Beach Family Fun!

July 8th - July 11th

To begin, Sunday kind of dragged on forever... We went to church, came back and started packing up for our trip. Nate and I cleaned out and organized the hardside trailer...food-wise. It needed to be done. Badly! The plan was to leave by 4ish and get there around 6 pm... we didn't get there until midnight! Crazy right? It was almost like pulling teeth to kick it in gear. 

Once we got there, we set everything up. At one point, I was laying on our to-be-bed for the night and Nate came over to cuddle up with me and...the whole tent trailer tipped over. It freaked me out, so I screamed. Everyone else just laughed. We slept in the following morning, although the loud trains didn't help at all with sleep. Nate and I made breakfast, we dropped off my family's dogs, Nate helped his dad and then....we headed off to LAGOON!!!! Jess was freaking out, she was super excited! We ate some subway sandwiches and entered the park.

We rode some rides and then due to the heat, we decided it was absolutely necessary to go on Rattlesnake Rapids. My dad got soaked with the waterfall and loved it! My hair was cute before we got wet. :S Soon after, Dani and my dad left to get stuff to fix the tent trailer. 

 We walked around and rode the plane rides.

 Mike, Jess and Boomer rode the tilt-a-whirl while Nate and I popped in line for bumper cars!

 We are SOO attractive!!!

 Then, they got a shot at it. Jess kinda looks like she's out for the kill.

 I was just about Lagooned out. Mike and Boomer rode the rock and the water tubes. We rode the Samurai  and the Colossus before deciding to head back to Crystal. We ate homemade beef stew and called it a night.

 The next day we went to Crystal Hot Springs! Everyone played in the water besides Dani, she opted out. (Oh, I almost forgot..side note: Nate caught a crawdad with a piece of bacon and dental floss that morning. Cool beans!) We spent more time in the pool than the hot springs, but it was well worth it! We went down the slides for most of it and it was so much fun!!!

 That's Nate. He makes a big splash!

 Yeah.. He was terrified. They say wait 20 seconds. What they should do is have a guard who tells you when to go. Two girls caught up to my Dad in the slide. They need to have a rule that accounts for mass. I'm glad no one got hurt.

 Everyone jumped in the pool for some water basketball! Nate kept trying to dunk me under, but I prevailed! It was so relaxing and great. Jess and I even ganged up on our hubbies! I definitely want to go back.

 Jess attacking Mike

 Dad was ready to throw the towel in and head back to the campsite.

 Night came and we ate dutch oven lasagna. It was delicious!!! Jess and I took our much needed naps (unsuccessfully) after watching Despicable Me and You've Got Mail with the fam. As night fell, some went back to Crystal Hot Springs for another round of wet fun. We made smores and had a huge fire. Loved it!

  Nate and I had to turn in early for his job the following morning. We awoke early and packed up the tent trailer. What an adventure!!! 
(I stole some photos from Jess's blog.. She's just that great of a photographer!)