For Christmas, Alex and Holly gave us a gift certificate to a nearby resort with an indoor water park, and we finally used it towards a mini-vacation this past weekend.
We stayed one night at the resort and were able to spend two days at the water park. I was a good girl and remembered to take some photos to commemorate the event.
The kids.
They had a blast. Which was to be expected.
Handsome Dude was uber proud of himself for being able to cross “The Monkey Bars.” I think this was because he was terrified to do anything else, so the fact that he did this dangerous activity made him feel manly.
Little Dude went down the same slide over and over again for about 45 minutes. I know because I was the one in charge of him for that time. And it was really exciting watching him come down the slide.
Every. Single. Time.
We didn’t see much of the girls. They are old and mature and can handle all sorts of water parkish activities on their own. I did however snap a photo of each of them trying the body boarding activity out.
Sweet Pea
Daisy Mae
Our hotel room was nice and big. It included a full kitchen and a washer and dryer! These are the things that excite adults. The kids were ecstatic because it had THREE TVs.
At one point we were being extremely slothful and watching “Bee Movie” on the TV. At home, we have DVR and watch most of our TV off of that. This means we can fast forward commercials.
The boys do not understand that not all TVs have DVR. You can imagine the wrath bestowed upon us every time “Bee Movie” took a commercial break.
“Skip it, Mom! SKIP it!”
No. Our kids aren’t spoiled. Why do you ask?
Back to the pictures.
The boys eating breakfast in our fancy hotel room.
The kids when we went out to dinner.
David and I at dinner.
Now, I know what you are going to say.
“Why isn’t David smiling?”
But, I would like to submit that perhaps he is smiling. Allow me to elaborate.
Let us examine this photo of David from about a year ago.
No. He is not smiling.
But look again at the picture from this weekend.
The corners of his mouth are definitely yearningto smile. I call it progress. Perhaps in another year, he will have graduated to a “faint smile.”
Baby steps, people. Baby steps.
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We had a grand time and it was fun to take a break from pigs, chickens, rabbits, homeschooling, and general hillbilly-redneck-life.
Happy Monday!
Who took care of the ‘farm’ whiel you were vacaying?
VERY NICE GIFT.
There is indeed progress in the smiling department.
I wish I was able to take a break from the hillbilly redneck lifestyle for a weekend.. *sigh*
Oooooo!! I’m jealous!
Who took care of the livestock at home?
Little Dude looks so grown up at the dinner table…
I think David is just doing that manly thing. My husband gets the same look on his face when he looks at himself in the mirror. Quite studly, if you ask me. And you, well you’re just adorable. I never look that good on vacation. Hell, I never look that good anywhere. YAY Alex and Holly, great gift!
What a nice gift! I’m glad you had a little getaway and some fun family time. Your family is cute : )
Hinting at a smile works for me.
You should leave his smile alone – it just makes yours look all the more beaming and beautiful in comparison.
looks like fun! Except the part where one has to wear a bathing suit this early in the season.
Wow! That’s some fantastic Christmas gift! Sure looks like fun. thanks for all the fun photos.
you look fabulous!