Vacation!!

We had a great vacation this year!  We took the kids to Lagoon for their 1st time  they just LOVED it!  We had to convince Jax to ride several of the rides, but once he tried them, he loved them.  Trent and I switched off for the first couple of hours between the little ones and the big ones, then we all got together and went on several rides.  Then - the boys watched the little ones and let Trent and I go on a few rides together.  I don't have too many pictures of the big kiddos, because we kept the cameras with the stroller.  Donavan just LOVED it.  He went on most of the rides with Maddie, but after a while I let him go on one by himself.  It was so cute!  He was just thrilled to be able to steer by himself, until the ride really got going - then every time he passed me he yelled out MOM!!!  I felt bad, until it came time to get him off of the ride and he wouldn't let go!  Maddie is fearless!  She went on the Bat - the one where your feet are dangling freely - you have to be at least 42" tall and she is exactly that so she rode it with the boys and Trent.  It was so much fun to have time with my boys riding the big rides.  Jax always rode with me and made Piercen sit alone - but he didn't mind.

The next day we went camping up at Trent's parent's property.  It was just beautiful up there - the second day it rained so we stayed inside the trailer and played games and talked. 

The next day we went up to spend the day at Bear Lake.  It was really nice up there!  When we first got there it was packed, but by about 5 we almost had the beach to ourselves.  Donavan went into the water 1st and was up to his chin before he decided to turn around.  We went in a little further and sat down in the water - he laughed and giggled every time a new wave hit him.  Then we played in the sand with trucks and dug holes, and threw the sand around.  After a little snack we decided to feed the seagulls - they got fairly close.  The boys spent their time wave jumping and seeing how far out they could go.  Then they built sandcastles and threw sand at eachother - Trent had a blast dunking the boys into the water.  Maddie played a little, snacked a lot, and made sandcastles too.

  It's too bad the week went by so fast, but it was a really good vacation for having nothing planned as of the Monday it started!!