8.31.2012

1 Month

I can't believe my baby boy is a month old already. It has gone so fast! We are still trying to figure each other out. He teases me by sleeping 6 hours during the night a couple days then goes back to 3 hours if I am lucky. He still sleeps a lot during the day, which can possibly be the reason for the weird nights. He seems to not be too happy of a baby so I am hoping that changes as well. He is crying unless he is being held or fed or is sleeping. Not used to that, my other 2 were very happy and content just laying on the floor or chilling in the swing or bouncer chair. He does okay in those but not as well. Like I said...we are still figuring it all out. We are all so glad he is here. It is still weird for me to think I am not going back to work. That will be my biggest adjustment I think. I need to come up with some things for Tyler to do so he isn't watching TV or playing the Wii all day. Of course Winter is coming so the runs to the park will not be an option anymore. I better get some in before it is too late. He will be starting pre-school next Wednesday so that will be good and get him (and me) out of the house. As far as Brandon...he started 4th grade on the 21st of August. He likes it so far. He (and me) are still working on getting back into the swing of things. He is also playing Fall ball so we are out late on Tues and Thurs, which is making it a little bit harder. Plus, it starts at 6:00 so it is a little complicated to get everything done in between him getting home and leaving for baseball. It is all good though. We are slowly figuring it all out. Slowly...

8.08.2012

HE IS HERE!!!

For those of you who don't know (since FB is so much easier to update) We welcomed our new little boy on the 31st of July. Once again I was induced at 38 weeks due to gestational diabetes. I was required to be at the hospital at 5:30 in the AM hours. Holy cow that was early! I went alone cause we had to wait for the daycare to open up so Andy could take the boys. We figured nothing too exciting would happen in the hour in which we had to wait...we were right. I got hooked up to the Pitosin at 7:45 and we let the fun begin. For those who have never experienced the lovey drug...don't ever! It sucks! The nurse came in about 2.5 hours later and I hadn't dilated at all. The DR came in to break my water and the baby was too high so he couldn't...so we continued to wait. Around 11:30ish they were finally able to break my water but I wasn't dilated any more. WELL...that didn't take long. Once they break my water things always go quickly and painfully :) Around 3:30 they checked and I was at a 10 but baby was still too high so we waited about 1.5 hours for him to decided to "give up" and drop down so he could come into this world. At 5:00 we started pushing and he was born at 5:34 PM. We didn't have a name picked out (as usual) so that took more time then having him. We had talked about Payton but hadn't really decided on anything. In the meantime I had come up with a list of names that of course Andy didn't like any of. So back to the baby book we went. After a long afternoon of looking Andy came up with 2 names. One of which I was not a fan and the other is the one we went with...DYLAN ANDREW HADLOCK Came into this world weighing in at 8lbs 12oz and was a towering 20.5 inches. All is well with us as we try to adjust to 3 instead of 2. Okay as I try to adjust :) However it has only been a week so I have to give myself some time. This picture was taken the night before I went in. I figured I should take one since I hadn't taken even one the whole pregnancy. Here he is in all his glory! This is one of my favorite shirts! It says 50% Mommy, 50% Daddy, 100% Adorable! How true it is! We all love him!

7.30.2012

Lots of info...

So it has been FOREVER since I have written anything on here. So busy...sorry! Of course I am about to get lots busier...we are having a baby tomorrow! Holy Cow! I never thought it would come so fast, but here he comes! I have delayed all the preps for him, not sure why, mainly just extra busy with work and baseball and whatnot going on. So this weekend has been filled with A LOT of shopping and digging through boxes to make sure we have at least some of the essentials to get us through the first few days. I guess if we don't have it we don't need it at this point :) About 10 days ago, Tyler had a small siezure while at daycare. He basically became unresponsive and went pale in his face and his lips turned blue. By the time I got to him about 13-15 min in he was better but a little aggitated and twitchy. I took him to the local instacare where they couldn't even get him to hold still long enough to get his vitals. They recommended we take him to Primary's so off we went. By the time we got there he was back to the normal little Tyler we know and love. They ran some tests while we were there and found everything to be normal. They ordered an appointment with a neurologist which was scheduled for today. Off we went! They did some preliminary evaluations and said he looked fine. They asked if we wanted to move forward with an EEG, I chose to just to ease mine and Andy's mind. Well, that brought back some sparks in the back right of his brain. The dr believes that is where the siezure came from. He offered twice a day medication which we will hold off on until he has another one...not feeling that is necesary at this point. They ordered an MRI to see how big of an issue the "sparks" are. That will be done in the next 2-3 weeks. As for now we will just watch and wait. Brandon on the other hand is doing just great! He has been enjoying his summer. He played baseball and loved it. Fall ball starts in a couple weeks and he is way excited to start it up again. Also, he is looking forward to 4th grade starting on the 22nd of August. He has been doing scouts since Feb and is doing really good at it. I haven't really been able to be involved cause of work but he is loving it as well. We have a great neighbor that has been helping me out tons with it all. We don't know what we would do without her. Last but not least, because we are having our 3rd boy tomorrow, I am now officially a stay at home mom. I am both excited and nervous about the whole thing. I am having my doubts in myself and the ability to do it. I sometimes don't have the paitence I would like to have with the boys and now I am adding another one to the mix. I know it is just a matter of adjusting to the changes and we will be fine...I just hope we all survive :) Another thing that makes me nervous is the fact that I have been the holder of the health insurance and with Ty's new developments we need to figure it all out. I just hope another insurance will cover it cause it was diagnosed before we applied. I don't know if this would fall under that category or not. I guess we will see.

5.03.2012

Brandon had his school chior concert tonight. He did really good. They sang 2 songs. He loves singing, I am glad his school has a chior he can be in. Way to go buddy! I couldn't get the video to upload...if I ever get it figured out you will see it here.

4.15.2012

Springtime Activities....

So April is halfway over and we have been very busy. First we have Easter. I had to work on Saturday so I had to miss the Hadlock family party. However, Andy was able to attend something for the first time in a long time and that made him happy. I sent him with the camera and he did a pretty good job. I on the other hand didn't do so well at my mom's party later that same day so there are not any pictures from her house. I had to help Tyler find his eggs and didn't have my camera handy. My dad's sister Pat joined us for the first time in a lot of years...I mean A LOT of years. Pretty crazy to see her there. Should have taken a picture of that at least so I could remember that she was there.

Tyler getting his hunt on at Grandma Hadlock's house

Brandon checking his "loot" with his cousins Adam and Tommy

Heck....the Easter Bunny even found us!
Next exciting thing we have going on is Brandon is playing baseball. I am not sure who is more excited, me or him. I am pretty sure he is more excited, but I am for sure proud! I have always been an emotional person but seeing him doing something he loves to do makes me cry for some stupid reason. I just can't stop it from coming. Just in case you need something to laugh at here is the story....

Brandon was playing left field, and he had one ball hit to him. He grabbed it and and threw it into second base just like he was supposed to. It made me so proud to see him play. I am sure I would have been proud even if he totally missed it. Just to see him having fun and loving it is enough for me.

Here he is at bat. It is (what he likes to call) real baseball. The kids pitch the ball. He did pretty well at his 2 at bats during the game. The first one he got hit by a pitch so he got to walk. The second one he struck out but did so swinging. I can hardly wait to see how the team and him improve throughout the season. The coach is excited about the year and so am I. Tyler is a little disappointed he isn't able to go on the field and play too. I hope I can keep him off :)

Baseball in Tooele is pretty big. They have an opening ceremony and everything. They have all the teams from T-Ball all the way up to 15 year old teams on the field and they sing the National Anthem and throw out a "first pitch" to start the season. Bumble the bee from the Salt Lake Bees was even there, that made all the kids happy. He took the time to take pictures with whoever wanted to.

3.28.2012

Baby Update Again..

So I am about a week late with this but at least I am getting there, right? On the 19th of this month my mom and sisters joined me for the ultrasound of our little one. I was surprised that Andy suggested it at first but in the end I am sure my family was more excited about it then even I was. Of course I don't think they left as excited...we are having another boy. Everyone...and I a mean EVERYONE was trying to will him into a girl instead. I on the other hand was just a little nervous that things wouldn't look good. I am very small for being 20 weeks and I haven't gained any weight yet, which is very odd for me. I was glad to see that he is growing and is right on track. I am sure they were happy he is healthy as well, but I am also sure they were a little disappointed when the tech said boy. I get another Ultrasound on the 16th so it will be confirmed one way or the other. I hope we can get some 3D pictures next time. We tried this time but the little bugger was just like his brothers and buried in my back and didn't want to smile for the camera.
I waited to tell Andy until Brandon came home from school. I showed Brandon the photos and he got a disappointed look on his face and said, "Another one?" "I really wanted a girl this time." I kinda felt bad for him, but he quickly got over it went and grabbed the baby name book and started coming up with name ideas. Little does he know that his father is very difficult when it comes to names and this little one will be lucky to have even some ideas before he even gets here. We do know one thing...his middle name is Andrew. That is one step!

I thought this picture was pretty cool. A little side profile of the little guy.

He has got some big ole feet!

3.14.2012

Let the games begin...well almost

So Brandon has been waiting a whole year for baseball season to roll around, so when he saw the banner out on the street stating that registration was a few weeks back he could hardly contain his excitement. So we signed him up and they informed us that there would be tryouts to be held coming up in a couple weeks. Well, we had snow on both of the days that they had originally been scheduled for so the make up was tonight. He was so excited! The moment he has been waiting for is finally here! We pull up and it literally looked like the scene from any baseball movie where there are people all over the field throwing the ball back and forth with people with clipboards watching their every move! Did I mention these kids are only 8! I was nervous for him! I knew it wasn't a real tryout so I wasn't too nervous but holy cow! You could tell he has switched from excited to nervous as well. That changed when a kid came up to him and asked if he wanted to play catch. Then he was just a kid who wanted to play baseball. His number was 28 (David Justice's number when he was a Yankee...not that I am proud to say he was a Yankee) they lined all the kids up in numerical order and one at a time they were given the chance to pitch, field a ground ball, and hit. He did okay...not the best but not the worst either. He just loves the game and wants to play, and that is all that matters to me. Now he just has to wait to see what team he ends up on and then he will be ready to go. The games start in a month so pretty soon we should find out.

3.03.2012

Brandon's Big Day

Today we celebrated a big day in Brandon's life. He was baptized! He was so excited to have everyone come out and share his day with him. We started the day off at 9:00 going to the church. Baptisim started at 10:00 lots of family and friends came to help him celebrate. Afterwhich we went to the Tooele Army Depot to go bowling in celebration of his birthday. It was way fun! We are all so proud of him and his decision to get baptized. There are many other photos but I couldn't find a slideshow website and I didn't want to put a million pictures on here...so here a few of my favorites.


2.21.2012

Baby Update

So I went to the dr yesterday and met my actual doctor not just the assistant. He was alright, I am having a hard time not comparing everything (including my OB) to Logan. He was really awesome! It also doesn't help that I haven't had very good experiences there so far. First they made me come back 2 days later for my first ultrasound visit to figure out my due date. Kind of a waste of time when I have to schedule it around my work schedule. Then I go in a couple weeks later and they asked me all the same questions they did the first appointment, like about previous pregnancies and stuff that should have been in my chart. Also, they didn't even know I came in for my ultrasound so it was a little frustrating them not knowing all the stuff they asked me twice. Then they had a mix up with my labs and I had to get re-tested leaving me way stressed out for about 3 days. I understand that the dr's office didn't really have much to do with the mess up in the lab, but they weren't that understanding when I asked for a re-test. I just keep hoping that things start to look up soon. The fact that I am pregnant is definetly a plus. I also was able to schedule my ultrasound to find out what we are having....March 19th is the big day. I hope we can all wait that long. Of course everyone has their opinion which are all the same...it HAS to be a girl. It probably is and I will be the one that will have to prepart the most for that. However, if it isn't then everyone else will have to just deal with the fact that we have darn cute boys and that is why we get them. :) Just wait everyone, soon enough we will know. One good thing about leap year is they moved my due date up a day so we are now due August 13th.

2.14.2012

Valentine's Day

Today was Valentine's Day. Andy and I don't really do anything for this holiday, so I don't have much to say about that. He did buy me a Diet Mt. Dew this morning and him and the boys made some chocolate dipped raspberries last night, Yum! However, the neighbor across the street invited us over for a litte party that she likes to put on for her kiddos. Pretty much my kids are her kids, they are there a lot of the time since she watches them for me while I work 2 days a week. We started the night off playing a little game of BINGO. Next, heart shaped pizza. Followed by cookie decorating. It was pretty fun. I think I need to start doing more fun things for my kids. I forget sometimes that holidays are for the kids and not for me. I did manage to pick up these cute litte bug pouch things that I threw in a couple little toys in. They loved them.




1.23.2012

Update....Finally

So I am not so good at this blogging stuff. It has been over 2 months since I have added anything. OOPS!
I am going to try to remember everything since my last post...wish me luck :) Well, we had Thanksgiving. Followed by late night/early morning shopping with my mom, I had to work that day so we didn't stay out as long as we normally would but we got a lot done anyway. Brandon even got involved, we went to Toys-R-Us at 9:00 on Thanksgiving night and stood outside waiting to get in.
Wait....the week before Thanksgiving Andy and I went with my mom and dad to Vegas. We met my sister from California there. My other sister and her husband came as well. It was nice to go somewhere for a couple days. Of course we missed our boys. While we were there we went to see the Blue Man Group. Andy was part of the show! One of the Men was in the corner eating a bowl of Captin Crunch and "got caught" he handed it to Andy to make it look like he was the one that was eating it. It was the funniest thing! For those of you who know Andy know that he isn't one to get involved in anything, yet alone a show in Vegas. He just sat there holding the bowl cause he didn't know whatelse to do with it.
On the 2nd of December my baby boy turned 3! We did a Toy Story cake (not as cool as Brandon's) poor kid gets jipped sometimes :) He didn't seem to mind though. It was filled with lots and lots of Monster Trucks since that is what he wanted.
Next we have the month of December...full of holiday parties and treats! Yum! I wasn't really in the Christmas mood this year so we didn't get a tree until around the 10th of the month. Then it took about a week for it to be decorated. We didn't even put up any of our decorations. We put lights in the windows but that was about it. I felt really bad for my kids, of course too late to fix it. Next year will rock!
As part of Andy's Christmas everyone pitched in and sent him to the Bears VS Broncos game with his brother Troy. He had tons of fun! Lucky for him he likes both teams so he wasn't really disappointed in the game at all. The Broncos came from behind to win, but overall the game was good.
On Christmas Eve we were able to take an adventure to the IMC emergency room. Ty decided that breaking his arm would be a good idea. He was dancing around and fell funny and that was all it took. Here I thought his broken bones would come from jumping off the couch, stairs, slides, or porch. But now he breaks it just walking around. :) Two weeks later we went in to get it casted and he wanted a Buzz cast. Disappointed to find out there is no such thing...he went with green instead (like Buzz). He only had the cast on for 2 weeks and it never slowed him down at all. Still jumping and running everywhere.
After Christmas comes Andy and I's anniversary....11 years! Hard to believe it has been that long. This year the weather was nice and sunny...complete contrast to the year we got married, foggy and cold.
Jan 9th leads us to Andy's birthday. Brandon picked out a Broncos cake for him. We were just glad they won the day before so the cake was still a good idea :) I invited his friend Dan and his wife Crystal over for dinner. It was a fun little party.
Another fun thing that happend in the first part of January...I was able to go get an ultrasound of our new addition! That is right folks...we have #3 coming in August. We found out the week before Christmas but waited until the 13th of January to tell the family. It was hard to keep in. I had my cousin Staci make some t-shirts to help us spread the word. They turned out awesome! We are all excited, especially the boys. They both keep rubbing my stomach and looking at the little ultrasound pics of the kidney bean with arms. :)
Well, I think that about sums up the last couple months. Hopefully I don't wait another 2 months to update again. I didn't put pictures on this post, but they are all on my FB profile so feel free to go there and check them out.

11.11.2011

Monticello Trip

The weekend before Halloween we drove down to Monticello to see my cousins that live there. It is always nice to go see family and just chill. While we were there we went to Grandma Hansen's house and raked leaves. Of course you can't rake leaves without jumping in them.












Everyone got involved. It was way fun! The kids had a blast and were upset when we started bagging them up. Tyler even went as far to jump in the bag as we were putting the leaves in there. It was way funny!
Thanks Hoggards for letting us come and see you guys and stay at your nice new house! We love you all!

CEO Breakfast

We were able to attend a breakfast at Brandon's school this morning. His teacher nominated him to recieve the award called a CEO (Chief Example to Others) at Northlake. Brandon is doing so well in school he makes me so proud. His teachers have all always had such great things to say about him. He is currently carrying a straight A report card (minus a couple A+) :) I am so glad that he is a much better student than I was at that age....sorry mom! He is such a sweetheart to everyone. Just one example that I can think of that I wanna make sure gets written down somewhere is...One day he was ridding his bike to school with a group of kids from the neighborhood and one of the girls in the group had her tire go flat. Brandon stayed back with her and walked to and from school that day so she wouldn't be alone. What a GREAT kid I have been blessed with. LOVE YOU BUDDY! I can't get the video to upload :( I hope one day I can figure it out and post it someday.

8.25.2011

Our Summer in a nutshell

So I decided that since the summer is over I will try to roll it all into one post. We did a lot of fun things this summer, I am sure I will forget most of them but here we go....
We started the summer off by moving to Tooele from Logan. That has been an adjustment for all of us. Being landlords has been good so far, I am sure glad we found good renters. The rest of June was spent trying to organize the new house (although it still isn't done). In July we had the Meadows reunion up in Joe's Valley. It is always a blast to see everyone. I spent the time visiting with everyone and jumping off of the rock into the water. After the reunion was the glorious occasion also known as my birthday. Of course July consists of the two "firework holidays". We love fireworks! Next comes August, nothing too exciting went on in August. I decided to go FT at my new job of 2 months at Chase bank...still deciding if it was the right choice, but there is no turning back now. It will be another adjustment for us all as I haven't worked FT time in about 2 and a half years (since I had Ty).



Brandon started 3rd grade at his new school called Northlake Elementary. He has enjoyed it so far...he was so excited to go and make some more friends. The only thing I have found humorous so far is he was glad to sit in the front of the class (he has been in the back the last 2 years) but on day 2 the teacher switched him to the back cause a kid was talking too much so he had to be moved. I guess that is a good thing...that he was moved because he was the good kid in class not the talker (at least not yet). I hope it stays that way.

6.27.2011

I guess it is time

So we have lived in Tooele now for 3 weeks and I am still working on adjusting to the new place. We love the house but I miss Logan and the people there still. I also hate driving by the lights at the ballpark and not being able to stop and play. Andy is able to come home every other night, but it usually ends up being between 3-4 in the morning so we really don't see him any more than we did before. I am missing my yard too. We fixed the fence right before we moved so the boys were able to go out and play without me worrying about where they were. We have a fence here but no grass. One day we might...probably when it is too cold to play outside. I will take some pics once I get all the pictures hung up on the walls. I have started my new job at Chase, so far all I have done is computer training and a little shadowing. This upcoming week I will be training in Salt Lake for 3 days. The following week I will finally be able to sign on to a computer and help some people with their transactions. I think I am going to like it there once I get on and running. The people I work with are really nice. The only thing I am not excited about is the fact that they have a dress code which consists of black pants and blue or black shirts. That is going to get old fast! :) It will be good though.

I have also decided that I can't look at other people's blogs anymore. Everyone else is having so much fun and we have just sat around doing nothing for the begining of the summer. Now that July is here we will have so much going on that I will have something to post. I am also wanting to get some family pictures done sometime soon. So I will be putting them on here too.

Until Next Time...

5.26.2011

One more day....


I decided to go ahead and write this up now, since it is now technically Friday and we are on our last day here in the beautiful city of Logan, Utah. We are all going to miss this place. It is a good thing it is only 1 hour and 42 minutes away. (Yes I clocked it on Wednesday) I went down for an interview. Anyway....I am going to miss all the wonderful people I have met while here these last 10 years. Many, many friends have been made. Also, many good things have happened to our family while we have been here. First off...when we moved here it was just the two of us, who knew starting out up here we would have 2 little boys in the time that we were here.

What a joy they are in my life! I love them so very much!
As we move on in our journey together we will continue to be blessed, I know we will. Change is always hard, but in the end...it all works out the way it is supposed to.

You can never beat the beauty that is up in the Cache Valley, but this picture of Tooele doesn't look to shabby either.
Stay tuned as we go about this change in our life, as always...I am sure it will delight those who follow along. :)

5.21.2011

Week in Review....

SORRY...IT IS A LONG ONE...

Okay everyone, I have decided to write (type) down how I have been feeling this week. Started off the week with a last minute trip down to SL so I could have an interview with a branch down there, felt like it was a wasted trip the minute I got back in the car....leading to frustration that they wouldn't just do a phone interview first then a face to face, saving me the 3 hour trip. Turns out my suspicions were right, received a call on Wednesday that I did not receive the job. On Monday night the ladies I bowled with on Wednesday nights took me to dinner at Aggie's. I was bummed about the interview but they cheered me up really fast, I love them all. I was also able to ride the motorcycle to dinner so it was awesome! Of course at the end of dinner I went to being sad cause I realized it was the last time I would see them before I moved.
Tuesday was pretty uneventful, I worked all day so not much time for anything to happen. Got to watch Biggest Loser so that is always a good day. :)
Wednesday was disappointing with the phone call I received. Plus trying to figure out which mortgage company we were going with was starting to really grind on me. I turned it over to Andy and then stressed about what he was doing about it. I can't remember much about Wednesday so it must not have been too exciting either. Went and walked by the Logan river and saw how full it was. Tyler fell down a little bank and got his arm in the water, scared us both more than anything.
Next...Thursday...once again I worked all day, but that evening I went to Zumba and then some ladies in my ward threw a "going away" ice cream trip. I sat there in the little ice cream shop and took in all the people who loved me. Making me go through a whole slew of emotion in about one hour. I am going to miss everyone up here in Logan. I stayed out until 12:00 talking to 2 of the ladies that came, I think we were all just glad to get a break. We were standing in the rain for about 30 minutes of it.
Friday brought some packing, not very much is done. Everyone keeps asking me why I don't have much packed, all I can tell them is I have had to open the boxes I do have packed at least 4 times to look for something I didn't think I would need. But I did pack up a few things on Friday. Then that night we went to a ward dinner and then to get some more ice cream. Staying out until 10:30 with one of the same ladies I was out with the night before. Her name is Ashley and we became instant friends, making it even more hard to leave.
Now we are onto today (Saturday), once again I filled my day with activities to help me avoid packing and making it all come to an end. Three of my high school friends came up and we did lunch, then one hung out for a few hours then another one of my friends came over with her boys and we decided to go get more ice cream! In case you don't know this about me....I LOVE ICE CREAM!!! I did go to three different places so it is completely different, right?
The whole week was filled with the stress about the mortgage, finally on Friday we made a decision and we are now hoping to close by the 26th so we can move in on the 28th...that's right folks that is next Saturday! Only 7 more days! I better get moving on the packing thing. I pack when I am okay with the move and then when I start getting sad about the whole thing I stop. I do have some ladies from the ward coming over on Wednesday morning to help, but I don't want to have too much left for them to do. Of course by Wednesday I will be okay with everything being packed up, cause I really won't need any of it but some clothes and toiletries. I have such wonderful friends up here that they have invited us over for dinners Wed-Fri of next week so I won't have to worry about that. I just hope that one day I can be as great as everyone has been up here. Everyone sure is making it that much harder to leave!

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5.08.2011

It is official!!

After about 10 months of saving chore money, birthday money, and any left out change Brandon is the official owner of a Lagoon season passport.

I decided after I finished my bowling tournament yesterday that I would surprise him with a trip to Lagoon. He was so excited he couldn't stop talking about it the moment he found out we were going.

He was a couple dollars short to pay for the whole thing so I told him the night before that I was planning on taking him but he didn't have enough money. We decided he could do some chores for the grandparents. He didn't have enough time to do them all that night so he had to write up a "contract" with Grandma Hadlock so he could come to her house and work off the money she gave him.
(sorry it is sideways) It was written on a lid from Cafe Rio. So funny!
Then we were off to Grandma Anderson's where he volunteered to clean her toilets and she said that was worth the rest of the money he needed, so we were off.
Before hand Brandon and I had made a deal...if he would go on the Wicked

then I would "buck up" and go on the Wild Mouse with him

So that is the deal for the whole summer, every time he goes on the Wicked with me I have to go on the Wild Mouse with him. I am sure hoping that he won't hold me to that. He really liked the Wicked....my opinion of the Wild Mouse didn't change (still scares the crap out of me)!
I was so proud of him being so big and riding on all of the big rides. He had been on most of them last year, but fell short on height for some, but he rode them this year with no problem. One of his big accomplishments was he opened his eyes in the loops of the Colossus

He was so excited when he did that. He says next time he will tip his head back and look for the track. He is so funny.
One interesting thing happened to us while on the Tidal Wave...

there are quite a bit of birds that like to fly around this particular ride, some small, some big. Well, we were just ending our ride when a big ole goose flew over it almost hitting us in the head. We screamed and ducked, meanwhile, the goose got the crap scared out of him too...literally! Brandon ended up with some of the evidence on his hands, arm, shirt, and shorts. GROSS! Not as gross as the poor kid a couple rows in front of us, he got it right in the face. Next time I will be wearing a poncho :)
It was way fun to go and enjoy the excitement he had the whole time we were there. Of course we rode the classics like the white roller coaster, musik express, jetstar 2, and the sky scrapper. At every turn there was a huge smile on his face! I am so proud of him saving up his money to get his passport. He decided last year that he wanted to do it and then did it.