Summer Fun (what we did this summer)

I wanted to post a blog of some things that we did this summer well not this summer really b/c we only had a month to do things but we did a lot in a month so here we go...

#1 Went to CLT/Friends and Family/Kevin's Wedding
The first week of Jason's break was the first week of Aug and we went to Charlotte to see my family and also Jason's friend, Kevin from school was getting married there that weekend. So we just hung out at my folks place and when Sat(Aug 2nd) came around we left the kids with them and we went to Kevin's wedding. That was the longest we had been away from Jonas since he had been born, we were gone pretty much all day. It was nice but I missed them both. We headed home on Monday and then Thurs we went to visit Jason's family in Fayetteville.

#2 Kings Dominion in Virginia
So Thursday night(Aug 7th), we headed to Jason's Dads house and we stayed the night there while Jason's mom came and picked up Jonas and took him home with her b/c the next day we were heading to Kings Dominion in Virginia. So Friday morning, Jason, Maddie, Jason's Dad and Stepmom and step sister and her friend, Taylor and I all packed up in the Lincoln and drove only 4 hours to Virginia while my little baby boy was with his grandma. OH I missed him. But when we got to the hotel we just swam in the pool and hung out and relaxed. The next morning we got up and went to Kings Dominion. It was a blast. I love
amusement parks. They had a "kiddie area" with little rides for Maddie. She loved it. She still talks about it. For a while she was confused b/c we called it a park and then when we came home and talked about the park here she thought we still meant the amusement park and she would say, yeah I want to go to the park and ride the airplanes and cars and we had to explain that this park just has slides and swings. We hung out for a while in the water part of the park. We let Maddie play in the wave pool which she loved. She is such a WATER BUG!!!! She's always asking to go swimming. Anyway we were there all day, no joke from open to close (10am-10pm). It was a long day. Maddie was exhausted, though she did take a nap (thankfully)! I'm so glad that Sharon was willing to take Jonas b/c that would have been a long day for our little guy to just sit in a stroller in the sun for no reason. So that's what Sat was like and then Sunday we drove back to Fayetteville and picked up Jonas, who I could have squeezed to death b/c I missed him so much. That was just too long without my baby boy. But after we picked him up we drove back home to Greenville.

#3 Jason's Class Party (PA Program)
Wed. Aug 20 Jason started school and then on Fri the 21st, his class had a party to welcome all the new students in the program. There was a pig picking and we did some swimming. It was good weather and relaxing. Maddie enjoyed the pool and the playground that was there and we also took the Jumping Pit thing that we have and she liked jumping with her friends. But mostly the pool, of course. While Maddie liked the pool, Jonas was just trying to figure out what this itchy, green stuff was. Here's a picture of Jonas discovering grass for the first time. He just wasn't sure what to think about it.



#4 Jungle Rapids Water Park in Wilmington
Then on Sat the 22nd, Jason and Maddie and I met Grandma and Oma (Jason's mom and grandma) at the water park in Wilmington called Jungle Rapids. Sharon gets tickets for us every summer from her husbands work. Carl's job rents out the place for the day as a gift for the employees and their family so our tickets are free. So we went this past Sat. and we had fun. I only rode one water slide but it was fun. It was this regular slide that would spit you out in this toliet bowl thing and you go around and around then as you slow down you go down the drain and slide out into the pool. It was fun. I also relaxed in the lazy river. I mostly stayed with Jonas and napped. Maddie played in the wave pool they had and splashed around in the kiddie pool a bit and floated in the lazy river a few times. She liked it all.

Well I know that that was long but some people wanted to know what we did for the summer so there it is. Read it or don't!!!