Some of my greatest memories are spending time at Lagoon with family and friends. We went there once a year growing up. I remember taking in a cooler, finding a spot underneath a tree where my mom and dad would sit and read for the day, and me and my sisters would go attack Lagoon! We usually got there when it opened and always stayed until it closed.
It is a tradition that I and my sisters picked back up about 5 years ago and started taking our kids for the day. Gabbie got to go for the first time last year and did great. Even at 3 1/2, she held on until 11 pm when the park closed.
And Lagoon 2013 didn't disappoint! We started off, as always, eating lunch before hitting Lagoon.
We and try and get there right as it opens. We take our cooler, find a spot beneath a tree and hit the rides! One change in the tradition, the cooler is now left alone for the majority of the day!
Gabbie and I went and hit the kiddie rides which she loved.
Lagoon has added a new couple new rides this year for the kids. Above is a new jeep ride which I enjoyed with Gabbie. Below is the new Tea Cups ride, which I rode with her once! Then I quickly informed her if she wanted to go again, she would have to go alone or get her cousins to take her. All that spinning stuff is too much for this old mom!
This year my brother and his family came with us! We have gotten the kids to come in past years, but it was great to have Coray and Krista join us. It was also great to have Jackson back from his mission and join in the fun!
Luckily for Gabbie, her cousins would do the Tea Cups... thank goodness for cousins!
Gabbie at that whole hot dog! Not all the "corn" part, but the whole dog!
And here are all the cousins that went! Tradition includes a stop in the afternoon at Pioneer Village for a treat - and a cousin photo!
This year I talked Gabbie into going on Rattlesnakes Rapids. I wasn't sure how it would go, but figured it was going to be really bad or really good. Luckily, it went great! Rattlesnake Rapids is a ride where a bunch of you get into a round boat and ride the rapids. Getting soaked is part of the deal, no way around it. Gabbie was so tired and hitting a wall right before this, but the ride got rejuvenated her energy and kicked her back into gear! She loved it, insisted on going on it and again, and didn't stop the rest of the day!
Here is the gang waiting in line for our second rapid tour!
Hit the train with Sarah
And a bunch of rides with Tate!
Kelsey also took some time to ride with the smaller rides with Gabbie!
And Gabbie loved Tilt a World. Rode it about 5 times with Tate. Good thing Tate was there because 1 trip on Tilt a World about took me out!
And to stay true to the tradition, we closed the park down! Gabbie was in the kiddie land riding some of the kiddie rides all alone, not another kid in site. And when they closed them and we had to leave... at 11pm mind you... she was asking me, "Why can't we stay?!?! Why are they closing?!?" Such a fun day and such a fun tradition.
Until next year....
