What To Do???

I'm feeling a little lost this afternoon. Half of my family is gone. I'm not sure what to do with myself. Maddie and Sam went camping with my parents and 2 of my sisters and their families. Jess of course is too far away for comfort. We just sent Richard off to Youth Conference with the Young Men. So, I'm hear with Brin and Karly. Last night I had a little panic attack about having everyone gone. But I think I'm ok with it now. I'm just hoping there isn't a major earthquake or something like that.

So what should I do with all my "free" time. Clean, iron, scrapbook? No, I'll just blog real quick. But now I realize/remember Richard took the camera with him. So sorry, updated pictures of Karly will have to wait.

Last night we took the kids to Boondocks for a fun family night together before everyone went their own way. What a stinkin' joke! I want some pointers on how to make the most of your time while at Boondocks. We bought the kids and Richard the "unlimited" pass, which let them do basically everything, except the batting cages (the one thing Sam really wanted to do). I bought the pass that I could golf unlimited and do 2 rides. We got there at about 6:45. By 9:00 we had done 3 things. Richard and I both got to do the Go Karts, but that is only because we made Sam stand in line by himself while I was in line too. Richard joined him and rode with him after I had my turn (Maddie rode with me). So, needless to say it was a complete waste of $80. The Go Kart line was seriously 45 minutes. We didn't have time for the arcades, to golf, to do the laser tag. We had to leave so Richard could finish up some prep work for Youth Conference. The kids were totally disappointed. Brinley was wanting to ride on the boats. Karly was starving. We were thinking it was a total waste of a night. The rides were fun, but were pretty disappointing after the horrendous wait. So please, tell us, how do you make Boondocks fun? Do you just buy one turn on each ride so you aren't out so much money? Is there a good time to go when it's not so busy? It didn't look very busy, the lines didn't appear to be long. They were just SLOW!

On a positive note, Richard talked to the manager to complain about the horrible lines, the waste of money, etc. He asked for a pass so we could come back and golf or something. The manager ended up giving us a full refund. So I guess the night didn't end up being so bad. Other than melting, we got to try a few things, and do it for free. We later remembered we still had the tokens, so we'll have to try it out again, and hit the arcades.

We did get some cute pictures while we were there, but they too are on the camera with Richard. I'll post them later.