Summer!

We decided our "vacation" this summer would be two days at Schlitterbahn. It's not very far away, but staying overnight feels more like a vacation, and gave us more time to play:). The first day we rode lots of tube rides. These are great except for trying to hold on to 3 kids' tubes so they don't get too far ahead. Nicholas(4) kept saying, "Don't hold on to me!". LOL. He wanted to take off by himself!
After a full day, we checked in to the hotel, cleaned up and went to one of our favorite restaurants, The Gristmill. We had to wait just over an hour, which wasn't bad for Matt & I, since it was lovely outside(after 7 pm), and there were picnic tables and a live band. For the kids, however, it may as well have been an eternity! The did pretty well overall considering they were starving and exhausted. That day was Matt's birthday. What a guy to spend his birthday at Schlitterbahn with the family.
The second day we invited my little sisters to come along and they were much more energetic than we were after the day before :P. They helped with the kids a lot, and waited with the twins in the dreaded Master Blaster line. Nicholas was kind of bummed that he couldn't ride the really big rides. The longest we waited with Nicholas was about an hour to ride The Wolf Pack. It was fun, but after waiting that long we made the decision to spend most of the day floating riding rides that didn't have long lines!
By the end of the second day, Matt and I were beat up. He had a backache, and I had a hurt foot, a heat rash, and blisters. I don't remember being sore & beat up after long days at amusement parks as a teen!! Getting old stinks. haha.
Yesterday was Matt's & my 3rd wedding anniversary. It was bittersweet since he was out of town working. We are planning a quick get-a-way in a couple weeks to celebrate. I had to tease Matt because pretty much every holiday we've been together he's been in the doghouse for not getting me flowers. The one time he did order me flowers(on one Valentine's Day), they arrived that night in a rainstorm, wilted and pitiful. Yesterday I sent him a text that said, "So I guess I'm not getting flowers today?", and his response was, "What?! They didn't come?". He placed the order online and the florist had gotten it late and had the delivery set for today, the day after our anniversary. I told him to just cancel the order. This was after he had had a horribly stressful day at work. I guess I can let that one slide. ;)