On Tuesday, we started our morning at the crack of dawn to get Lorien her driver's permit from the CA DMV. Let me tell you, this was MONTHS in the making. Driver's Ed online, studying for the test, forms, addresses, trying to figure out what state we could claim for her, etc. But it finally worked out & she now has her learners permit. We're going to teach her how to drive & then fly her home in the spring to get her actual license. THEN, she'll be able to take the German driving test to get her license out here for her Senior year. Yay.
We started our morning with surprises from Tylee. She bought each of the kids a towel with their name on it, a personalized water bottle, & a canvas bag with their names on them. For the adults she got towels that said "Potter" on them. SO FUN.
On our way to the jump park, we realized that Trek is pretty much his dad.
The first thing we did was play at a jump park. We spent a full hour jumping around, doing flips, & playing basketball. The kids were in heaven.
After jumping, we explored the HUGE arcade they had next to the jump park. The kids each got some tokens & played for another hour. It was fun watching them team up together to beat certain games.
We ate some lunch & then played an epic game of laser tag. Lucas totally killed us with Lorien in 2nd place & me in 3rd. Laser tag is one of my favorite games so I loved that.
After playing at this park, we drove to another one down the road that had go-karts & bumper boats. Tylee met us there after work & we had a blast driving & getting wet.
Bladen was my driver. The first lap, I almost stopped the car & swapped places with him because he didn't know how to push the pedal & steer at the same time, but then it literally just clicked for him & he was AMAZING. We were speeding around the track & he was mastering the steering better than some teenagers I know. I was impressed.
But the highlight of the entire day was the bumper boats. We thought they were little boats that worked like bumper cars, until one of the kids found a button that made a water gun spray water at the other boats. As soon as that was discovered, the bumper boat experience turned into an all out water war between cousins & siblings. This was the absolute funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. They were RUTHLESS.
They were SOAKED.
The park also had a fun drop tower that we all rode to finish off our day of park adventures.
Once we got home, we all got into our swimsuits since we were already soaked & swam in the pool for the rest of the night. We had yummy BBQ catered for dinner & life was FANTASTIC.
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