Vacation 2010

We did it~ our first family vacation.  I actually shouldn't say it was a vacation (more like a weekend workout).
We headed out to Kansas City to visit the boys' Aunt Jill and Uncle Andrew (Atta).  We stayed at Great Wolf Lodge and had a great time.
I would like to erase both 4 hour car rides from my memory for now, I am still recovering from them.
Since my blog isn't always about the "good" stuff, I will elaborate a little.
We left late at night hoping the boys would sleep the majority of the trip, WRONG, Parker woke up about 1.5 hour into the drive and was not at all pleased about being in his carseat, he cried and squirmed basically the remaining 2 hours, which of course woke Cason up.  Cason was tired and came up with the brilliant idea of singing his ABC's to drown out his little brother's crying.  Not to mention it was POURING rain on a 2 lane highway.  In my mind I kept thinking let's just get there asap, but when your just potty trained 2 yr. old tells you every 20 minutes he needs to pee, you must pull over in the rain to let him pee immediately (he gives you about a 1-2 min. warning)
Once we got there, we had a great time.  I honestly don't think we would have enjoyed ourselves as much if we didn't have Andrew and Jill to help out and be such wonderful hosts!  We had a weekend full of eating, shopping, and playing at the GWL waterpark.

Hiding under the clothes while we were "attempting" to shop, I quickly realized I should have unloaded the stroller!

Helping pick out a shirt for daddy!

In case you were wondering about the expression, he found a grasshopper and was trying to show us!

We took a break from shopping and ate lunch at the TRex cafe, it was a big hit with both boys!

Now on to the good stuff, GWL was so much fun, but my little 2 yr. old is fearless and insisted on going down the HUGE "adult" slides.  The first night Aaron convinced one of the lifeguards to let him hold Cason and go down one of the biggest ones.  Let's just say I almost cried I was so terrified.  It was a pitch black tube water slide that goes super fast and of course at the bottom Cason was grinning ear to ear.

P's first look at the waterpark

My camera lens was so foggy but I still love this pic of P and Jill!

Cason going down the "kiddie" slide

Aunt Jill, Uncle Atta, & C going under the water

Look at all that water!

Where we spent most of our time (the kiddie area) P loved the slides too!