Staycation, well sorta.

The week before Thanksgiving Matt had NINE days off for vacation!!! It was awesome! He's never had so much time off before. We did a lot of playing, going to parks, shopping, fixing/cleaning our house and oh yeah, our kids were sick...not a surprise! But that never slows us down too much (they were sick in Hawaii too, but we still had a great time).

We did a few super fun things. I'm aware that these pictures are absolutely horrible. I don't know why I use my point'n shoot sometimes....it's just easier than hauling around my big camera...but oh well!

One fun thing we did was go to American Bouncers, an inflatable, bouncy place. We went with our HSSA group so it was cheap and there was lunch! It was fun that Daddy could come.

And one of Luke's best buddies Parker was there.

And we went to KALAHARI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It rocked. Seriously. SO FUN!

Allow me to explain. It's "America's largest indoor water resort." A hotel, restaurants, water park, arcade....FUN!

We got a great package deal. For about $200 bucks, we got a "free" upgrade on our room, $40 for dinner and $40 for breakfast and $40 to spend at the arcade (which gets you a lot of games and tickets!). It was totally worth it and so much fun! That also includes 2 days at the water park.

It was freezing cold and windy outside, but our room was nice a toasty!

The water park was awesome! There were some great rides. There were a few we couldn't go on because you had to have 2 adults, so we will have to go back with some other people.

Matt on the Flow Rider.

And then they had this totally AWESOME play place. It was 3 stories that you could climb around in, with fun slides and hundreds of balls you could shoot at each other. We probably spent a good 3-4 hours there.

Dev has learned to fold his arms.

We brought flat Ella with us too! We'll send her back soon Ella.

We let Luke play a game and he happened to win the jack-pot! It was awesome!

It was so fun. We can't wait to go back again with some friends or family. 

Next up: Thanksgiving with the Egberts! 

Stay tuned.