Family Trip

Friday afternoon, Ryan text me and asked me if I wanted to take the girls to Tulsa for the night. I wasn't sure what he had in mind, but just a quick family getaway was a great idea!

I asked my friend Erin who went at spring break where we should stay. We wanted something with a good pool so the girls could swim. She had the BEST hotel for us! (thanks Erin!) It is the Raddison. This slide is just one of the fun water things they had for the girls to play in. It was ALL inside too! WOW! This is the frog slide which was a BIG hit with Lindsey! She wasn't sure at first, but quickly found out she liked it! Here she is in action!

There were these fountain things that I thought they would love (considering when you read my post below) but didn't seem to mess with much at all. Too many other things I guess!

This is the "big red slide" that took A LOT of convincing and bribing (money finally worked) to get Lindsey to go down! Once she went down....guess what...we couldn't get her off of it! Ryan had to "catch" her the first few times, but after that she just did it all by herself! She's really getting brave! She's great at trying new things, even amongst her fears. I'm really impressed wtih her growing and learning that she can trust us!

These were the other thing that she loved, but not near as much as the slide. She had to hold onto the ropes and walk across thsese things that moved with the water. She had a little more trouble with these, but she did great! She only did these a couple of times.

This is Courtney being forced onto the slide. She would climb up the stairs, then go right back down. She did this about 20 times, seriously. Finally Ryan just put her on there and pulled her down. You can see she was NOT a big fan! She never did it.

This is what she spent most of her time doing. Crawling through the water on her belly--ruining her swimsuit. Luckily it was almost too small (yes new) so it was ok with me.

This is what she spent some other time doing. I think she was overwhlemed. There were lots of kiddos there. Even though Courtney is our loud child, when she is in a loud room or situation, she does not like it. Therefore with an indoor waterpark with lots of kiddos at times, she wasn't so sure about hanging out in the pool part. She kept wanting to go outside to the other, regular pool. However, it was not hot outside and the pool was not heated. It did make me excited that she wanted to go out there, so we should have a fun summer.

EWe swam Friday night and Sat. morning. Then we checked out and headed to Incredible Pizza. This is like a "big kid" Chuck E Cheese. The girls had fun. They had a few kid games and they enjoyed doing those. Lindsey walked around with Ryan, so I don't have a picture of her. This was Courtney's favorite thing...riding this train. She rode it 3 or 4 times!

After lunch we headed to the zoo! It was supposed to rain, but turned out to be a perfect day for the zoo. Not hot, not cold, just right! :) This picture is for my cousin Wendi who lives in Doha, Qatar! They have camel rides like we have pony rides! When we saw these camels, I had to take a picture! Love you Wen! We did not ride them, sorry! :) I did tell Lindsey that Brooks had riden one before!

This is Courtney in the kids petting zoo. Lindsey was freaking out (standing on Ryan's feet anytime she saw a walking animal, even if it was across the yard) therefore I didn't get a picture of her! Courtney was so cute and so soft petting the animals. She loved it!

I had to take this picture, of the pig! No, we did not go to the farm, but the zoo! The most funny part of this is of course a story about Courtney. We were walking into the zoo and talking about all the animals we were going to see. Naming the typical zoo animals. Then Courtney says she wants to see the pigs! What?!?! Lindsey quickly corrects her and tells her that pigs don't live at the zoo, but on the farm. Well.....little did we know, there was a pig at this zoo! Ha!

This is us waiting on the train ride at the zoo. You moms know how it is, there are a lot of pictures of a lot of things but very few (at least most moms I talk to) pictures that I am actually in. The only proof that I was actually part of an event is because there are pictures of it! :) So I was trying to put myself in a picture with my girls at the zoo...Courtney was tired, laid her head down and would not look up. At least my sweet Lindsey would take a picture with me!

We had a great time. The girls loved it. We had very few melt downs and tons of fun! I'm thankful for a husband that wants to take his family places and spend time with us! I am so lucky. The girls are beyond blessed and don't even know it. One day they will!

Several times during that 24 hours I was thinking about what we would do if Tres was here. I would notice babies and think...there we are. I know that these "vacations" will be harder at times with a baby in tow. However, the joy and excitement we have about adding a little one to our family out weighs them all!