We Blew It.

It wasn't the first time. It won't be the last time. But today, David and I blew it. You see, all summer long our boys have been asking,"When will we go to Silverwood?" Silverwood is this great theme park and water park in Sandpoint, Idaho. Both of our boys had earned a free one-day pass to Silverwood for reading for a certain number of hours during the school year, so they were anxious to enjoy the fruits of their labor. All summer long we have struggled to find a day when we could go together as a family. The passes were about to expire...in fact the water park (which is the best part) closes at the end of August. So we PROMISED the boys we would go today. This morning, we got up and got ready to go. We had the swimming suits packed. We were heading for the car. I went to retrieve their free passes, and my heart stopped as I read, "This ticket is not valid on Saturdays in July and August." We can't go tomorrow because David leaves for Dallas at noon.

So, what to do? We gave the boys several options, apologizing for our error. They were gracious good sports (recovering quickly from their initial devastation). We offered to do a number of things that would cost the same amount of money that David and I had been prepared to spend on our entrance fees to Silverwood. They chose lunch at Royal Panda followed by a couple of games of Laser Tag at Laser Quest. We did have fun, albeit not the fun we had planned. David won laser tag, and the boys got like 5th and 6th place. Despite my amazing killer instincts I came in 22nd out of 25 people. Some kid (code name: McLovin') kept tagging me.

I think the best part of Laser Tag is the code names you get to choose. See if you can figure out which of us chose which code names. We were:

"Invincible"

"Dark Knight"

"Paris"

"Maverick"

(Hint: I was NOT Maverick!)

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