More flags, more fun

Sooooooooo, the Sommers' family attended a theme park the other day. ALL of the Sommers. Even Danny Sommers, the dad.

Dad Sommers doesn't care too much for crowds and the rest of us, well, we weren't too sure how we would all handle the different thrills and not-so-thrills of the park.

It was my idea to go in the first place, and since I wasn't sure if this day would be all that enjoyable for everyone, I was mustering all my faith and praying that the lines wouldn't be long, the crowd wouldn't be obnoxiously huge,... Now, maybe Heavenly Father doesn't answer those kinds of prayers, but I think He does.

Because we had a blast. The lines weren't long at all. We got to enjoy all the rides and marine mammal shows we wanted.

Our first ride was one known as The Superman. We hadn't really mentally prepped for this ride. We just kind of entered the park and that was the first ride we were able to ride on, so we hopped in line. It was super fun, I mean, fast, twisty, scary, high, scary high,... and it was little Sidney's first roller coaster ever. She sat by me and as soon as the ride was over, I looked over at her and she was white as a sheet. I was so convinced that that would be her first AND last roller coaster ride ever. But she was totally a champ and kept riding all of them after that. And as soon as we got off that ride, we discovered the slight addiction we all have to advil. As we walked away, there were many calls for it. Thankfully I had packed some. You're welcome, us.

My favorite part of this pic is Gabe snoozing in the background

This walrus was freakin' huge!! He scared the crap outta Gabe when he just loomed up out of the dark.

"Bye, Buddy, hope you find your dad"

In front of the dolphin play pen

And we discovered we love dolphins. I mean, everyone pretty much has a vague love for dolphins, whether they've seen one in person or not. Dolphins are the cool kids of the animal kingdom and everyone wants to be friends with them. But we got to watch them in a show. And they are so smart, they made me feel dumb. Just watch. So stinkin' cute.

After arriving home at 2:30 a.m. and crashing for the night, I felt like I had been hit by a train when I woke up the next day. But it was sooooo worth it. Going on all the fun rides with my family, getting totally soaked on the log ride with Gabe and Sidney, ooooo-ing and awwww-ing until our throats were dry, it was just SUCH A GREAT DAY!!.