Our First Trip to the Race Way

Having a son is so TOTALLY different from daughters. Levi absolutely loves cars, tractors, wagons, monster trucks~ pretty much anything with wheels. Well, we live about 5 minutes from a race park (is it still race track?). During the summer weekends you can hear the race cars at our house. They were giving away free tickets for the season opener last Saturday so we decided to take the kids. We had never been before so I had no idea what to expect. I was really concerned about what Levi would be like to handle. But he had a blast! We all did. We bought the kids earplugs and I later went back and bought a pair for myself too. They had jet engine cars there. I'm sure most of you know what they are. For those girly girls out there, like myself, who have no idea~ they are cars that have been adapted to be powered by an actual jet engine. (Yeah, just like it sounds. I still really didn't get it til I saw it.) They are incredibly loud! They make your ears vibrate on the inside. After the first two went by I immediately looked at Levi thinking he was going to be scared - he stood up clapping and yelled "Go Vroom Vroom Go Vroom Vroom!" He absolutely loved every bit of it. Sienna however wasn't feeling the loudness of the situation and asked if we go elsewhere. So Sienna walked around alot but she had a really good time too. Sierra had a really good time too. But she did have an older cousin (Dave's niece) there so that added to her good time. Don't you remember being a 'tween' and getting a chance to hang with your 'cool teen' cousin? Nothing better than that! We all had a really nice time (and it was FREE)!

Summer Preview

A couple of weeks ago we took the kids to Kalahari for an over night visit. We had so much fun! Levi is a riot~ it took him a minute to absorb everything but once he did, he was off and running, literally. He was into everything. But he would not come down the slide. Sienna is just at that great age. Not to scared to do any of the age appropriate things but just scared enough to stay close by. The kid area was actually big enough that grown ups could climb on everything and go down the slides too. That was nice because Sierra could play with the little ones too. But she's big enough to go on all of the big slides and rides. so that's where she tried to spend most of her time. So after we had dinner and played for way too long in the arcade, Dave & Sierra went back to the waterpark to ride the big stuff while I attempted bed time for Levi (Sienna was my helper). So while Sienna & I were waiting for Daddy & Sierra's return we were watching the waterpark channel on tv. It's supposed to be a live feed and we were hoping to see Daddy & Sierra. Imagine my surprise when I saw myself with a small version of my girls!! The live feed wasn't running and instead they were playing their commercial advertisement videos. Years ago when the resort first opened and Sienna was just a baby, the girls and I went for an overnight visit with a friend and her nieces. We were told that day that they were filming for their advertisements so expect to see the cameras and crews. Apparently they got some footage of me and the girls riding a huge family raft. Sienna was sooo tiny she had to wear a life jacket. And Sierra still had long hair, looking quit a bit like Sienna does now. It was a neat surprise to see younger versions of ourselves on their video. We must have watched that video 50 times, just to see 5 seconds of ourselves!!




I absolutely love this picture! Levi is in there too~ I swear!! He's just so short all we can see is the very tip top of his head.










Believe it or not, this in the little kid section. I had already told everyone that we had to get pictures right away so I could put the camera and play too. Sierra started scanning for good places to take the photos. I thought she picked a nice spot.






I think Sienna could possibly be the most photogenic creature on the planet!!







Levi had so much fun. I was really proud of his bravery. Last summer at the rec pool, he wouldn't even get his face wet at all. At Kalahari, he was running through spraying water and dunking himself constantly. I couldn't believe it. But don't take your eyes off him long enough to blink cause he'll be gone! I was a nervous wreck the whole time.