Legoland

Today we went to Legoland.  We probably should have come here first.  Max was a little bored with the rides here.  He wanted to go back on the big & fast roller coasters.  But he still had a good time. 

The rides were perfect for Kye and Sam.  Even Hunter could go on a few more rides here. 

We even found a little bit of home there.

They did have one roller coaster with a pretty good drop.  Trevor took the older three on it while I watched with Hunter from the side.  Sam screamed the entire ride, the boys just laughed.  I took them on the Dragon Coaster after that while Trevor stayed with Hunter.  I sat in the same car as Sam.  She did great for the first part, then these doors open and the dragon starts going up and up and up.  We don’t even get to the top and Sam is screaming and crying that she didn’t really want to go on this ride.  “Why did I make her go on this ride?”   Then we get to the top and it slowly glides around on a track, I was laughing because of all the build up and it was nothing.  When it was all over Sam says “I want to go again, that wasn’t scary at all!”  She then proceeded to ride it 3 or 4 more times, silly girl.  It was another fun day!

Knott's Berry Farm

We went on a family vacation this week.  Trevor had the week off so we headed to California.  We let Max and Kye pick where they wanted to go as their birthday presents.  Max wanted to go to Knottsberry Farm and Kye picked Legoland.  We drove to California yesterday and stayed in the Knottsberry Farm Resort, which was great because it was right next to the park and could just walk to the entrance.

We split up right away.  Trevor took the boys on the big rollercoaster, while Sam, Hunter and I headed to the little rides. 

Sam loved the rides! 

I took Hunter on a few rides and he wasn’t quite sure about the whole thing at first.  But it turned out he LOVED the rides.  He would cry every time they stopped and I had to take him off.  It took a while but he finally figured out that we were going to another ride.  We went on a bunch of rides by the time the boys joined us.  They had to wait in a long line. 

The kids loved most of the rides. 

We took them on the log ride and the picture is worth a thousand words.

It was a fun day!  The kids are already asking when they can come back. 

mowing the lawn

We decided it was time for Max to learn how to mow the lawn.  So yesterday Trevor took Max out and showed him how to start the mower and how to push it around the yard.  I thought it was great, Max wasn’t very excited about it.

graduation

Trevor graduated from Weapon’s School tonight!!!!  YEAH!  The last six months have been really tough for Trevor, but he made it through.  The graduation was down on the strip at the Flamingo Hotel.  It was a chance for us to get dressed up and celebrate his accomplishment.  Our babysitters’ dad is a photographer so I asked if he would take a few pictures of us.  I am glad he did because my camera was having issues at the graduation and I didn’t get any pictures there.  Trevor got a new “party” shirt for the event.   It was a fun night and we are both glad the whole weapons school thing is done!

daddy’s girl

Sam loves it when her daddy paints her nails!  I think Trevor loves it too.

Last day of school

Today was the last day of school!  I like to send in something for their teachers.  This year I went to Great Harvest and they had the perfect gift bags!  The boys said someone else in their class gave the same thing, I figure you can’t have too much bread.

awards’ assemblies

Max and Kye did great in school this year.  For the final trimester they both earned Straight A’s and received the Citizenship Award.  This year they gave out medals to the kids who earned straight A’s for the entire year.  Kye was one of three in his class to earn this.  Max was also one of three in his class.  Great job boys!!!!!