Holiday World 2015

It finally happened...We went to Holiday World!

Aunt Lisa has been asking us for the past 3 summers to join her when she takes the Jr. Leaders on their achievement trip to Holiday World.  It hasn't worked well in our schedule before, but this year it did.  Of course, it had to be one of the hottest days of the summer, but we still had a wonderful time.  Unfortunately, Daddy wasn't able to join us, but I'm sure we will be visiting again because the kiddos loved it!

Julianne wasn't so sure about this ride - it was the first one she was on.

Reba thought it was awesome to be riding on her own

Finally, Julianne relaxed when she noticed Reba was having fun behind her

We then went to the carousel.  Julianne loved riding on the horse (which is one of her newest words)

They all enjoyed this rocket ride, but the seats were very hot on the girls' legs, so they didn't want to ride again

This free fall drop was a group favorite

Dallas and Reba then made their way to this Santa Sleigh, while Julianne went back to the carousel.

Then, Dallas wanted back on the drop ride.  He rode 3 times in a row before I made him take a break!

It was really warming up at that point, so Aunt Lisa thought they needed to ride something that included water.  Julianne was too small, so we found a place to rest and get a drink while waiting on the others to pass on the raft.

They rode twice because Dallas didn't get wet the first time, but he got soaked the second time!  We then changed into swimsuits, grabbed a pizza for lunch, and made our way to the waterpark.  Julianne and I stayed in the splash pad area while Aunt Lisa and another chaperone, Jeff, took the older two on some water-coasters.  It wasn't too long before Sugar crashed from the fun and sun.

About an hour later, Dallas, Reba, Aunt Lisa, and Jeff returned to play in the splash pad area.

The Big D and Little Miss enjoyed "racing" Jeff down the slides!

It was getting close to time for the Jr. Leaders to meet up to head home, so we made our way to the front of the park.  Then, the rain cut loose!  So, it seemed like a good time to take my group home too.

Until next time...

Big Splash Adventure Waterpark

After riding the train to the North Pole, we spent the night in French Lick at the Big Splash Adventure Waterpark.  Ma-maw, Pa-paw, and Aunt Lisa also stayed with us; along with my cousins and their families.  I didn't carry my camera around the first half of our play time, but I did get it out at the end to capture a few smiles from the kiddos!

Once Daddy took Reba down this slide, we couldn't keep her off of it!

Dallas loved this water gun contraption...

You can see the three of big kid slides in this picture, Dallas was tall enough to go down two of them with Daddy (on a tube), and let me tell you...he couldn't get enough of them!

Here's a look at them coming out one of the slides...

Like I said, we couldn't keep Little Miss off this slide...

This little girl sure does love her Daddy (and getting her picture taken!)

Back up the steps to go down the slide...

Then, the kiddos and Daddy got back on the "Lazy River", but they were more "Crazy"!

Daddy tried his best to steer them under the dumping buckets

Another look at Daddy and Dallas going under one of the "waterfalls" on the Lazy River

Until next time...

Summer Vacation with Pa & Gram

The last part of June, the kiddos stayed with Pa & Gram for a long weekend vacation.  Enjoy the pictures they shared with Daddy and Momma.

Until next time...

Wasserbahn

About a year ago, Doug and I purchased a discount package from a local hotel and waterpark - Wasserbahn.  It is located about 8 miles east of us along I-80.  The package included an overnight stay and 4 tickets to the waterpark.  We have been meaning to use it for some time, but just never had the right excuse to go.  Well, I remembered last weekend that we still had not used it, and it was due to expire 12-31-10!  Yikes!  Better use before we move!  So, I loaded up the kiddos and met Doug at the hotel Thursday evening.  We were able to go to the waterpark Thursday evening, and go again Friday morning before checking out.  The kiddos had a blast!  Check out some of the pictures...

There was also an arcade room - which really sucked to be honest.  We were able to play skee-ball once and then it just took our coins and didn't release the balls.  There was a speedboat video game that let us play one and a half times before freezing up - as well as the 4-wheeler video game.  Oh, and the big tennis shoe/hoop game...yeah, it ate the coins too.

Until next time...