Lagoon with Grandpa J.R.

Grandpa J.R. wanted to get the whole family together and do a day at Lagoon. We have been having a lot of rain lately, but at the beginning of the week it looked like we might have a nice day when we planned to go to Lagoon. Unfortunately, as you can see from the pictures, we got dumped on all day long. I did throw in some garbage bags just as we were leaving the house and I am so grateful I did. We did have a couple of short breaks in the rain and during one of these breaks we jumped on the sky tram to go to the other end of the park. Of course while up there we see dark clouds approaching and the rain began to fall. I was riding with Parker and Kenna and quickly pulled the one garbage bag we had and had them huddle underneath. To make matters worse the ride stops. So we are stuck up in the rain storm without much cover. Parker starts to freak out and wants off like any kid would, but I am thinking it will start going any minute and we will be off soon....It didn't happen. We were stopped for at least 15 minutes and getting completely soaked and freezing. I told Parker we were going to count to 100 and by the time we were done the ride would start. (I am just praying this would work....yes literally praying in between counting.) As we got to about 65 the counting got considerably slower and the praying got considerably more frequent. :) My prayers were answered at about 85. At the end of the ride we found out the motor stopped working. Parker has told me many times since that he doesn't not want to ride that ride ever again. I am with ya buddy! Rob missed all of the excitement because he took Cael back home for a nap prior to the bad weather. Needless to say he came back to a different group of family. He took a couple of the kids on a few more rides and then ended up in the van with the heater cranked. I ran with a couple of the adults to get a couple more rides in. It was great because there were no lines. Seriously, we were on one ride and when it was finished we noticed nobody in line so we asked the worker if we could just stay on and go again. He told us no. We would have to get off the ride and walk out and around again to get in line....WHAT!?!?! There is nobody in line....we ended up getting off and going around and getting in line again. I thinking he was hoping we would leave so he could go inside out of the rain. Fat chance buddy!!!! We were getting our moneys worth. :) Even though the weather didn't cooperate we still had a good time and good laughs with family. Thanks DAD!