and I have gone on our own a few times and the line was always too long so we'd never gone on it. K. of course was scared again. Let me just tell you, it was awesome! Even K. loved it! That ride was so fun!!
After that we went to the Colossus. I love that ride! I made A. go on it with me years ago and she swore she'd never ride it again. Too bad, mean old mom made her anyway. Neither of the kids wanted to and K. was scared to go upside down. Turned out to be another ride that K. liked in the end. A. still didn't like it though.
After the Colossus we rode the Music Express since it's one of the kids favorites. That was the treat for going on all of our crazy rides.
Then we rode the Sky Ride back to the other side of the park so we could go eat. It was still a little early so we let the kids go on the Tilt-O-Whirl while z and I sat the ride out. We went and looked at the Catapult, wishing we weren't cheapskates (it's $20 a person!) and then sat down and tried to let all the soggy papers in z's pocket dry out.
We had a free meal from z's work which consisted of two meats (choice of hotdog, hamburger, or chicken) letus, onions, tomatoes, chips, condements, potatoe salad and red jello. Knowing K. would only eat one hotdog I had her get two in case someone else was hungry. A. stuffed her face with three hotdogs, potatoe salad, jello, chips, and a drink followed by her icecream treat. After that she was sick.
We went to do the Rocket, a ride that a year or so I was scared of but z made me go on it anyway and it turned out I love it. K. again didn't want to go on it and A. decided that she was going to throw up and couldn't go on it. When we got up to the front of the line they took A. to the exit to wait and K. by this time had decided that maybe this would be a fun ride after all. When we were sitting on the ride and the guy was checking out our seat belts the guy noticed K. was happy to go on the ride and tried to scare her! It didn't work though, thank goodness! When we shot in the air and felt the rush of going up I thought to myself, I hope K. isn't freaking out right now! When we got off the ride K. was so excited! That was her favorite ride!
When we got off the Rocket A. was ready to go home for not feeling good. We called z's parents to come get her and walked her out to the pickup zone. As it turns out this was part of the last good part of the day.
We went back into the park with K. and hit a couple kids rides. Right after that it started pouring hard! We were right by the Terror Ride so we decided to go on it too since it's a covered ride. Standing in line we got completely soaked once again. When we were done with the Terror Ride we decided that it was too rainey so we left.
It was really crowded there and all the lines were long. They went sort of quick but we didn't get to do nearly as many of the rides we wanted to. Luckily z and I are going to bounce back next Friday with NO KIDS!!! We're going to try out Wicked and whatever else we want to do. I can't wait to not have kids wining to go on all the fun rides only to have them love them after they get off the ride. What a bore! Yay for next Friday!
Monday, June 22, 2009
Boring life
Today I stayed home with my sick baby. I got lots of video gaming time in while she was sleeping. That was fun! I also finally got caught up on laundry. Blah! It would be nice if house work would just learn to do itself!
Crap. I have nothing more to blog about. My life is boring.
Crap. I have nothing more to blog about. My life is boring.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
no time to blog
I thought I was done for the day and had a minute to blog but as soon as I sat down I remembered that all the bedding is in the dryer and I still have more laundry to do. Oh yeah, and more dishes. We had every big pan in the house dirty for some reason. =S
I didn't really have anything to blog about in particular anyway though, we've been busy with the yard all weekend. Got rained out and thought that renting the bobcat was a waste but then it dried just enough for us to finish up the necessities today. YAY! We're making progress even in the worst weather in June ever! We could have got a lot more done had weather permitted but at least we're still on schedule for the most part. We'll see what z's blog says though, probably that we didn't get enough done. Blah. He's a slave driver (don't tell). =)
OK. Guess I better finish up my dumb old chores so I can go to bed tonight! Yuck. Five more days until Lagoon! Hooray!
I didn't really have anything to blog about in particular anyway though, we've been busy with the yard all weekend. Got rained out and thought that renting the bobcat was a waste but then it dried just enough for us to finish up the necessities today. YAY! We're making progress even in the worst weather in June ever! We could have got a lot more done had weather permitted but at least we're still on schedule for the most part. We'll see what z's blog says though, probably that we didn't get enough done. Blah. He's a slave driver (don't tell). =)
OK. Guess I better finish up my dumb old chores so I can go to bed tonight! Yuck. Five more days until Lagoon! Hooray!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Life in the fast lane
Today we celebrated an early Father's Day for z. The girls were home alone while we were at work today. They cleaned the house for Dad and wrote him notes. They put up a sign on the door that we're having a party for him. It was really cute. A. bought him some hand sanitizer and a chocolate and had a card for him, K. was so pleased about spelling his name right (oops, she accidentally spelled it wrong anyway). It was fun.
Nights go by fast here. We don't get home until kind of late so usually I'm home about 6pm and z gets here around 7pm. I pick up the baby from day care and then get dinner going. We eat and after that it's nearly bed time. That's our routine lately. It's tough to get everything else we have going on in there with working so late, even though it's really not working late since I get off work at 5pm and z at 6pm.
We've been doing our yard stuff but it's been slow the last few days since we've been so busy. Oh, and because it's been so rainy! Washington relatives, we now know how you feel and I don't like it. Don't get me wrong, I love the rain, just not every day.
The kids have been out of school for a few weeks and loving it. The baby keeps on getting bigger everyday. She's a persistent cute heart that can get into almost anything she wants to. She's learned how to speed crawl and she can stand for a few seconds. She can walk holding only one hand now too. She looks more like her dad than she does like me. She's such a doll!
We're taking the kids to Lagoon next week! I can't believe I almost forgot about that! Auntie Liz is going to babysit the little one while we're off for the day. I love going there and so do the kids, even if z hates it.
Thanks to Auntie Jess e-mailing us about Davis High's play, I'm taking the girls to see it on the Thursday before July 4th. I wish I could take them on the 4th to go with everyone else but they'll be with their dad that weekend. We love plays so all of us are excited to go! I booked us some tickets online and we have front and center seating.
I love July! I love parades and fireworks and bagpipers! All are so much fun!
I can't wait for grass and family picnics! I can't wait to have a few friends over too!
Nights go by fast here. We don't get home until kind of late so usually I'm home about 6pm and z gets here around 7pm. I pick up the baby from day care and then get dinner going. We eat and after that it's nearly bed time. That's our routine lately. It's tough to get everything else we have going on in there with working so late, even though it's really not working late since I get off work at 5pm and z at 6pm.
We've been doing our yard stuff but it's been slow the last few days since we've been so busy. Oh, and because it's been so rainy! Washington relatives, we now know how you feel and I don't like it. Don't get me wrong, I love the rain, just not every day.
The kids have been out of school for a few weeks and loving it. The baby keeps on getting bigger everyday. She's a persistent cute heart that can get into almost anything she wants to. She's learned how to speed crawl and she can stand for a few seconds. She can walk holding only one hand now too. She looks more like her dad than she does like me. She's such a doll!
We're taking the kids to Lagoon next week! I can't believe I almost forgot about that! Auntie Liz is going to babysit the little one while we're off for the day. I love going there and so do the kids, even if z hates it.
Thanks to Auntie Jess e-mailing us about Davis High's play, I'm taking the girls to see it on the Thursday before July 4th. I wish I could take them on the 4th to go with everyone else but they'll be with their dad that weekend. We love plays so all of us are excited to go! I booked us some tickets online and we have front and center seating.
I love July! I love parades and fireworks and bagpipers! All are so much fun!
I can't wait for grass and family picnics! I can't wait to have a few friends over too!
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Ode to one of the kids books!
Like your books,
Like your toys,
But never, never
Like the boys.
Can't think,
Brain numb;
Inspiration
Won't come.
Poor ink,
Bad pen;
That's all.
Amen.
Some write for pleasure,
Some write for fame,
But I write only
To sign my name.
Like your toys,
But never, never
Like the boys.
Can't think,
Brain numb;
Inspiration
Won't come.
Poor ink,
Bad pen;
That's all.
Amen.
Some write for pleasure,
Some write for fame,
But I write only
To sign my name.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
It's raining, it's pouring
I woke up this morning to sounds of rain hitting the house, oh and also sounds of a baby crying. I looked out the window and what did I see? The neighbors pond was looking at me! Early this morning it was starting to fill, by 9am it was really full and by 10ish they had this pump in there to pump the water out.
Rude to laugh I know, but these are the neighbors that made us have to work in the rain last week since they were hell bent on having their land excavated yesterday.
What you see below is the result of putting a house not made for the lot on the lot anyway with a plan of building a bowl so there is less water that can go into this spot (before the entire lot sloped towards their house, this made it so only part of it does), along with the brilliant idea of running a drain up hill. All I can say is...LOL! Karma.
Rude to laugh I know, but these are the neighbors that made us have to work in the rain last week since they were hell bent on having their land excavated yesterday.
What you see below is the result of putting a house not made for the lot on the lot anyway with a plan of building a bowl so there is less water that can go into this spot (before the entire lot sloped towards their house, this made it so only part of it does), along with the brilliant idea of running a drain up hill. All I can say is...LOL! Karma.
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