Preston had cub country today . The last couple of years I have gone with him . It was nice just to get him ready and send him off . Mike took Jorja to school since Jorja and Preston needed to be somewhere at the same time . The boys had made shirts for one of their projects . They leaders had them made into a bright yellow so that the boys would be easy to find at camp . Smart . They handed out the shirts when we got there . Preston arrived home right as I was leaving for diving with Stockton . ( Stockton 's diving was later in the day because of a swim camp held at the U . ) This worked out nicely because I was able to see Preston before we left . Well , actually it would have been better at the original time because then I would have been home with Preston . Oh well . Mike took Jorja to softball practice and I got a text that she left her cleats in the van . Whoops . She left her bag in the van on Monday . Luckily she still had her mitt . Jorja has loved practicing softball constantly . I can 't believe how busy she has been this summer ! It doesn 't even feel like summer has started yet . Speaking about having a busy summer , I forgot to write about EFY calling me on Monday . Clear back in February I had tried to get Jorja into EFY with Ebony . Ebony was able to get in because she did the early sign up . I 've never had my kids go to EFY , mostly because we never hear about it until it is too late . Anyways , it didn 't look like it was going to happen . Later I tried to find a time for Jorja and Miah to go . I thought I might be able to pull that off because Miah was okay going anywhere . There were lots of slots for the boys , but not for the girls . Anyways , out of the blue , EFY called me and said they had an opening for Jorja to be with Ebony . I checked with Mike and Jorja to see if this would be something she would want to do and if we could make it work . I also checked with Brett and Rachel because EFY is next week and we would pick up Jorja on Saturday , which would make us late to the cabin . I just wanted to make sure they were okay if we were a bit late . I didn 't want to hurt their feelings that they drove across the country and we changed our plans on them . Anyways , we got that all set up so Jorja will be going to EFY next week . Later , Ebony 's mom told me that she called EFY and asked if Jorja could be put on a special waiting list because Ebony really wanted to room with her . Wow . I can 't believe she pulled it off . Jorja is pretty excited . I talked to Sherry and Miah about it on Monday , right after it happened . I didn 't want Miah to get her feelings hurt . Hopefully Jorja and Miah can do EFY next year . Nothing too exciting today , just busy . I dropped Jorja off at school then headed to the temple . I was able to make the 8 : 00 session , so I was happy about that . I dropped Stockton off at bowling , then picked Jorja up from school . I haven 't wanted Stockton to drive to bowling yet because I need to pick up Jorja from school while he is there . Hopefully he can drive sometimes once Jorja 's school is over . The air conditioner doesn 't work in the car right now . I 'm not sure how hot it is , but one of the electric signs outside a store said 101 degrees . I don 't think that was right , but it is so hot while I drive around . I have the windows opened , but it is really hard to stand . I usually come home with sweat dripping down my back and my front . I have the windows rolled down , but it just doesn 't cut it . Hopefully one day we can get the air - conditioning fixed . Jorja had softball practice today . I picked her up early and Mike took her to Dessa 's birthday party . The party ended at 11 : 00 . I told her I would pick her up then . Only after she was dropped off I remembered she is still in school and would need to be up at 6 : 00 ! Whoops . Mike usually does anything late at night because I am not a night person at all . This time I agreed to get Jorja . Mike was so tired . He is on call this week and it has been pretty rough . Stockton had a high adventure activity tomorrow . I knew it was coming up and that it would be at Lake Powell , but didn 't know more than that . I had sent an email asking , but didn 't hear a reply until late tonight . I texted my friend Stephanie to see what she knew . All she knew is they were meeting at the church at 5 : 30 in the morning . Stockton and I talked a lot about him going . He would love doing cliff jumping , but he is in the thick of summer school right now . I was willing to drive him the 7 hours to St . George if he wanted to go after his class . Turns out he decided to skip the entire thing . He ended up scheduling his biology midterm on Friday afternoon . He has his bowling class on Thursday . He also has a biology paper due Monday and write ups for his film class due Monday as well . I think it was a good decision to skip this . He did go to the church camp last week . I think he would be running on empty if he tried to fit this one in too . One day life will slow down for that kid ! Happy birthday Mike ! Mike sent me this picture of the socks I gave him . He said he opened this present right as Harper hit a 2 - run homer . Talk about timing ! Bubs let me know he was reffing down at the Huntsman Center starting at 5 . The boys diving was changed this week from 4 - 6 . Preston was there , but Stockton had class . I watched Preston like a hawk the first hour , making sure no one was picking on him . I ask his teacher to watch him the second hour so I could go watch my brother . She said it was okay . I was a little disappointed because I thought the JO divers wouldn 't be there because of the Wyoming competition , but they were there . Tyce said he talked to them about how to be a good teammate . After I got home I started wondering if he just talked in general about it or if he called out Girl A and Boy A on their actions . I hope he called them out . How will they ever learn that this is not acceptable if everyone lets them get away with anything because they can dive into a pool ? Anyways , the Huntsman Center is steps away from where Preston was diving . Bubs was reffing some girls high school camp games . I was watching him and noticed I recognized one of the players . Kellie . I started looking around to see if Kellie 's mom was there . She was ! Kristi and I were great friends in high school . It was awesome to run into her like this . Kristi 's dad died when she was seven from melanoma . Right as Kristi turned 40 she went and had a mammogram , they found cancer . She had a double mastectomy , but kept her nipples . I remember talking to her about it because my breast surgeon wouldn 't let me keep my nipples . Anyways , a couple of months ago Kristi found a lump in her nipples and the cancer is back . She had to have surgery again . Her brother is also dying right now . I 'm not sure what kind of cancer he has , but he is only a few years older than us . His youngest child is 4 , I think his oldest is 18 or something like that . Kristi said he has no hope of surviving . My heart is aching for her and her family right now . Kellie is deaf . She had a cochlear implant when she was super young . Right now they are trying something new . The coach has a headphone and what he says is transmitted right into Kellie 's brain . I heard him say , " Kellie , behind you " . It 's great for things like that . The problem is the coach has a mouth on him . He swears all the time . Kellie hears the words right inside her brain and it makes her super uncomfortable . Kristi said that they are trying to work out the kinks right now . Bubs was talking to Kristi about the cochlear implant . He said the sign language teacher at his school is super against them . Kristi said that they had the implant put in when Kellie was really young . Kellie now wishes she had an implant in on both sides , but the brain has adapted to what she had done . Kristi said if you wait until the child is old enough to tell you what they want , you are making the choice for them . Kellie could always not have the implant turned on , so this way she has a choice . Preston and I headed straight to Hidden Village Park . The Smith family reunion was being held there . We were late , but people were still eating . Sherry and Miah were there when we arrived . Steve and Shannon and their family came probably thirty minutes after we got there . Sherry brought chicken for everyone . After awhile , Mike took Maysen and Preston home . Preston threw up in the jeep on the way home . Maybe this is why ? Jorja had softball practice , so she couldn 't go . Stockton was at class . I hung out talking to Brent and Kim and some of the older family that I don 't know very well . I was waiting until it was time to pick up Stockton from his class in Taylorsville at 9 : 30 . It was fun to talk to them for a bit . Brent and Kim were asking me about people in our neighborhood . They lived here years before we moved in , and many of the people are the same . For example , Bishop Valentine is the one who told Brent he was having a heart attack while they were playing basketball years ago . Glad he noticed ! Brent probably would have waited too long to get checked out before he realized what was happening . Scoop wasn 't able to come . He went to California to help Lisa move . I don 't know why he didn 't go a few days later so he could come to this . It is so sad how he rarely sees any of his family anymore . I think he feels that as long as he has a connection with Lisa he is good , but the rest of us miss him . I am glad he came to our swim party before Lisa moved . He has never done that before , maybe he will start coming around more often , but I doubt it . Happy Father 's Day ! Gregory was also blessed today . I made Mike breakfast in bed while the kids slept in . Funny how they sleep in now . They have been super busy though . We opened presents before church . Mike got a new kindle that he was hoping would be easy to read pdfs on . The text didn 't enlarge easy , so he was disappointed . His eyes have gotten really bad recently . The kids and I got Mike two games and one present that hasn 't arrived yet . We got him One Night Ultimate Werewolf ( Stockton 's suggestion ) and Betrayal at House on the Hill ( Jorja 's suggestion ) . Preston had helped me stash the presents . When I went to get them , I also found a Mother 's Day card from Preston that he had hidden and apparently forgotten about . Matt and Sam were in the back of the chapel , so we sat a few rows behind them . We still had soft seats , so that was nice . There were a lot of people on hard seats in the cultural hall behind us . We usually sit close to the front when we are at our regular ward . I did not like sitting in the back . I couldn 't hear anything and found it hard to focus . Mike said that the speaker above us was not turned on . We did see Mr . Ward there . He was the Student Government advisor when Mike was a SBO . We talked to him for awhile and Mike introduced our kids . He asked about all of Mike 's siblings . It 's crazy how he can remember so many kids ! Mike got a lot of ties on Monday from Nathan . He joked about giving everyone a tie on Father 's Day . Well , I thought he was joking . He was not . Everyone wore their ties to church except Jorja . We had dinner at our house with my family , Sam 's family and a few of their friends and there families . There was a lot of people ! I guess I should have asked how many people they were expecting so we would have been better prepared . It turned out fine though . Sam had asked us to provide the drinks and chips ( and location ) . They brought pulled pork and lots of other food . Sam even had Preston 's favorite caramels . I talked to Ange a lot about sleeping arrangements for when her kids are staying over while they go on a trip with my dad . Brett & Rachel will also be here at the same time . I 'm really excited about that ! After everyone went home we played Mike 's new games . We didn 't finish the Betrayal game because it took quite awhile , we will finish it later . It turned out I was the traitor . Now I 'm a giant two headed snake monster and everyone else is trying to kill me . Whoops . We stopped that game to play the Werewolf game before bed . That game is fast . It was fun and we discovered both of the werewolfs . ( Jorja and Preston ) Preston had no idea he was a werewolf because I was the troublemaker and switched cards on him . Okay , it wasn 't Derek 's block party but he sang at it . I think it was the Family History Center 's block party . I took a picture of a few of the fun things to make my kids jealous . I found Derek while the band was warming up . While I was taking a picture of him and looking for a good seat in the front I got a call from Jordyn . She said , " Why don 't you come sit with us in the shade ? " There was a canopy in the back and Jordyn was there along with Kendra and her kids . Jordyn held Elijah the entire concert . I played with Presley . I took her up front and got her dancing . She is hilarious . Soon Evelyn and her friends came up . They had a great time . When the kids got bored , Kendra 's friend took the older kids to the bounce house . Presley and I found them there . Presley loved it ! She stayed jumping after the other kids had left . Finally they had to ask her to leave because they were about to collapse the house . I got to hold Elijah while I helped Kendra to her car . It was fun and I know Kendra loved having Jordyn and I there to visit with her and give her a bit of a break . It was also so fun to watch Derek . I still have never seen Devin and his band play . That 's something I still really want to do . Jorja came back from girls camp right as I was about to leave . She had only gotten a few hours of sleep and was super tired . I think I could have convinced her to come with me under different circumstances . Jorja ended up going to the softball field and playing with a few of her friends . She kind of felt uncomfortable though . It ended up being her softball coaches family with Jorja , Skye , and Raina . She kind of felt like they were intruding . She still had fun though and she really enjoys her softball friends . Mike , they boys and I were supposed to go to Wyoming today . We had it all planned . Mike took the day off of work . He drove Jorja up early this morning to girls camp , so she was there . Maysen was staying home . Maysen and Jorja had instructions to not have any friends over or go out with any friends while we were gone , but they were allowed to go places together . Stockton and Preston had a dive competition in Wyoming . I was told that the registration closed on Friday . I sat down at 9 : 50 on my computer only to find that the registration had closed at 9 : 00 in the morning . I was stunned . I started texting Laurel ( Preston 's coach ) to ask her what to do . She emailed the Wyoming guy to find out if we could register on deck . We waited to find out if we would be going to Wyoming after all . While we waited , I pulled Stockton aside . I saw something at diving yesterday that really bothered me . I 'll back up for a minute . Stockton dives with the JO kids . ( Junior Olympic ) Two of these divers are extremely good . One has graduated and she will be diving for BYU next year , we 'll call her ' Girl A ' . The other is a boy the same grade as Stockton , we 'll call him ' Boy A ' . When the BYU pool was opened these guys would start at 3 : 00 and dive until 5 : 00 . The kids just below the JO divers would start at 3 : 45 and dive until 5 : 00 . The lesson kids , which are beginning divers like Preston , would dive 5 - 6 . Anyways , the staggered time was great . Now that the BYU pool is under construction , we dive at the U twice a week . Everyone dives at the same time . Preston has been complaining about diving at the U . He has told me that the big kids aren 't nice to him and that they never let him be in the showers . I thought that was weird , and didn 't really believe him . Well . I should have . Preston was right . The kids were mean to him . First I noticed one of the girls jumping in front of the water whenever Preston tried to get in the shower . I wasn 't sure if she was playing with him or not . It just struck me as odd . Toward the end of the lesson most of the kids were lined up on the 1 - meter . Preston came out of the pool and the showers were off . The showers are never off in the middle of a lesson . Ever . ( Only if they are broken and have never been turned on in the first place . ) I saw Preston jump and try to reach the handle so he could turn the shower on . I immediately realized that the other kids turned off the shower so Preston couldn 't take one . I realized this , but I couldn 't process it . Why would they do that ? I hurried over to him and he was so sad . I looked at the kids on the board , then back at Preston . Luckily Savannah came out of the pool and I was able to have her help me get the water back on . I wish I would have said something , I knew they were being mean , but I was still hoping I was wrong . Class ended shortly after this . I took Stockton straight to his bowling class . Mike picked him up while I was taking Jorja to her softball . Her games ended so late I didn 't have a chance to talk to Stockton until this morning . Anyways , I pulled Stockton aside this morning and said , " Please tell me what happened when the showers were off for Preston . " Stockton was visibly upset while he was talking to me . Apparently some of the other divers are annoyed with Preston 's existence . I know he can be obnoxious and annoying , but he doesn 't goof off during diving and he doesn 't take forever on the boards . I guess Girl A has been complaining about Preston saying things like , " I can 't stand Preston , I just want to punch him in the face . ' REALLY ? Girl A is 18 ! Preston is 10 ! I get that people say ' I want to punch them in the face ' all the time right now . But she is 8 years older than him . This is not okay ! Anyways , Boy A told everyone it would be funny to turn off the water on Preston because he couldn 't reach to turn them back on . Stockton said he was telling everyone his idea while Stockton was in the other shower . ( There are two showers side by side . ) Stockton thought , " Well , he can 't turn off this one because I 'm in it , so it will be okay . " Boy A turned off the shower and Stockton followed him to the one meter shortly later . Someone must have turned off the shower after Stockton left . Stockton didn 't realize it until it was too late . He said he saw Preston jumping then Preston looked at the line of kids with a look of betrayal on his face . I got to Preston before Stockton had a chance to react . Stockton was so upset . Preston was hurt and I was furious . Why are the leaders of the team picking on the little kids ? Why ? Why is this okay ? I called and talked to Preston 's coach . I also told her how Boy A and Girl A had been picking on Jackson . Jackson is Preston 's age , but has been diving for awhile . He is really good . Lately he has gotten scared . Stockton told me that Girl A and Boy A ridicule him while he is on the board and that they have no patience for him . It is frustrating Jackson and he is having a hard time . Stockton heard him crying in the locker room last week . Preston and Jackson have the same coach , so I let her know what was going on . Anyways , because I pulled the boys out of Wyoming , Stockton could now go to Camp Heleman . They were meeting at 4 : 00 . Mike and I hurried and got everything ready for him . Stockton usually has a hard time with change of plans , this was a big change and he handled it like a champ . Much better than his mom handled things today . Mike , Maysen and Preston and I were alone tonight . Preston and I wanted to play a game , so we were looking for something Maysen would want to play . We knew Mike would play anything . Finally we found it ! Preston knew Maysen couldn 't resist Parcheesi ! Maysen had hoped to play a quick game , but this lasted a long time . Preston was the victor with Maysen close behind . I decided whoever invented the game Sorry did it to play Parcheesi without the potential for gates . ( Two pieces on the same space can make a gate so no one can pass it . ) It was funny . Maysen 's game was missing a piece , so Preston went and had a new piece 3d printed . He loves his dad 's printer . Today was an insanely busy day . I 'm not going to talk about Jorja 's summer school , Maysen 's writing conference , Stockton and Preston 's diving or Stockton 's bowling class . The most exciting thing to happen today was Jorja had her first softball game with M . I . A . These girls were so nervous ! They have only played rec ball before , and this league has bigger , stronger and faster girls . Jorja was really nervous because she had to do most of the pitching . The other two pitchers were out of town . The umpire saw Jorja pitching , but I guess she was doing something wrong . She had to change the way she put her feet before her pitches . I guess she had the heel of one foot and the toe of the other touching the mound . The umpire said she couldn 't do it like that . It kind of messed her up , but hopefully she 'll get used to it later . Jorja pitched the entire first game . The first game they played the best team in the league . Way to ease into it ! The other team was great and didn 't try to run up the score like they could have . For example , they didn 't take extra bases on overthrows and things like that . Only a few girls got on base from Jorja 's team . The coach had Jorja last in the batting order . She didn 't get a turn . The other coach asked his players to stay out after the game was over so Jorja could have a turn . I 'm not sure if he was being nice , or if it is rule that every player gets to bat in this league . She ended up getting hit by the pitch . Oh well . Jorja 's team did better the next game . They were tied going into the last inning , but the other team ended up with the victory . Jorja 's team held their own though . Jorja got two awesome double plays when she was pitching . Jorja was so tired when the game was over . We had originally planned on taking her up to girls camp right after , but decided to wait until the morning . She started school at 7 : 30 and has been going straight until 9 : 00 . She needs to rest ! Although Jorja and Mike are planning on getting up at 5 : 00 to get there . What a busy summer ! Our family was assigned to put up flags for Flag Day . I really like how they are doing the flags this year . Instead of asking for volunteers before each day , they assigned the flags for the entire summer . We were assigned the 4th of July , but were able to trade for today . Only the boys were able to help because the girls had to leave to school / conference too early . The boys were assigned our street . Mike and Stockton put in the flags and Preston drove the golf cart . Preston was over the moon about that ! After I dropped Maysen off at her conference , I hurried down to my dad 's house so I could give him our crockpot . Mike accidentally broke my dad 's crockpot at Lagoon . Our crockpot is very similar , so hopefully he will be okay with that . My dad was excited about books he got from the yard sale awhile ago . He said that John would have gone nuts ! He sent me home with a lot of books to borrow . My dad also showed me this book he got from my grandma 's house . There were a couple of things about our ancestors in there , including my great - great - grandfather 's death . This had more information than the newspaper article I found awhile ago . Turns out there was a bit of a history between my grandfather and John Bryner . We aren 't sure who made the note at the bottom of this page . Apparently my great - grandma Olive Branch Millburn was the one who really wanted the indoor toilet . Grandpa said his dad was strongly opposed to it . " No one is going to @ # $ % in my house ! " Turns out Grandpa was the first to use the toilet and then became a huge fan . That is what my dad told me anyway . I spent a little too long at my dad 's house and had to hurry and get the boys ready to go to diving . We were late because I needed to stop by the store for sunscreen on the way . I thought we had some . . . whops . The boys got to dive on the platforms today . Well Stockton did . Preston just stayed on the 1 meter . He finished a little earlier than Stockton but didn 't want to jump off the platforms . He said the water was too cold ! These platforms aren 't very sturdy . If the wind blows at all the divers can feel the platforms moving . I love watching them on platforms . Platforms are not Stockton 's favorite though . His hands start to hurt going into the water from that high . I think he liked them a lot more when he was diving with Josh , Gavin and Gage . They had fun on them ! Maysen and Jorja both left early to their writing conference and summer school . Jorja seemed to have fun again . They still played basketball . She enjoyed the 3 on 3 they played yesterday more than the full court game they played today . Stockton had his first bowling class and seemed to enjoy it . They just bowled three games . His instructor wasn 't even there . Jorja invited friends over . Only Isaac was able to come . He ran from his house , which he said took just under 15 minutes . They cooked some egg creation while they waited for Drew , although while they were cooking they found out Drew couldn 't come . Ebony came over and they played volleyball in the back yard until she had to leave . Then Stockton hung out with them until it was time for Isaac to go to his softball game . I found this cool marshmallow and had fun trying to make mustaches with it . This is what I was doing while Stockton and Isaac were playing pingpong . Isaac is pretty good at pingpong . Stockton and Isaac had both won one game . Stockton ended up winning the 3rd . I played Isaac after Stockton . We only played to 11 because Isaac needed to go . I lost 11 - 3 . At least I was on the board . I guess I should have gotten a picture of Isaac for this post , but I did not . It 's like I 'm always super focused on my own kids . Welp , they will just have to deal with it . Jorja did not have young womens tonight because of girls camp later this week . She walked with Isaac to his softball game that was being played on the church softball field by our house . She didn 't stay long . Stockton played ultimate frisbee for young mens . Now that 's a wrap of Tuesday . Wow ! If this is what summer is going to be like , we are in for a crazy ride ! Mike dropped Jorja off at Mount Jordan Middle School where Jorja is taking two classes . She has computers for several hours , a 45 minute break , then PE for several hours . She was really worried about PE . She has never had it . She never had to have it in middle school because she was in the Chinese program . They let the Chinese kids opt out so they could have an elective , like orchestra . Jorja did not want to take PE in high school if she could get away with it , so she is doing it this summer . Maysen has a weeklong writing conference at Waterford . It is called WIFYR which stands for Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers . She went to this conference several years ago and loved it . She had a great time today , so hopefully she will have a wonderful week . I took Stockton straight from diving to his summer school at Salt Lake Community College . He has a film / diversity class from 2 : 00 - 9 : 30 at night . 7 1 / 2 hours . Wow . I 'm a little worried about this class , not knowing what movies he is going to be required to watch . Also , with this being a diversity class . . . you never know . Stockton seemed to enjoy the class tonight and said the films he saw today were pretty tame . Well , the first one was . I think it was called Temple Grandin . The second movie was a police brutality documentary . The language and violence in that one were pretty high . It 's what you would expect with the subject matter though . Stockton now has to do two write - ups on the films he watched . I picked up Jorja from her summer school and was thrilled to find out she had the best time . She absolutely loved pe , even though her teacher is the scariest person she has ever met . She played basketball and had a great time . She said she wishes I would have put her in a lot of different sports when she was younger so she would know how to play . I tried to get the kids in sports . No one cared about it but me . Jorja did say later that she probably wouldn 't have liked it if I put her in when she was really shy . I 'm glad she is enjoying it now . I picked up Maysen from her conference and then took Jorja to her softball practice . I stayed for awhile to hear information about the new league they are joining . Once Jorja was home and Mike got Stockton home from his film class , we headed over to Lisa and Nathan 's house . They are moving tomorrow to California . Boo ! I got a few pictures , but didn 't get one of Nathan , even though it was his birthday ! It was sad leaving their house . We are going to miss living so close to family . Yes , we have other family near by . It 's still sad . I hope they love California . We left this morning to head home . This was the first time we didn 't camp in a pull through spot , only because they weren 't available . Mike was worried about getting out and we felt very lucky to have 1 : 00 church . We were hoping we could just pull forward , because no one was there for a long time . Then last night someone arrived . Anyways , right as we were getting ready to leave , they left first ! We couldn 't believe it . So much nicer to pull forward than to try to back out of a super crowded area . We got home in time for everyone to take showers . I only had Natalie in my class today . She is so much fun . She loves the one on one time . Last year her teacher was the twins mom . They travel a lot , especially in the summer . When that would happen , Natalie would just get stuck with another class . I think Natalie likes having me there instead , even if she is the only one . Mike heard back from the people whose car he hit on Friday . They were super nice and said not to worry about it . Mike was so relieved . He went and cancelled the insurance claim . What a blessing . One of the reasons we stayed over in the Lagoon campground was so we could be first ones when Lagoon opened . I knew they opened at 11 : 00 . It has always been that way every family reunion . Mike finally convinced me to look up the park times . I was shocked when I discovered that Lagoon opened at 10 : 00 today . This is the first time our family reunion has been on a Saturday . It didn 't occur to me the time the park opened would be different . I discovered this at 9 : 50 . We hurried as fast as we could , but we weren 't the first ones in the park . My dad and Max left to buy tickets . I followed shortly after with Maysen , Stockton and Preston . We headed to Cannibal , because we figured that would have the longest line later in the day . My dad did not want to ride it . He said he would be sick the rest of the day if he did . I do remember that happening to me when I rode Maysen 's horrible favorite ride , Air Race . There ended up being five of us riding Cannibal . Maysen decided to go on the single rider line and wait with grandpa . The single rider line was a ton shorter . We ended up getting on the ride faster than Maysen . That was weird . I wonder if that is always the case or if the workers just weren 't letting single riders on . Mike and Jorja found my dad waiting for us . This is how Mike found him . Maysen got on the ride right as we were getting off , so we didn 't need to wait for her long . Stockton , Preston , Max and I rode together . We were in the front seat . Max didn 't like it . He said he never wants to be in the front seat again . I had my arms raised the entire time . It was awesome . After Cannibal , we went to the flying jeep kid ride . Jorja was planning on sitting in the front with Stockton . The lady wouldn 't let her , but she didn 't say anything to me about sitting in the front . I got in the front of Mike 's car . The lady didn 't like it and said I had to get out . Mike ended up getting out , and then he rode the ride the next time with Preston . At least she let him ride it right away but it was kind of annoying . We found our pavilion which I felt was in a great location . Much better than the last two years . Rozie and her family was there . Jackie came shortly after . I hung out at the pavilion and talked to my family while Mike took the kids on Rattlesnake Rapids . I talked with lots of different people . Heather and her family was there . Jackson and Chelsea . Jake and Jana . I had Jana talk to Sam about dairy allergies . Afton is allergic to dairy , although not as bad as Anne . Tammi and Frank came . It was really fun . I was worried that there wouldn 't be very many family members this time , but there were still plenty to fill the pavilion . Mike brought games and the kids played there for awhile . Preston had fun hanging out with Max . I let them roam the park together . I kept thinking we would run around with the cousins when we were that age . . . although there were a ton of us , not just two . They had a great time so it all worked out . Later they came back so they could go in Lagoon - a - beach . My kids ended up going back to the motorhome . I thought they would come back , but they didn 't . Except Maysen . I was really glad she did . I hung out with Matt and Sam for a long time . We went to the jeep and not only did they let me be in the front of the jeep , they had me in the front with Anne . My legs were all scrunched up , it was hilarious . We were the last ones to get in , so there was only one jeep left . I told the lady I didn 't think we could fit . She said we would be fine . I fit a ton better when I was by myself in the front . Where were you this morning ? Anne then spent a LONG time on the ladybug and dinosaur rides . She rode them with her mom , her dad , and several times with me . Maysen came and met us there , then she rode them with Maysen . Sam took Jeff to the boats during this . The boat ride was more his speed . She said he loved it and rode it over and over . One time he was in the very front and was the only one riding . They started letting him just stay in instead of waking around to get in the ride when he was the only one riding it . Maysen and I brought Anne to Sam and then headed down to the Spider . We had wanted to ride the Spider earlier , but the line was SO long . Over an hour at least . The line wasn 't too bad this late . Maysen asked if there was any ride I wanted to ride . I told her I would love to ride the Rocket with her . She doesn 't like that ride , but she agreed to ride it with me anyway . We stopped at the bumper cars and watched for awhile . Anne was there . I don 't have many pictures , but it was absolutely hilarious . The worker was falling asleep . He didn 't make sure the kids were buckled and he wouldn 't say the traditional ' keep your arms and hands in etc . etc . ' One of the mom 's watching yelled , " The kid in the blue needs help with his seatbelt . " He walked out to a kid in a purple car and buckled him then started the ride . Several kids had their seatbelts dragging . I wish I had a picture of that ! Anyways , these two kids pinned the kid in the green car , then they got out while the ride was going and put his seatbelt on him ! I couldn 't believe it ! Luckily no one got hurt . Maysen and I were laughing so hard . We watched about three rounds . In every one there were multiple kids not wearing seatbelts . I guess they don 't protect them much on this ride , but it can 't be great if they are dragging behind the cars . Maysen and I then went on Blast - Off at the Rocket . I love that ride . Maysen hated it , but I 'm glad she went on it with me . Our last stop was to the pavilion . Matt and Sam met us there . We were obviously the last people , so we cleaned up . I texted Mike and asked him to come help us . He did . Although the first thing he did was to empty my dad 's crockpot that had the hotdogs in them . He was pouring the water into the bushes and dropped the crockpot . The crockpot shattered . Mike said , " Well , this is how my weekend is going . " It took forever to get things ready to go . Mike and Maysen walked to the campground . The park was closed . A police officer stopped them and asked them where they were going . ( There is a special entrance to the campground by some of the rides that is far from the exit . ) I helped Matt and Sam out . Sam had a stroller , I pushed the other stroller and held one end of the heavy cooler . Matt had the other end . We were absolutely the last people out of the park . They had started closing all the exits . They closed the stroller exits , so we had to get the strollers through the turney thing . Matt had parked far away and couldn 't figure out how to get to his car . Finally he followed some workers right as they were closing the gate and squeezed in . He then had to drive around until he could figure out how to make his way back to us . All the exits were closed out of the parking lot . Finally we saw that we could exit through one of the entrances . Matt and Sam dropped me off at the motorhome . Everyone was in bed and most were asleep when I got back . I was so tired . It was a really fun day .