Our 'Stay'cation

This is the first summer since we got married that we have not gone on a vacation, and it's definitely been a sore spot for me! I have been going so stir-crazy in the house! So when our stake put on a Lagoon Day last Thursday, I jumped at the chance to just get out of the house and do something fun - a little 'stay'cation, if you will. :) Of course, Greg didn't exactly have the same feelings since he hates amusement parks, but he was still a good sport and came along. We met up with our friends the Jorgensens from our ward and had a great time!

I knew from the get go that Gavin would love it all, and I was right. He loved every ride (especially Dinosaur Drop which he is on in that pic), which still shocks me because he is our cautious child. Tyler, on the other hand, is our totally adventurous and daring child, but funny enough, you would never have thought that on Thursday. Even the train and the merry-go-round terrified him! Of course, we probably didn't help things much by taking him on Puff for his first ride. He was literally hyperventilating in my arms the whole ride. I felt so bad for taking him on it, so I didn't force him to go on anything more after that (except the train, because I knew in the end he would like it, and he did - the second time at least!). Overall, it was a fun day. Gavin had such a great time, it was so fun to see his reaction to everything. It also made me realize that I just need to buy season passes next year. We live close enough and if you go two times, they are paid for, so we might as well! -Ash

Gavin on his second favorite ride - the airplanes.

When we took Gavin to this ride, he wanted to be on Dumbo so bad. Lovely... :)

Tyler with his new favorite drink - an Icee. It even taught him the dreaded m-word. Do I dare say it? "Mine." Ahhh! I HATE that word! :)

Gavin and Preslee Jorgensen on the cars. It's a good thing we went with our friends or Gavin would have had nobody to go on the rides with him (since Ty had such a rough time)!