Lagoon Days

(This post as well as a few others were supposed to be Post-dated but all posted today. So after view this, scroll down and you will see about three other new postings. The rest have been post-dated so you should have a new blog to view every other day for the next several days.)

Those of you who Facebook know that I worked the Student Days at Lagoon. It was 12 days of work (not consecutively) that the park hosted school field trips. Kids came from all over the state as well as from neighboring states. I got paid by the hour and also received 5 season passes from my family to use (so I only needed to buy 2). The reason I did it was for the passes. I had to be there at 8:30 to start setting up my booth for the park's opening at 9:30. All but 2 days we closed at 4:00 and I was ready to go home by 4:40. The other two days it closed at 5:00. If the passes get used this summer it will be well worth it, as the passes cost close to $90 a piece to purchase.

This fountain offers tons of fun for the kids. This day this group of kids stayed in the fountain for nearly 30 minutes!

This is Shannon who worked the "Front Entrance" booth with me. She didn't need to show up until 11:00. That worked out good as she has 2 young kids at home and was 5 months pregnant. She definitely need the shorter day. She was a great girl and we enjoyed working together.

This is me in the booth. We sold bottled water, fountain drinks, Dippin' Dots, Caramel Apples, Popcorn, and Cotton Candy.

My view to the right for 12 days... lockers

My view to the left... the haunted house

The view in front of me... flowers and the fountain

The view behind me.... the entrance

Catch Up --Field Day

CD had her Field Day at school on the the 28th of May. She took tons of photos and video and one of these days will probably post some of them on her blog...but I picked this video and 2 photos to post on my blog. Her favorite part of Field Day is when the Fire Truck comes and sprays the fire hose on the kids and they all get wet. She looks forward to that every year.

Air Show

We spent the afternoon today at Hill AirForce Base watching an air show. The show was the day before the public showing and by invitation only. It was mainly for Law Enforcement and Fire Fighters. We had to give our RSVP about six weeks ago. The base served us a light lunch and gave us a gift (a nice bag) and then shuttled us right up to the air show. We set up our chairs and blanket and enjoyed the show.

If you would like to see more pictures of the air show just copy and paste this link to your browser bar!


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TAGGED

the rules are to put in bold everything you've done in your life.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (percussion)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity. (missions count in this catagory.. lol.)
7. Been to Disneyland or Disneyworld
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (karaoke counts...)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (there is a story behind it...)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (depends on the ancestors!)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (Thanks to Elder Parkin!)
42. Seen Olde Faithful Geyser Erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater (does that date me?)
55. Been in a movie or on a TV show (PBS in 4th grade I "taught typing" with another kid in my class. It was just the 2 of us for a half hour show)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (does the extended family cabinet shop count?)
58. Had an encounter with a wild animal (all peaceful, except the deer I hit!)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63.Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets, or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (How speeding? Freeway speeds, yes. I miss the road trips K and I would take on his bike. We need to get the bike running again!)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book BUT MY HUSBAND HAS
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (My daughter's when she was choking on pennies)
90. Sat on a Jury
91. Met someone famous (Just brushes with "fame"...one is a ride in the elevator with Carl Malone of the JAZZ NBA)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (No, But in the Dead Sea!)
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Taken a martial arts class

I'd like to see your responses.

Softball

Baseball/Softball season started for the kids. CD is playing again this year and it is like she is starting all over. She has become very timid of the ball. Maybe recollections of her brother's shattered cheek bones caused by a wayward pitch? She is having fun and we have fun watching her play. Go CD! CE also started but sprained his knee during practice and wasn't able to play in the first game. We are taking him out for the season because the doctor said no sports for 3 weeks. I seem to recall that last year he missed the whole baseball season because he broke his hand the weekend before his first game...

practicing in the batters circle...

playing in the right field...

In the dug out...

Mulet Boy

Don't worry, it was just for fun. He only had the mulet for the few minutes it took to take the pictures. He then had the back cut off and even more off the rest...his hair is quite short now. Ready for a hot summer!

Cinco de Mayo

A family in our ward owns a local Mexican Resturant so we had a ward Cinco de Mayo party held at the resturant in the courtyard area. We had a buffet style dinner, some bounce toys for kids, pinatas, and a jalepino eating contest. My dad, husband, and son all entered the contest. CE blew everyone away. K had just finished his second when CE finished his 4th and was going to work on his 5th. Dad and K stopped after 2 (and tied for 2nd place) since CE was so far ahead...everyone else was just trying to get their first one down and swallowed. As CE picked up his 6th he was told he already won and doesn't need to eat any more so he stopped having eaten 5. He had a good time...and I started calling him "Hot Lips".

CE

K

Dad

The winner...