Earlier this summer we bought a suburban so we were able to cram in all 8 of us and our camping gear. It was a tight fit with some loud kids (Logan) but it was fun I think we all still liked each other afterwards so I count it as a success.
For the most part we didn't have to wait in any lines, but there was a small line to ride the horses. Don't they look adorable anxiously awaiting their turn?
If you know Jaden at all then you know that this is a huge thing for him to be on a horse. He is about as anti-animal as a kid can get, but he put on a brave face and really enjoyed his ride.
As for Logan he wasn't quite ready to ride the pony, but he did enjoy putting on the helmet. They had a super cute tiny pony named Loganberry which was the one he was suppose to ride, but he wouldn't even get near it for a picture.
Scott and Chad really wanted their pictures taken with this bus so we convinced the little boys to get into the shot with them. The things children do for their parents :)
The pint size ferris wheel
This horse ride was more Logan's style.
Look at all those dare-devils with their hands in the air!
I'm actually very surprised that neither of my boys ended up in the water.
The kids all wanted to ride with Grandma and Grandpa on the train ride around the park.
They had a hay maze and a hay jump that the boys really enjoyed. Unfortunately it made us adults have allergy attacks so they didn't get to stay too long.
This picture is from two years ago, but I didn't have a picture of this ride from this year. I do however have a pretty good story from this year and then you'll understand why I didn't stick around long enough to snap a picture. The little boys were riding the ferris wheel and we noticed that this barrel ride was empty so Scott, Chad, and I decided to go on it. We each got our own barrel and then a few other small kids jumped on too. Since we didn't have kids with us we were spinning around as fast as we could. After awhile I was getting pretty dizzy and I could sort of hear the lady running the ride saying something about having to put my hands on the wheel to slow down. I figured she must of thought I looked sick and wanted to stop, but I was having fun so I just kept spinning around. I kept hearing her say something but I wasn't really listening. I slowed down a little to figure out what was going on and it turns out the ride was over and everyone was waiting for me to stop so they could get off. Apparently she kept saying, "miss you need to stop, miss you need to put your hands on the wheel to slow down..." Scott and Chad thought it was hilarious but I sheepishly apologized to the lady and ran away as quickly as possible, which was hard because I was really dizzy!
After a full day playing at Remlinger Farms we headed over to Ensign Ranch. They have spots to set up tents, cabins to rent, but we decided it would be fun to rent one of their teepees. You can't drive a car to where they are located so they have handcarts for you to use to haul your gear. The kids thought they were pretty cool, but mostly they liked riding in them. I'm really grateful I wasn't a pioneer by-the-way!
The teepees turned out to be really big so our family of four had plenty of room.
This is the only picture I have of the inside of them.
Saturday we went for a canoe ride, it was a beautiful morning and gorgeous setting. Despite my fears the kids didn't tip us over which I was very thankful for. After lunch the kids enjoyed the giant slip-in-slide they had set up at the ranch, but we didn't end up with any pictures of that. We are definitely sad that summer is coming to an end, but are exciting about the start of football season. We are headed over to Seattle in a couple of weeks for a UW game and are still debating whether we'll make it down to a BYU game or not.
