This 100+ heat wave that has taken over the country the past few weeks is getting very old. We were starting to get the 'February Blues' in July at the Davis Homestead! So, we packed our bags, got in the van, and headed West! It wasn't much cooler West, but we sure had fun at the Ramada Tropics Resort in Des Moines (http://www.ramadatropicsresort.com/)
We made a spur of the moment decision Friday afternoon to spend the night at one of our new favorite hotels/indoor waterparks. We got a great deal on Groupon a few weeks ago and decided to take advantage of it! We discovered this hotel back in February when we spent the weekend there with Uncle Adam and Aunt Katherine and we knew that we would be back! This indoor waterpark is so geared towards younger kids' so, it is so safe for the boys' to play and swim without the worry of being trampled by a bunch of teenagers! Aiden took swim lessons all winter and we noticed the difference from February until now in his swimming improvement! Ty just follows Aiden around and is getting to be quite the little fish himself!
Jeff and I spent a great deal of time lounging in the zero depth area watching the boys' play and chum around together. It seriously melted my heart to see how big both of our boys' are getting and also how close they are getting as well!
A really big event that happened while were there is Aiden went down the big slide all by himself! This slide requires you to climb three flights of stairs and the resort allows children to slide down with an adult, but Aiden met the height requirement. So, when he told us he wanted to go down by himself we were all for it! Right before the first solo trip, the plan was for Jeff to go down with Ty and I would stay down at the bottom to catch him. We had to tell him that he couldn't 'freak' out once he got up there! He did so great! He was so proud of himself!
We swam until 9:30 on Friday night and then ordered late night pizza in our hotel room and just goofed off together until almost midnight! Everyone slept great and we got up to have a free breakfast buffet in the hotel this morning before hitting the waterpark again before check out! Jeff and I decided that we would hit another stop in Des Moines before heading home so, we checked out the Iowa Science Museum in downtown Des Moines. The boys' had a good time, but they started to get tired very fast! So, we packed up the van mid-afternoon and headed back home!
As the boys' snoozed to the sound of Finding Nemo on the DVD player in the van on the way home, Jeff and I talked about how much fun/easier it is becoming to take the boys' places. We started talking about future family vacations in the years' to come and all the cool things that we will see caravaning across the good ol' USA!
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