While on Vaction...

The most important thing to remember is to have your camera battery charged when you are going to going to the water park. Because if you don't have a camera battery then you have no pictures to prove that you had SOOOOO Much fun! All you have is a bit of the sun burn to show for a fantastic day of family and water, lots of water. My mother is such an awesome grandmother! She was riding along with us and having a great time. My awesome brother and his wife, my other awesome brother and his friend, my other awesome brother, and my awesome sister- made day so much fun. My dear friend Princess E joined us too. I learned that Ki and El both, love water parks. El was just tall enough to ride most of the big tube rides with me. She was a bit hesitant at first, I assured her that I'd be with her and that it would be fun. I'd watch her face on some of the rides and she'd look so afraid, but when we'd get to the bottom, she'd have a huge smile on her face and say, "that was awesome". She'd make sure that we rode the ride again just to solidify that she loved it. I think that we have a new stop to add to our Idaho trips.
This is the 2nd year that I had to do all the driving and I am not sure if I will be able to let Steve drive in the future. I have kind of gotten used to being the driver-maybe I'll be a terrible front seat driver when he drives again. I also realized that my kids are really great travelers. We have always driven between AZ and Idaho each summer, even when we lived in Idaho we came to AZ. I hope that they will continue to be great road trippers. We had a great time with my family and had a hard time leaving them. Unlike last year we really did have to come home. Now we get to look forward to Chrsitmas when my family will come stay with  us ;0)