April 05, 2009

Summer Preview

A couple of weeks ago we took the kids to Kalahari for an over night visit. We had so much fun! Levi is a riot~ it took him a minute to absorb everything but once he did, he was off and running, literally. He was into everything. But he would not come down the slide. Sienna is just at that great age. Not to scared to do any of the age appropriate things but just scared enough to stay close by. The kid area was actually big enough that grown ups could climb on everything and go down the slides too. That was nice because Sierra could play with the little ones too. But she's big enough to go on all of the big slides and rides. so that's where she tried to spend most of her time. So after we had dinner and played for way too long in the arcade, Dave & Sierra went back to the waterpark to ride the big stuff while I attempted bed time for Levi (Sienna was my helper). So while Sienna & I were waiting for Daddy & Sierra's return we were watching the waterpark channel on tv. It's supposed to be a live feed and we were hoping to see Daddy & Sierra. Imagine my surprise when I saw myself with a small version of my girls!! The live feed wasn't running and instead they were playing their commercial advertisement videos. Years ago when the resort first opened and Sienna was just a baby, the girls and I went for an overnight visit with a friend and her nieces. We were told that day that they were filming for their advertisements so expect to see the cameras and crews. Apparently they got some footage of me and the girls riding a huge family raft. Sienna was sooo tiny she had to wear a life jacket. And Sierra still had long hair, looking quit a bit like Sienna does now. It was a neat surprise to see younger versions of ourselves on their video. We must have watched that video 50 times, just to see 5 seconds of ourselves!!




I absolutely love this picture! Levi is in there too~ I swear!! He's jus
t so short all we can see is the very tip top of his head.










Believe it or not, this in the little kid section. I had already told everyone that we had to get pictures right away so I could put the camera and play too. Sierra started scanning for good places to take the photos. I thought she picked a nice spot.







I think Sienna could possibly be the most photogenic creature on the planet!!







Levi had so much fun. I was really proud of his bravery. Last summer at the rec pool, he wouldn't even get his face wet at all. At Kalahari, he was running through spraying water and dunking himself constantly. I couldn't believe it. But don't take your eyes off him long enough to blink cause he'll be gone! I was a nervous wreck the whole time.

2 comments:

Mammaw and Pappaw Payne said...

wendy ,loved all the pictures and the family too, so glad you got away and got to enjoy the family without wearing your self out planing and etc. the kids are growing up so fast. love,mamaw payne

Anonymous said...

I'm so glad you had a chance to get the family out. Your children are growing in leaps and bounds. Does that mean we're getting old?