Busy Weekend

We've been running nonstop this weekend!

Saturday...
I made Kolton go to the gym with me. I say "made" him because he tells me he doesn't like it but then he has fun when he's there. I think we were there for all of 30 minutes because it took me forever to get out of the house! I bribed him with a trip to Dunkin' Donuts to get us to the gym! Gym...then DD...doesn't that go hand in hand?!

Once he got his 12 powdered sugar donuts...I only asked and paid for 6...we were on our way to a soccer game. Ellie and Josh play on the same team and it was at 10 a.m. instead of the usual 9 a.m. so Kolton and I actually made it to a game! They are so stinkin' cute out there!

Once the game was over we headed over to Chickfila for some lunch and then went straight to Disney's Blizzard Beach with the Hunter's. We had so much fun and actually stayed until closing time. The boys started off in Tike's Peak (the little kid park) and stayed in there for quite a while. They then headed into the big kid park (Ski Patrol Training Camp) where the boys immediately got in line to try the floating iceburg course. They all did awesome!! We tried to talk them into going on the zip line but none of them were up for that. I don't think they liked the noise it made when it hit the end and sent them flying into the water! So we couldn't convince them of it! Not even one of them! I think after they went down the slides, both with and without tubes, several hundred times we moved on to the wave pool. They would have been content to stay in there for the rest of the day!! The adults, however, were anxious to do something else. You can only be swam into and pushed around so much! We MADE them go on the Toboggan Racer ride. I think it's like 8 slides all next to each other. You know the boys wanted to race...seriously, the lady lifeguard at the top sent Josh down first before the rest of us...you CANNOT mess with competitive boys like that. So, Kolton had a minor meltdown and we had to ride it again. This time, the guy lifeguard pushed Kolton down before us...and actually held Josh back. Again...WHY?! So now this time it was Josh's turn to have a meltdown. Unbelievable. Anyway, we decided to move on. No need to go through it all again!! During this time Luke was napping with Alicia holding him over in the little kid area. We wanted to go see if he was awake to join in the fun. He was up and moving so the boys started playing again. Mr and Mrs Drummond bought ice cream for Josh and these huge slushies for Kolton and Bryce. I asked Kolton to share his with me...even though it was BRIGHT BLUE. I think we had community slushie...Kolton, Luke, Josh, and I all shared it. Needless to say, we all had very bright blue lips and tongues! Next we were on to TeamBoat Springs. The family raft ride. Did you know there are a minimum of 4 riders and a maximum of 6? Well, when you have a bunch of boys determined to ride together and one is not yet two that proves to me an issue. Dave, the rebel, got in with all the boys and left Angel, Alicia, and I to ride together...1+1+1 = 3! They had to stop the ride and have more people jump in with us, but you know what, we didn't have to listen to one boy whine!!
I only got into a couple of altercations during the day...all completely unexpected. You would think that I'm looking for trouble...I really don't! It finds me.

Moving on...as soon as we got back into town Kolton and I rushed home and changed clothes. We were heading to the 6:30 service at Real Life to be there for Ellie's dedication ceremony. I took pictures for the Caney's and I can only hope that they have several to pick from! The kids had a blast in their class and then afterwards playing outside on the hand rails. They use them as slides...I mean, who wouldn't?

That's all we could fit in for the day...I'm not sure I could handle much more!!