Holiday World

Last week was our annual summer trip to Holiday World.  This was by far the best trip in the books! The weather was perfect and it wasn't crowded at all!! We totally lucked out. :)  We got there when it opened and left when it closed....and the boys were the best little boys the whole day. :)  Such a perfect day!

 Ethan's little smile on the rides was priceless! They saw the pictures on the blog from last year's trip and wanted to ride this first. :)

 I think it's hilarious how little Braden looks here...especially by Chris.

 The annual picture with Santa...it's fun to look back on these and see how our family has grown.

 Swim time! This year we went to the water park right when it opened and Braden and I ran like a couple of teenagers holding hands to get on the mammoth, the newest big waterslide. We only had to wait about 10 minutes. It was awesome! (thanks for the good idea Alicia!). 

 A couple of cuties. I love that with Ethan getting older they can sort of play and do things together now (inbetween their fighting. ha!).

 Ethan was big enough to go on the little roller coaster this year. We tried to ride with our arms up the whole time. He loved it!! "again, again!"

 I tried to catch Chris and the boys going down the log ride but boy were they fast! :)

 Braden begged to play games ALL day! Of course they're expensive and most of them he couldn't win anything and then he'd just want to play again and again, so of course I kept dodging it. Finally at the end, the two of them played this game where one of them had to win! Braden won this smurf and he was beyond proud!!!  I mean SO proud! It was priceless and well worth the $3.00.  He has toted him around at home for days and talked to him like he was his new friend.  Just a reminder of how little he still is (even though kindergarten is in 3 weeks....sniff, sniff).

Last picture of the day....Braden had to have his smurf in it. Yay for a perfect family day!