I am trying so hard to get caught up on my blog this time instead of skipping chunks of time and stuff we did, but man! It is hard! Here is the end post about our trip to UT (that happened beginning to mid August).
Our last night at my mom's I snapped a few photos of Gramma and Emma. Emma wasn't in the photo mood though and this was the best one.
The kids had all been showered up and had a few minutes of veg time watching Disney Channel on Gramma's bed.
Then we tried for a group photo. Aaron was now feeling particularly uncooperative. I was going to post all the outtakes, because they are so funny, but that would have made this picture post waaaaay too long. This is the last one we took. Aaron is a little goofy looking, but at least he's in the picture. He was refusing to even be in some of the shots.
Emma wasn't too hot on the whole thing either, but to be fair, it was her bedtime.
We left EARLY in the morning on Saturday to drive home. We drove all day long and made it to Pendelton, OR just before dinner. Our KOA was pretty bare bones, but it turned out to be the best camping stay we had. There is a fantastic family water park in Pendelton and we took the kids there for a few hours in the evening. It was pretty cheap and they even had a deal for out of town guests that enabled us to get a couple of the kids in for free. They had a zero entry pool for the kiddies and some fun water slides for the older set. It was perfect for us!
Kyle loved going down this slide.
There were buckets and squirty things and other fun ways to get wet.
The girls had fun splashing around and sliding the slides.
Aaron was a happy little fish. He was pretty chilly by the time we left, but he did not want to get out of the pool.
More Kyle on the slide:
Emma was thrilled to be out of the truck and out of her carseat. She snuggled up to me and enjoyed a nap in the fresh air. I enjoyed kicking back, holding her, and watching the big kids play.
See how great this place is?
The next morning we were happy to eat a free breakfast at the KOA. The owners/managers cooked up a yummy meal of french toast, bacon and sausage. It was a nice cap off to our camping experience. The kids had fun taking a bunch of pictures in the camper that morning before breakfast.
We did our typical McDonald's stop for lunch so the kids could play. Of course, this particular one ended up not having a playplace (crazy!). The kids were happy to get some more Smurf toys though. And then they had some fun statues (would you call these statues?) to pose by.
We got home Sunday evening around 6 pm. We had a whirlwind unpacking of the truck and trailer and then went to sleep in our own beds. Aaaaaaaahh! It's always so nice to come home.
5 comments:
We have quite a collection of Smurf toys from our McDonald's stops on the way to and from Idaho. Kill me now, I hate McDonald's, but until Wendy's and Subway get on board and start building playplaces it has to be done just to stretch little legs.
That does look like a fun waterpark! Similar to the one we had season passes to when we lived in Reno. The kids were free that summer, so I paid 80 bucks for a pass for me and all three of us went ALLLL summer. Awesome!
That looks like a great family vacation, Courtney! I have so many awesome memories of my childhood that are very similar to that. Traveling isn't always fun while you're in the thick of it but somehow the bad moments fade and it just becomes a great memory. (Most of the time.) Hahaha.
And this is Jill, not Kiff. :)
How fun! I'm glad to see you are getting caught up on blogging. I'm working on it too - such a chore! =)
Burger King in Kennewick has a play place where the McDonald's next door does, too but it is outdoor (it was too hot when we went through). Not that BK is much better than McDonald's...just a little variety!
Again - looks like so much fun!!
You are doing a great job with your journaling! The kids will remember the great time they had and your misery memories of camping will change to gratefulness that you did it and the happy moments will shine! You and Brad and such great parents! I am so proud of you both!
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