Bravery or Stupidity?

We had a fun little trip to Silver Dollar City on Saturday. It started a little rough though. I had planned on packing and having everything all ready Friday afternoon and then attend the Fabulous Friday for church. I had to take Lexi for a chest x-ray, since I found out earlier in the week she either has pneumonia or bronchitis. She has HORRIBLE allergies and I thought that's all it was. I get the bad mom award for that- again. But I didn't plan on having Carly get an ear infection and have to be taken into the quick care for an antibiotic. By the time I got home from getting Carly in to be seen and getting her medicine I was needing to get to the church to do my fun little projects. Darrell got the kids packed- have I mentioned how much I love my husband?! He had dinner made for the kids also, and told me to hurry and feed Baylee and go. He cleaned the house, and had everything ready.

We got to Silver Dollar City and sat for over an hour just to get in a parking spot, then had to walk a half hour to the park, we could have taken a tram but it was an hour wait in line to get on- IT WAS BUSY! We saw a lot of cute Christmas shows- the kids loved them. The lines for the rides were really long so we were picking and choosing the favorites. I had promised myself and my kids I would go on a roller coaster with them, and another big ride to help me face my fears. The kids wanted me to go on Thunderation with them, I agreed since I had heard it compared as one step above a kiddie roller coaster. I was feeling brave and Lexi and Ash begged me to go backward for my first time. I agreed, but as we got closer I was starting to feel myself panic. I was trying to be brave so my kids wouldn't think their mom was a total wimp. I DID try to convince them that we should go forward facing- I was really starting to get nervous. They wouldn't budge- Lexi kept telling me how much I'm going to love it. We got on and I was shaking- but hid it by gripping the handles so hard my hands hurt. I screamed like I was on fire- Lexi kept looking at me weird- I think I was embarrassing her. We went around and up and down a few hills and I was feeling pretty good. The ride slowed and I was so excited- I made it! I started telling Lexi how fun it was, and she told me the ride wasn't over- we still had the big hill. I know she saw fear in my eyes- she started comforting me saying how fun it was. She was wrong. I was facing backward and seeing how high we were- I think a few swear words escaped. I was freaking out on the inside- well probably the outside too! I thought I had screamed as loud as I could the first half of the ride- but I found out I can scream LOT'S louder! People on the ride were laughing at me- they heard me freaking out as we climbed the hill. I think I also screamed to get me off a few times. I survived it! I got off very shaky- it took almost an hour for me to quit shaking- but I SURVIVED. I will be honest. I didn't feel braver, I felt like I am an idiot for agreeing to go on it! I gladly gave all roller coaster rides to Darrell.

I had conquered one fear and thought nothing could be worse then a roller coaster, so I told Lexi and Ashlee I wanted to try another ride. We went on the Electro Spin. You know those big ships that rock back and forth, it gets higher and higher, and if you are on the end you are flying out of your seat? This ride is kind of like that, but it's a circle and it spins you as you go higher and higher. I don't get sick on rides, and I love the big ship ride, so I thought this would be so fun. It was about 9:00- so it was very dark. It took about 10 seconds before I realized I HATED this ride! I was screaming and closing my eyes- I seriously HATED it! As the ride hit the highest point we were suspended in air, and kind of stopped, then came the falling feeling. I had my eyes shut really tight and opened them- all I saw was darkness. I wondered how I would act if I thought I was going to die. Would I start praying like crazy, start thinking of my family, would I freeze in shock? No, I started swearing! I thought the ride just broke and we were flying off into the trees still spinning. I tried to think how I could grab onto Lexi and Ash and save us from an awful death. But then we went back down and I figured out that was just the ride getting as high as it would go. I started screaming to get off- again horribly embarrassing my girls! Ashlee had her hands up the whole time, not that I would have noticed cause my eyes were shut until I thought we were going to die! I decided I needed to just keep my eyes shut and scream like crazy so I didn't have all the tense feeling stuck inside me- and boy could I scream!

I got off that ride and I was VERY done! I went on a few other rides- the swings, The Mighty Galleon, Elephant March,- similar to Dumbo ride, and a roller coaster that is just perfect for me- called Fire In the Hole. It is like the Indiana Jones rat Disneyland. Just perfect- it's little quick, and has only little hills.

I am happy I did go on those two big rides, I thought I would like them, but I didn't. I will try them again, maybe.

Darrell took the older girls on a couple of the bigger coasters. Lexi loves Wildfire, and Ashlee can't wait to get a few inches taller for it. Another one of their favorites is Powderkeg. I struggled watching them go on these rides and had to remind myself not to scream for them. It scares me to see my kids on those crazy things- but they love them!

The girls can't wait to go back in December. Baylee was so easy going in her stroller. She didn't sleep hardly, but didn't cry either. We are so blessed to have such sweet little girls. We forgot to take any pictures- sorry. It was really crowded.

I think facing two fears on one week gives me reason to take a little break- I wonder what kind of fear I will try to face next?!