Mini Vacay

We talked about going to the beach for a few days this summer...but it is so hot I could not talk Greg into it... so instead we went local. Sunday we headed to Grand Prairie to do a little back to school clothes shopping for Caroline, then went to dinner and off to a hotel in Mansfield.

The next morning Greg took off work (because you buy an adult ticket and get a kid ticket free on Mondays) and we went to a water park!!! The kids had a great time. Greg and I took turns going with Caroline on the bigger water slides that Eli and Elizabeth could not go on plus we all played in the pools and lazy river that all the kids could use. There was also a big slide climbing area that had a big water bucket that would dump water every 5 min or so. It was great fun until it dumped water on Elizabeth, she would not go on those slides any more.

After that she would either sit on the chairs and watch Caroline and Eli have fun, or she would play on these little bitty slides in the pool area... crazy girl! At least she was daring and went down the slide head first!

Could not get pics of the other  water slides without getting the camera wet. After we played at the water park for many hours we headed home and stopped by Braums for some ice cream time! It was a great family time.

The kids just love getting to stay in a hotel, Greg and I don't sleep well in them but the kids do. Lizzy asked if we could just go to a hotel for her next birthday and swim in the pool instead of a party... hhmm something to think about!