Lagoon with Rachel

Preston started Drivers Ed today. He is taking a three week summer course. It will be nice to get that over with. He hasn't been excited about driving though. Still, live skill. Needs to be done. Mike dropped Preston off while I took Jorja to her eye therapy appointment. My dad was able to pick up Preston and bring him home. That was so nice! Plus, my dad got to hang out with Rachel and the kids for a bit. Scoop and Cori had lunch with Stockton and Alyssa today. They wanted to find a way to help with the wedding. They are going to hire someone to do the photography/videography. That is super nice.

Scoop, Cori, Alyssa, Stockton

Rachel was talking with Jorja and asking her what she was doing today. She told her she was going to go to Lagoon with a friends because it is Two for Tuesday. Every Tuesday after 2:00 tickets are buy one get one free. Rachel was pumped about that and called her sister-in-law to see if her two oldest could go with Marie and Mina. Rachel had a plan to drop the kids off and help her brother with packing while the older kids were at Lagoon. Rachel grew up really close to Lagoon and she would hang out here all the time without parents. She also worked here when she was really young. Anyway, Rachel thought she got the go-ahead and bought tickets - only to find out that her sister-in-law didn't mean yes. She said it sounded like fun, but didn't mean she wanted to do it. So... Rachel now had four tickets to Lagoon. Well, Rachel ended up buying two more and invited me to come with her girls. It was so much fun! Marie and Mina went off by themselves and Rachel and I played with Grace and Eve.

Rachel, Eve, Grace ~ I knew better than to get on this ride 

Rachel, Grace, Eve

Grace & Eve

Grace

Eve

Grace & Eve

Hahahahaha Eve

Grace & Rachel on Tidal Wave

Stephanie & Eve

Grace & Rachel ~ Grace putter hands up on ALL the big rides. She is adorable and loved them!

(Plus look at those divers arms! Straight up by her ears. That is how you do it!)

Stephanie & Eve

Grace & Eve (Eve's face hahahahahaha)

Jorja texted us and asked if we wanted to meet at the Bumper Cars. Everyone gathered there. The girls got a quick ride of Tilt-A-Whirl while they were waiting.

Grace, Mina, Eve

Jorja and Nathan took Mina on the Samurai while Rachel, Marie and Grace went on the Rocket. I stayed with Eve. She was too little for either ride. We had fun though. The Samurai is the last ride my Grandma Parry went on. She was 88. I have no desire to ride that at all and I am 40 years younger than she was. My grandma was awesome! Pretty sure Savannah and Markell talked her into that one.

Jorja & Mina

Marie, Grace, Rachel

Nathan, Jorja & Mina on Samurai

We parted ways with Jorja after that. We went on some rides and finally went on Goliath. When we were in the gift shop shortly after the ride it started raining. Like a huge downpour. We tried to wait it out, but it kept going. Rachel wanted to go to the car to get Mina her coat. The girls and I dashed to the bumper cars while Rachel ran to the car. We rode the bumper cars three times in a row. The operator was super nice and didn't make anyone get off the cars. It was a perfect place to wait out the storm. After the third time we had to get off. We walked out and found Jorja and Nathan there. They were heading to find somewhere Nathan could rest. He was sick from the Samurai. Rachel met us and brought ponchos. We went to Draculas Castle, then the rain pretty much stopped. After a Beaver Tail and some chicken we were ready to play again. This is random, but when Rachel was getting the chicken she asked the lady why there were so many moms working today. It is true. Not many youth, but lots of women my age were working. The lady told Rachel that it was her last day. If they work 60 hours during school days Lagoon will give them five season passes! What the heck? I wish I had known about that. Sounds awesome! I wonder if this is something knew or if they always do that. I told Jorja and she thought it would be so fun for her friends to do. Wonder if we can figure that out when she gets home. Anyway, we spent the rest of the day going on all the rides with hardly any lines. The rain sure emptied the place. Eve and Grace rode Wicked twice. We then hurried across the park to ride Goliath one more time. We got there right shortly after the guy shut the line down, fifteen minutes early. We tried talking to him to let the girls go. He said the higher ups said to shut the ride down. He told us to come back tomorrow. I said they were from Ohio and were leaving tomorrow. This was their only chance. He called up and asked for permission. Meanwhile a line grew behind us, so I did not think they would let them in. Finally he got off the phone. Closed the line up. Whispered to the girls to follow him. I grabbed all of Rachel's things and told her to go. He took them up the exit. They were holding the last car for them. Rachel, Grace and Eve got one more ride. Pretty awesome.

Eve & Grace getting off of Wicked

Today was so much fun. It sure wore me out though! Selfishly I'm glad the first plan didn't work out because this was a great day! Mike had fun while I was home. He started making this. Don't know what he is going to do with it. Pretty sure the little kids are going to love it though.

Maysen Graduates from Utah State University

Today was such a fun day! It was also kind of crazy. We got up early and dropped off Bear at my dad's house. We were going to be gone all day and thought that was too long for him to be home alone. My dad said he could come over for a play date with Phineas and Miles. That was super nice of him. We drove up to Logan in the rain. We got there in plenty of time if things were normal. We did not account for the parade blocking Main Street which sent us on a long windy trafficy way. (Jorja was supposed to be in the parade but got locked out of her room the night before and couldn't make it in time.) We made it to Angie's later then we wanted. It still would have been okay, but there were SO MANY PEOPLE! We waited for Stockton and Jorja to arrive and were trying to figure out where we should go instead when Mike heard my name called. Lots of people on the list before us had left and we got in earlier than expected. Hooray! The server was so nice. I guessed what Stockton and Jorja would want. She let us changed Jorja's order because I guessed wrong. We also brought Jorja's birthday presents to Angie's. Maysen's present is an open when you want to type present. Her other present was an air fryer. I knew she really wanted one before she left. She used the one at home all the time. Hope she likes this one! Anyway, it worked out just great timing wise. We left Angie's and hurried over to Locked In. We love escape rooms, but I don't think we have been to one since Stockton left on his mission. So it has been a looooong time. This one was so much fun. Everything just clicked. The puzzles weren't super easy, we just figured them out fast. For example, Mike or Stockton found a puzzle and thought they needed to look in a mirror. They did and saw that there were markings on the mirror that they needed to match to unlock something. It wasn't easy to see and they just figured it out so fast. There were many things that happened that way. In this escape room they have a worker in with you. She mostly sat in the corner, but she is there if we need any hints. When we finished and she could break character she said, "I can't believe it! I have never seen anything like it. You guys work so well together!" Or things along those lines. It was true. Someone would find a puzzle and recognize it would be part of a clue someone else was working on. The girl said that usually there is a clear leader that tries to run the show, or the other people just don't know what to do. She said with us there was no clear leader, everyone was just solving puzzles and working together. We finished in a crazy fast time. It was awesome.

Preston, Stockton, Jorja ~ before... watching the explanation video

After... Mike, Stephanie, Maysen, Jorja, Preston, Stockton

We said goodbye to Jorja. Who had sorority stuff the rest of the day. We went over to the Maverick Center for Maysen's graduation. I think it is really cool that Utah State wanted to let the 2020 graduates have this experience. The even flew in the valedictorian who now lives in Tennessee. She gave a great speech too. Scoop and Cori also came. It ended up being so great.

Maysen

Stockton (he had to take three quizzes before midnight) & Preston

President Crockett, Maysen, and I can't remember the other guy's name

Maysen: Major in Psychology and English (although it sounds like England)

Maysen

Mike & Maysen

Preston, Stockton, Mike, Maysen, Stephanie

Scoop, Maysen, Cori

We went to a pizza place Maysen had picked out before we had ever heard of covid. It was pretty good.

While we were doing graduation and dinner, Jorja was finding out who her 'big' in their sorority would be. Her 'big' ended up being her roommate Jayme. That should be fun for the two of them.

Jayme & Jorja

Bear was happy to see Mike. I'm glad he behaved himself for my dad.

Bear & Mike

With Miles and Phineas

Bear, Mike & Phineas

Mike took the tv out of the downstairs room in the cabin since we now can use the projector. He hung it up in Preston's room. Preston likes to sleep in Jorja's room so he can fall asleep to the tv. Mike thought Preston would want to sleep back in his room. When it came time for bed Preston told Mike that he likes to sleep on the Beddy's that is on Maysen's bed. Haha. Best laid plans.

Mike, Bear, Preston

Jorja came home late tonight for some farewells tomorrow. I love having her here! She's quite exhausted though.