Busch Gardens and Water Country

We finally got our season passes! I decided I was going to get my money's worth and go everyday.  Well so far, I have not reached my goal, but we have gone a lot.  I was so excited to take her to her first theme park, especially one that had a Sesame Street forest!  Before I tell you my story of the taking her for the first time, let me just say this: Do you watch Modern Family? Do you remember the Disneyland episode where they are chasing Lily around? Well I re-lived that episode in all its glory minus the leash, which I wish I had at that moment.  When we first arrived she was happy to sit in her stroller and take it all in.  Then once we got to the Sesame Street forest she was a wild animal.  I took her out of the stroller to take a picture and off she goes screaming "ELMO!" like a crazed fan into the forest.  I then proceed for the next 20 minutes to run after her with stroller in hands and me screaming "Solana STOP!" and her screaming back and me "ELMO!" She was all over the place with a excitement.  I couldn't help but be excited for her, but chasing her through a theme park with the fear of loosing her, and sweating to death was not exciting.  She felt like she had arrived in paradise. And after I calmed her down and explained to her that she could meet all her Sesame friends she finally mellowed.  She had so much fun and talked about it for a while after.  The next time we went we went with her BFF Abigail, and they were able to go on lots of rides and then went to see all her Sesame friends last.  She loved all the rides and is definetly our action packed adventurer seeker. 

Dreams do come true. 

Off to Water Country! She has definitely loved coming to the water park and there is lots for her to do.  I wish I had more pictures. Just this week we finally got Adam and pass, and let me tell you he was just as excited as Solana was. Adam said he hadn't been to a water park in like 15 years, so he was loving reliving those pre-teen years of fast water rides.  It's great because both parks are only 15 minutes from our house, so it's easy to go between naps, and it's fun to cool off in this crazy heat we are having.   

The first time leaving water country, I was putting the stroller in the car, and when I hoped back in, she was already dead out! Poor thing, it was a record for falling asleep. Put her in her car seat and one minute later she is out! 

Father's Day #3

So we are a tad behind on the blog :) I'm actually embarrassed that I'm only now posting about Father's Day. It feels like it was centuries ago, which is why I need to keep up with posting, because time is flying by and if I don't write it down, it will be lost forever somewhere in my brain. The day flew by pretty quickly.  The only thing I really remember is Solana and her nap.  So since we have afternoon church, we usually leave a little early and go for drive before church.  She usually either gets in a cat nap before it starts, or occasionaly she will sleep part way through church.  Either way it is a life saver to have her a little more mellow for the first part of church.  Well on Father's Day we got a text from our sweet sister missionaries who needed a ride to church. (no problem, right!?) Well it ended not working out in Solana's favor.  She loved having company in the car so much that she didn't fall asleep, and so after church she was so exhausted (and I didn't want her falling asleep at 4:30!) that the missionaries were doing everything they could to keep her awake (lots of singing and clapping and even a little leg shaking) but nothing was working.  Once we dropped them off it was up to us to keep her awake.  We failed miserably and by the time we got home I think she had slipped into a coma-like slumber.  Adam carried her in the house and cuddled with her for some time.  He said it was the best Father's Day gift he could get. (Solana doesn't hold still for longer than 2 seconds, so getting cuddle time would be a gift)

After she finally woke up we decided she better burn some energy so she would go to bed after such a late nap. So we wandered around CW and the weather was actually perfect in the evening!

It turned out to be a great 3rd Father's Day after all.  

The happy girl after her coma nap

Headed off to church

Adam's shining moment

My 2 year olds

Adam finally finished his first year of law school! He worked the hardest he ever had, and it payed off.  So both these two are turning 2! Solana is a 2T and Adam is a 2L, so congrats to all my two year olds!

Adam is trying to make a "1L" sign, but really, law school took over every functional part of his brain.

Let me take a moment to brag.  After the whole year of stressing, studying everyday of the week (except Sundays) and busting his OCD mind to it's limits. It finally paid off.....well almost (it will pay off when we have a job) but he finished lucky #13 out of 219 in his class!!!!!!!

Now off to interviews in August. Tonight we are going over the details of the next 10 years of our life (kind of big deal) and we are focusing on 3 areas: New York, San Diego, and Dallas.  You know where my vote is, and I will just tell you that Adam's is NY.  Dallas is a practical back-up.  So even though we have 3 MORE years here, we have to focus up on a job market.

But wherever we end up, and however he finishes out law school and business school, we are extremely excited for our current adventure and the next one to come.