Cherry Hills & Lagoon

The Paxtons went camping up north this year to Cherry Hills in Kaysville.  Scott's parents, us, and Bryan & Candaylyn's family went. We had a great time! 

We arrived on Father's Day after church.  

We walked around and explored the park.

Madison entertained my kids.  Best niece award!

Then we played croquet and Sterling had fun with his remote controls.

Monday morning we were ready to play in the park with all day passes.  

And swim did we ever!  They have some fun slides and splash areas.  The lazy river was a top choice.  Lincoln's favorite, hands down, was the double dragon water slides.  He was ecstatic riding down on mats with us.  He couldn't get enough of the thrill of the slides. 

Then we took a break from swimming and shot each other with soft balls.

Got lost in a maze.

Trampoline basketball!

Kiddie play areas.

Lincoln was so happy with this water area.

Makayla showed us how strong she is by scaling the rock wall several times.

We made a good day even better by playing mini golf after dinner.  That course is awesome!  Scott and I have decided we will drive up in the future just to mini golf.

Sterling turned 6 years old up there!  He is so full of life and loves running around and playing with anything remote control.  He is a happy, creative, sensitive, teaser, collector, energetic, full of good ideas boy.   He always brings a toy car anywhere we go.  He will not leave the house without one; whether he slips it in his pocket, or leaves it in the car while we run errands.  He is always creating something new with old boxes and glue or piecing together Legos.  His feelings are easily hurt and he seems to always be teasing his brother.  He can dish out teasings, but not take them so well.  He is a packrat and tries to keep everything.  He is convinced that he can put garbage to good use by building something with it.  I am awed by his creativity! He always has plenty of energy.  We love him a lot and are glad he's part of our family. 

  His gifts were, you guessed it: cars, remote controls, and Legos.  He was one happy boy!

 Marv and Vickie graciously bought everyone a Lagoon ticket, so we thoroughly enjoyed Tuesday there.  

 The biggest hit for us was "Rattlesnake Rapids".  This year Lincoln was tall enough to ride, so we went on it 4 times, and boy did we get soaked!  So much fun!!

Cousins on "Wicked", my personal favorite ride.  Makayla was thrilled to pal around with her cousins and go on all the big rides since she is tall enough.

Grandma was so good to take the boys on a few rides.

Boat ride!

Airplane!

Sterling's new favorite ride since he is now tall enough to go on it.

And a beautiful peacock as we exited off the "Log Flume".  Such a great day!  We were there from open to close.

Wednesday morning we went out to breakfast at Sill's Cafe in Layton.  Look at the size of those hotcakes!  Then we went back and packed up the trailer to leave since I needed to get to girls camp.  All in all, it was just what we needed; a break from the same old day-to-day routine.  Good times!