Trafalga

Last weekend we were bored and on a whim decided to drive up to the Trafalga in Lehi for a good time. And boy was it ever a good time :) In my book, Hayden wins for being the coolest kid in the universe.

Since I am the preggo one, I am limited to the amount of rides I can actually go on. But that's okay. Watching Hayden's face is just as good or maybe even better than actually riding these things. Here's Hayd and Carl on the go carts.

Hayden looks like she's hanging on for dear life here on the pirate ship, but believe me when I say she did put her hands in the air once. So what if it was only for about .25 seconds, at least she did it! haha

The oh so fun airplane ride. She did this a couple times and finally had the chance to sit in the front seat and shoot the pretend gun at all of us innocent bystanders. She's a natural.

Daddy took one for the team with the bumper boats. Hayden really wanted to ride it but neither one of us wanted to get wet and trust me, we saw everyone getting off those things completely drenched. So Carl convinced himself that he's a fun dad and hopped on with Hayd. It was pretty hilarious. Kids are ruthless when it comes to squirt guns. (the steering wheel has a water shooter in case you didn't get that.)

Yep, they were pretty wet when they got off, but not as bad as they could have been. Hallelujah for that.

And our favorite ride of the day goes to the "froggy ride". When we first got to Trafalga, this was the first ride Hayden saw and she wanted to ride it. We sat in line and the more she watched it go up and down and heard the kids screaming on it, the more she doubted her desire to actually want to ride it until she finally chickened out and said no. We were cool with that. We moved on. Fast forward through all the other rides and it was getting close to quitting time when she decided she did want to try the "froggy ride". So we got in line again. But this time she did it, and it was one of the greatest moments of our life. She got hesitantly on the ride, and just before it started her face turned to sheer panic. We thought she was going to freak. I was even in the process of telling her she could get off, but it was too late and up she went, panic stricken and all. But on the first drop, her face went from pure distraught to complete excitement. She loved it. Every second of it. So much so that she rode it 2 or 3 more times, I can't even remember. It was the funniest thing I have ever seen. We are pretty proud of her for not freaking out and sticking through.
Here she is after the first couple of drops.

And here is a video of her on her 2nd or 3rd go around.

It was awesome.

So thank you, Trafalga, for letting us enjoy our day with your kiddie rides.

On a completely random side note, we have pumpkins growing in our back yard. This is our pumpkin patch.

And here is one of the pumkins. Still small, but growing none the less. I am very excited about this.

Very.