The Not-So-Awesome Family Day

On Friday I decided that since it was the last day of summer, I wanted to do something super fun as a family. Everyone in my ward is always talking about how fun it is to go and let your kids run through the fountain at The Gateway. We hadn't ever done this before so I figured it would be a great thing for us to do on our last day of Summer. I called Ryan, asked him to knock off of work a little early and meet us downtown. We headed out and I was super stoked! This was sure to be an awesome day!
NOT! General consensus of the Gateway Fountain.... Not fun at all! As soon as we arrived, the girls stripped down to their swimsuits ready to have some fun. They didn't get more than a few steps out onto the pad when BOOOOOM!!! The music starts with no warning at all. This scares Khursten so bad that she slips and falls, catching all of her weight on her hip bone, giving her the biggest bruise I have ever seen.


Needless to say, she was very reluctant to go back out and play. Shortly after this fiasco, Nicole got shot right in the eye by one of the jets of water and slipped and fell, landing on the back of her head, giving her a whopper of a headache and a very sore eyeball. She too, came over crying and decided to sit things out. Audrey, seeing the disasterous fates of her sisters, opted not to even venture into the water. When we finally left, both Khursten & Nicole told us that The Gateway Fountain was the stupidest place ever and they actually made me promise never to take them back. What a fun family day I planned!
All was not lost, however. After a good 20 minutes of sulking, the girls did decide to give things another chance. They tiptoed ever so carefully so they wouldn't fall again, but they did at least get wet. I did get some good pictures though.... If you didn't know better, you'd think we had the time of our lives.