A day at Lagoon

We were given several free tickets to an amusement park in our area by Jacob's work.
And because our kids have never been to Lagoon (their parents are too cheap), we made a day of it.

This morning, we went for about three hours. And while Jacob and the other kids went off to
ride a few of the more exciting rides, we mostly spent that time letting the younger kids
ride what they wanted, as they wouldn't be returning with the older crowd that night.

Nate, was surprisingly hesitant about any of the rides, but finally 

decided he would try the helicopters with Ben. He loved it!

 When the older kids came back and they went on several of the kiddie rides

together, Nate became much more brave and tried several new rides.

Nate loved this roller coaster with his dad. And as you can clearly see, Jacob enjoyed it also.

Sweet Gracie. She was so good, even though being so young at Lagoon is terribly lame.

Ben is right at the age where the kiddie rides are a bit juvenile and the big kids rides are

a bit scary. He was so sweet to make things fun to Nate and tried several rides himself.

I think the bumper cars won for being a little more exciting, without being too much for him.

Our sweet older kids were so good to try anything with the two younger ones. It may

seem like a small thing, but seeing their sincere kindness melted my heart for sure.

And sometimes they would just join the group, even if they were not accompanying

one of the littles. Because as you can see, these rides are thrilling at every age.

But sadly, our morning time came to an end, and just in time for Grace girl. Stick a fork

in this little one, she is done. Joking aside, she was ridiculously good the whole time.

After a few hours rest at home, four of us headed back for the evening. And I have to say, at least

for me (and I'm pretty sure the darling three you see above), this was the funnest part of the day.

Love these kids of mine so much. And their sweet dad. 

Days like today make my heart happy.