Yesterday after school we packed up the kids and headed east to Dubuque. Destination: Grand Harbor Resort and Waterpark. This was part of the kids' Christmas gift this year. I really believe in giving the kids experiences rather than things. As I get older, we realize that we want the kids to be able to remember the things we did not the things they got. So, the past couple of years we have been doing a trip as part of their gift.
You could tell by the anticipation on their faces Friday morning when they popped out of bed that they could NOT wait until the school day was over!! Nolan was so excited he barely ate breakfast!
We arrived last night with just enough time to get a quick swim in before supper and bedtime. The kids all slept in the fold out couch. They must have been beat, as we didn't hear a word from them until bright and early at 6:00 am when Derek couldn't find his toy trains:) Eryn wasn't too thrilled that he woke her up, but that's not any different from when we are at home.
After a quick breakfast and it was time to get back to the waterpark. It's smaller than Wisconsin Dells, which was our destination last year, so we felt more comfortable when Eryn and Nolan were running around without our direct supervision. We had a great time playing basketball in the water (and Derek loved slam dunking it), the HUGE water dump bucket, and the 3 waterslides, one of which Derek wasn't quite tall enough to go on, but it didn't seem to bother him one bit!
Overnight it also started to snow, and it was coming down pretty good when we left the hotel. Thank goodness, as we drove out of Dubuque it seemed to get a bit better, and the roads were pretty good on the trip home. I guess you'll have that in Iowa in January! So, we're back home, catching up on laundry and housework before Nolan's team wrestling tournament tomorrow. Go Warriors! Stay tuned for an update!
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