We left early on a Sunday morning. Grammy, Pappy and Aunt Kelly all joined us on the adventure. We arrived about an hour after the park opened, and decided to hit the water park first. It took a while to get everyone inside and organized (buying tickets, finding a park map, locating and purchasing locker rentals, lining up our first area to try). Connor wanted to do EVERYTHING at one time. The twins just wanted to do SOMETHING besides wait. It took a little while, but we finally got organized and got started.
We spent most of the day at the water park. Our first stop was popular with Xander, an enclosed area with several tubular slides. Our next stop was the wave pool, which made Sawyer pretty happy (once he got over his anger at having to walk past to food area).
We eventually ordered some pizza and french fries for everyone.
And then we made our way to some of the amusement park. We divided and conquered here. Pappy, Josh and Aunt Kelly took Connor on some of the bigger rides. Grammy and I took the twins on some of the smaller ones. We all met up at the end to do a few of the water rides (still on the amusement park side, just the kind that get you wet).
We made our way back to the water park. We all tried the lazy river, and then we took the boys to their favorite areas. Xander went back to the slides and Sawyer went back to the wave pool. Connor tried a little bit of everything.
Once the water park closed, we went back for a few other small rides. We did the kiddie coaster several times. And then the tall swings. And one last ride on the carousel before we called it a day.
All in all, it was a good trip. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the twins did. They protested a bit when we had to wait in a few lines (though they really were not bad, as we never had to wait through more than one group going in front of us). Connor had a blast and wanted to know how long before we could go back again.
It was a long day. Nearly two hours in the car each way, plus the whole day in the park. We were all ready for bed when we finally made it back to our beds after midnight. Even the boys fell asleep on the ride home. And that's saying something.