Valleyfair - Day One

On Friday the 5th, we all went to Valleyfair, an amusement park in Shakopee, Minnesota (southwest of Minneapolis). There is so much to see and do at Valleyfair, we can't possibly describe all of it here (and couldn't fit it all into one day, so we went back for a second day - that post is coming later). They have acres and acres of rides, roller coasters, games, food, entertainment, an IMAX movie theatre, go-karts, bumper boats, mini-golf, a waterpark - just a ton of fun in one place!

On our first day at Valleyfair, we went to Whitewater Country, which is a waterpark inside the amusement park. Lillianna got to put on her brand new swimsuit and play in the kiddie splash pool and float on an innertube with Joy for the very first time! She LOVED splashing in the pool and almost fell asleep on the lazy river ride floating on the tube. Cheri, Kellen and Cody rode the big waterslides and the faster "raging rapids" innertube ride.

After the waterpark, Kellen and Cody rode several of the roller coasters in the park - the Wild Thing, Renegade, High Roller, the Flume, the Mad Mouse (just to name a few). Joy rode with them on the Flume (a log chute water ride) and with Kellen on the Mad Mouse.

Fun in the sun at Valleyfair...

Before long though, it was midnight and the park was closing. We decided a couple days later to come back to Valleyfair for a second day - we have more pictures from that day that we will post soon!