The carnival came to town on Friday, June 13th. Amy and I decided to take on the adventure of taking all 7 kids to the carnival. We met at 1:00. The kids were so excited!
We started out by looking at the city firetruck. The fireman who was there gave us a 20 minute lesson on all the ins and outs to the firetruck. The kids were so kind to stay patient and attentive during the L O N G lesson. After the fireman was finally done, we decided to not go check out the ambulance, in fear we might be in for another L O N G informative lesson.
We headed over to the ticket booth and bought some tickets for the kids so they could ride rides. Lydia, Landon, and Parks were really looking forward to going on the firehouse, it's pretty much a little obstacle course with a large slide at the end. Mason and Ashley were a little too young to go on the Firehouse, so the next ride we went on was for them...the Pirate ships. Lydia rode with Mason, Amy rode with Ashley, and Bud and Parks rode together while I stayed off with Tanner and Weston. Mason loved the Pirate Ship ride.
After the pirate ship ride we headed over to the boats. I'm pretty sure Mason thought he was really driving them.
After the boats, Ame decided to let her kids play a $1 game. The object of the game was to throw a ball and depending which color of circle the ball landed in, determined your prize. Everyone was a winner and Mase ended up winning a small stuffed heart.
After the $1 game we headed back over to the Firehouse to let Lydia, Landon, and Parks ride it one more time. Then we headed over to the motorcycles. Mason loved the motorcycles and even cried when it was his turn to get off.
Mason's last ride was the carousel. The kids really wanted to do the large slides, so Amy bought a few more tickets. Parker was too short to ride the slides on his own, so I rode them with him on my lap.
We had a successful and fun time at the carnival. Even Tanner was a little champ. He spent most of his time in the Baby Bjorn asleep.
Saturday night was the big grand parade. I love the parade. Even though we don't really watch it, it's just fun being apart of all the festivities. Mom and dad had a yummy taco dinner then we went out front of their house to watch the parade. Every year since I can remember, the parade has always started off with the canon. This year was no different, but when the cannon was fired a spark landed in one of the powder pouches that a parader was wearing. The powder burst into flames causing a few of the paraders to get burned. Ambulances were rushed to the scene. 3 children were taken to the hospital, but no one was in critical condition (thankfully). That was the most action I had ever seen in the Orem Summerfest Parade or any parade for that matter.
Everyone enjoyed watching the parade, while snacking on treats.
After the parade we came inside and got Mason and Tanner warm and into their pajamas. Then it was time for the fireworks. I loved having Mason sit on my lap for the fireworks. He loved every minute of them.
We love the Orem Summerfest and we are already looking forward to it for next year.
Ame seriously rode those pirate ships and you went down the big slides??? Next year I will be able to go!!!!
ReplyDeleteLin, mark it on your calendar now. As you can obviously see, it's definitely not an event you'll want to miss. Maybe next year you could even ride the pirate ships and big slide.
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