Summer Evenings at NRH2O

June and July of this past summer I had a hard time getting over bronchitis and just did not feel up to spending the day in the heat at the water park. Once August hit I was up to my old self and we spent almost every evening at the park. Clay was gone for about 5 weeks, with a day here and a day there with him home. He was able to get a contract to ferry an ATR from Washington to Indonesia. So with the long summer days and bored kids the water park was a blessing!

We had our schedule down. We pack up our dinner and leave the house around 3:00. Some nights we stopped by Risky's BBQ and got 6 pulled beef sandwiches for $5.00. By the time we arrived at the park many of the people that have been there since opening were leaving. We were always able to find chairs underneath the huge umbrellas. We would stay until they closed at 6 or 7. On the way home Paige would fall asleep and transfer very well to her bed once we got home. Matthew was so tired too that he would have a bowl of cereal and off he went to bed. It worked out perfect for me since Clay was gone so much. Before this it was up to an hour battle to put Paige to bed. She thought it was a game and kept getting up and up and up, laughing all the way back to her bed. The Super Nanny tactics did not work on this stubborn child. With her falling a sleep in the car there was no battle and a very happy mommy because who wants a battle at the end of the day when you yourself are ready for bed.

Paige and Matthew loved the water park! Matthew was able to teach himself how to swim really well. He was also able to learn how to do a front and back flip and handstand in the water. His favorite part this summer is what we called the wipe out zone. There are 2 obstacles the first is where you run across floating circles on the water and the other you walk across floating logs on the water. Paige really loved the orange and yellow slide.

The week before school started I was watching Matthew's good friend Wyatt while his family was busy packing up their house for the move to Utah. It was fun for Matthew to have a buddy to run around with at the park.