Discovery Museum

Saturday we went to the Discovery kids museum.  I havn't been there with Kambria yet.  She LOVED it.  Its a place just perfect for her.  The older kids loved taking her to different things and showing her all the fun places. 
Kami loves Horses.  They have a life size one the kids can ride and she loved it.  When she gets excited she startes to yodel her words together.  Horsie becomes horla horla horla.  It cracks me up.  She is growing up so quickly.

This summer we have Cherry Hill swimming passes and have spent most of the summer swimming.  The kids have loved it.  Preston is just the perfect age to ride the dragon slides and cardiac canyon all day.  He is like me as a kid he could be there from open to close everyday.  I remember as a kid going there all summer since we grew up just across the highway.  It is fun to make memories with the kids that takes me back to the things I liked as a kid.  Kambria can't get enough of the little slide in the Pirates Cove she goes again and again the faster the better and barrel rolling and going under at the end is the best part for her.  Karleigh and Colton love the lazy river and Colton loves the Dragon slides.  They are all getting so big. 

A couple of weeks a go we headed to Lava Hot Springs.  Chad and I had never been there and it was a lot of fun.  We went with my brother and their kids.  Our kids love each other to death and I love being with them.  Before leaving we decided to float the river.  Colton was so nervous he wasnt sure he wanted to do it.  But we have a saying in our home  " you can't be afraid to try new things, Cause you just might find it's your favorite thing"  I told him it's going to be okay.  IT was okay to be nervous and scared but you don't want it to stop you from trying something new.  Beleive me I tell myself that more for me than for them cause I am one to not try the new things.  And what do you know Colton loved it wanted to float it again we had just enough time to float it one more time and then head home!

We have had a very cameraless summer not very many pictures since I don't have a nifty smart phone anymore I don't capture as many memories but we have been having so much fun.  I am so ready for school to start and the kids and I get some sort of a routine started again.  But will miss them.  Especially having Colton gone all day school this year is going to be tough.  Kindergarten is not hard for me to adjust to it is Full day 1st grade.  It is so quiet when the kids are gone. 

Lagoon....

Last Tuesday we headed for our annual trip to Lagoon.  I go once a year with the kids.  Chad hates Lagoon and never goes with us the last couple of years I have gone with his sister and her kids.  Well Sunday Preston came down with a fever and we said we will see how things go wether or not we go to Lagoon I watched him like a hawk because he would tell me he was fine so he could go to lagoon they look forward to this all summer.  Well monday he was much better and come Tuesday morning he had a low fever of only 99 and he said he felt fine so I gave him motrin.  My sister in law and I debated waiting till next week but the kids all freaked out needless to say we decided to go.  Kambria was so excited when we got there she was pointing to the rides and jabbering.  She went on the rides and loved the first 2  then all of sudden she wouldn't go on anything was laying in the stroller after only 45 min. being there I pick up Kambria  and she is burning up.  I end up taking her home with a fever of 102. luckily Chad was home and watched her while I returned with the other kids to swim and ride rides.  Needless to say it was a really ruff trip.  I felt awful the whole time for the fact I wanted to be home with my sick baby and Chad had so much to do to prepare for a job interview and was stressing out.  We ended up taking the kids home for dinner and promising them we would return.  We got home ate and Colton started feeling bad I took his temperature and he was 102. So Preston and Karleigh headed back with my sister inlaw and I nurtured my sick kiddies.  Wed. We headed to the doctor to find all kids had Hand Foot and Mouth!!! 

So yesterday after we were all better and no longer sick we bounced back to lagoon a much better trip.  We had so much fun. Kambria is not afraid of anything she rode anything they would let her on. At only 19 months the kid is fearless and adventursome.  I don't know what I am getting myself into. 
Karleigh had so much fun with her little sister and wanted to show her everything.  Preston and I ventured onto Wicked and he loved it.  For me I have to say I closed my eyes most of the ride.  I finally rode the spider.  And I can say now I am no longer 15.  I was raving to the kids that the centennial screamer was so fun and that we should go on it.  I talked them into it and even with 2 dramamine in me I about lost my cookies!!! Yes age has finally caught up with me.  It is so sad I never wanted to not be able to ride the rides with my kids.  Poor Colton he is my mini me.  He wasn't tall enough to go on the "Big" rides he wanted to.  I remember at being 11 or so and my dad trying to persuade the ride operator to let me ride Jet Star I just wasn't quite tall enough.  I am felt bad for colton and tried to spend time with him and go on the rides he could.  He was  a trooper and wasnt ready to leave.  We kept going to different rides and they were all closed finally when the game booths were closing up I told them all it was really time to go. 

It was such a fun trip and I love spending it with my kids and seeing all their little personalities that come out when they get into their elements.