FRIGHTENING FRIGHTMARES

Having season passes to Lagoon has seriously saved my neck this summer. It's been so nice on the weekends when we have all the boys to just pack a cooler and head up there. They ALWAYS have a great time.. and they ALWAYS came home exhausted, which is an added bonus!!

For one last hoorah we took them to Frightmares last weekend. The weather was perfect and everyone had a spooky time... :)

Kaiden is a dare devil and always wants to go on all the big rides - including the Wicked. He always is so crushed when we have to tell him he isn't big enough. Lately we have been using that as incentive to eat all his dinner, so he can "grow taller to go on the rides". Well, he has been eating a ton and had it in his head that he had grown at least 6 inches and could go on all of them. He sure was disappointed when we told him he would have to try all winter to grow and we could check again next summer.

He went on all the rides that he could with his brothers. they rode on the train:

They rode the Sky Ride:

They rode the Tidal Wave:

They rode the Music Express, which is one of his favorites - it makes me sick just to watch them!!:

And Travis even took a ride on Shane!! :)

(I love this picture!!)

It always used to make me laugh that we would be at Lagoon, and they would still spend so much time in the stupid Arcade, UNTIL I won 360 tickets playing Deal or No Deal - and then it was hard to get me out of there too!!

We also tried out some Halloween costume ideas.

Iizik got in touch with his feminine side:

Kailob kicked some ninja butt:

And Travis took me on a magic carpet ride! (haha) :)

And of course it wouldn't be a Szarek family outing without the Travis and Melinda kissy self portrait!!

Tag team back again.....

Ok, so Jenny tagged me to write 7 random/weird things about myself. Seriously, just 7?? HAHA!

Oh, and I am not tagging anyone, unless you want to do it. Just let me know if you do!!

Here it goes...
The rules are:

Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself. Tag 7 random people at the end of your blog. Let each person know that they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.


1. I spent almost a year serving on the board of directors for the Utah Tour Guide Association and I think I am the youngest person in the association by about 30 years. I am a total Utah history nerd - and LOVE being a tour guide in the summers!!

2. I'm NOT stupid - but I am dingy. Not too long ago I went in to a gas station and pre-paid for my gas. I went out and got in my car and drove away without pumping my gas. About 20 minutes later I ran out of gas on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere!!

3. I attended college on a music scholarship, but these days all I really do is sing in my car.

4. I have a list of things I want to do before I die, and it includes things like going to all the counties and national parks in Utah, asll the states in the US and learning to play the guitar. It is a crazy and random list, but I WILL complete it!

5. I have weird food "issues":
*I can not stand when salty and sweet foods are mixed. It GROSSES me out. Nuts do not belong on ice cream, pineapple on pizza, fruit on green salads, and ham should never be honey baked. SICK!!
*I struggle eating a sanwich, hamburger, etc if I can not cut it in half first. I like to have a corner to bite in to.
*I ALWAYS eat my pizza crust first.
*I can't stand the flavored powdered stuff that's on chips to get on my lips. I will either break my chip into bite sized pieces or bite it very carefully with only my teeth.

6. I smell EVERYTHING, from the pens I use to the clothes I buy. I don't know why. I will not eat something I can not smell first, and when people say "here Mel – try this," my first reaction is always "can I smell it first?"

7. I think my favorite day of the year is Black Friday (the day after Thnanksgiving) and YES I am one of the fools that goes to the mall at midnight and then lines up at 2 am to save a few bucks at other stores!! Is it worth it? Not really... but we sure have a good time!! I hope we are going to do it again this year. :)