Taking Over Holiday World

Last Sunday Addi and I headed up to Santa Claus, Indiana to meet up with her PawPaw and Nonnie and aunts and uncles. Look out Holiday World-here we come! We camped at Lake Rudolph Campground from Sunday till Tuesday and I didn't think I was gonna get Addi to come home. She had a blast "driving" the golf cart with her aunts from our RV to the shower house or just to ride around and wave at people. She loved the pool cause she could touch the bottom, stayed up late making s'mares as she calls them and had to fall asleep both nights in the top bunk cause "that's my room" she told everyone. Monday morning we slept in just a bit cause she had had a late night the night before, she helped Nonnie make a big breakfast and then it was off to the water park! The little girl just couldn't contain her excitement! (and neither could her aunts and uncle!) We get into the park and immediately take our first picture...

While everyone else went to seek out their roller coaster adventures Addi and I headed to the kid amusement park. First up was the merry go round and then the helicopters and airplanes. There was so much to do she couldn't decide what to do first!

All Addilyn knew was that it was H-O-T and she was ready to hit the water park. Our next adventure--Splashin' Safari! From the wave pool to the little tikes fun zone to the "big rides" Addi kept herself entertained all day! At last, she finally crashed for a while but made mommy sweat like crazy! Nothing like falling asleep in my arms in the blazing 100 degree sun and no one from our family is around! I tried keeping her shaded by draping a beach towel over my shoulder to keep the sun out of her face yet not smother her and by the time I stood up to make my way to the free drinks sweat was dripping down me so bad I thought I was peeing myself! I was soaked with sweat! Finally I spot my family and get some relief! It was hot and miserable at the time but I'm sure something I will always remember and laugh at when I tell her that story in the years to come when we go back! Addi loved sitting in the wave pool and having the waves come up and "attack" her...I think this constant motion is what finally made her so sleepy.

If you ask Addi what her favorite part of the whole trip was she would tell you in a heartbeat it was the big water ride in a circle. And that would be Raging River Rapids. She rode it with Nonnie, PawPaw, Aunt Angela, Aunt Ericka, Uncle Evan and Aunt Amanda. She got absolutley soaked, laughed so hard and rode it 3 times without ever getting off. (at least this what everyone else said since I couldn't ride any of the rides with her because of the pregnancy) Here's one of my favorite pics of her that I got...

She also rode Frighful Falls with some of the girls and she surprised me. It's the log ride where you go straight down and get splashed at the end by all the water. She did that one too-twice! But it went so fast down the drop I couldn't get a good picture.

All in all, it was a great trip and Addi keeps asking when we're going back to Holiday World. Maybe next time we can talk Daddy into going with us! If you've never been I highly recommend it. I'm not sure how many years we've been going now, but I remember it when it was just Santa Claus Land. It's a fairly short drive, very reasonable in price, lots to do with smaller ones, free sunscreen and free drinks all day long! And we always end our trip there on our last day by getting ice cream! Can't wait for next year!

Busy Busy Busy

Wow, so much has been going on lately! Addi finished up Mother's Day Out last week and I know she's going to miss it! I've already got her signed up for Preschool for the fall--where does time go? Should my little girl already be old enough for such things?! And last Friday she decided she wanted to get her ears pierced! We weren't quite sure how that was going to go, but we took her to Claire's in the mall and boy did she surprise us! She sat perfectly still and let them do her ears one at a time. She is now the proud owner of a pair of pink daisy earrings and she couldn't be happier!

The weekend before last, Josh and I went to Churchill Downs to spend a Sunday afternoon. It's something we do every year with a whole group of people. We had a really good day placing our bets (I think we left most of it there!), enjoying time with friends and soaking up the HOT sun! We're looking forward to next year already!



To back track just a bit let's go back to Mothers Day weekend! Whew-what a busy day! Addi surprised me that morning while getting ready for church with a cute card signed by not only her but from "baby" too! And the Mothers Day balloon I got, I think she had more fun with it! She kept it in her room saying it was hers until it started to droop then she wanted nothing to do with it! We then went to church as a family, drove to Bowling Green to have lunch and spend the afternoon with Josh's mom and grandmother and then we came back home and had a nice dinner of steaks on the grill with my mom and Aunt Saundra! (well, there were several more there, but those were the moms!)

Here's a picture of mommy and Addi on my special day!

Saturday night Josh and I headed out to Ft. Knox to enjoy Toby Keith's concert! Thanks to a great friend we got awesome tickets and had a great time! It was hot that's for sure, but thanks to the free water and other beverages we didn't think about the heat too much and enjoyed ourselves! I don't know if it's the fact that I'm getting older or because I had a yardsale that weekend but by the time the main man came on stage at-get this-9:30!! I was pooped and ready for bed! (don't laugh!) But I kept my yawns to myself and enjoyed the night! I enjoyed every song he sang and a special one touched my heart that night. When he first came out with the song "Cryin for Me" it immediatley made me think of Jared who is now our special guardian angel. However, Saturday night, the song brought many tears to my eyes as I pictured Jared and Will sitting on a cloud up above with their arms around one another looking down on their loved ones below. It seemed to me that it was their message to us....both are truly missed every day and I know they are both looking down on us all and they're saving some spots while playing golf and soccer I'm sure!