The Wilderness Lodge

                                            Abbie and Matt in the wave pool (Sophie and Aunt Leia are in the background).

                                         Paw-paw Tom, Sophie and Matt after riding one of the slides

                                            Abbie and Sophie in the loft-neither one of them ended up sleeping up there.  I was willing to let Sophie give it a try but not Abbie.  She's too young!

                                               Abbie on the teeter totter

 Sophie on the teeter totter

On Friday afternoon and Saturday we had a wonderful time at the Wilderness Lodge.  Matt's parents and his sister, Leia, arrived a little while after we did on Friday afternoon.  We had reserved a suite that would sleep up to 10 people.  It was great!  There were two separate adjoining rooms.  One of the rooms had a nice kitchen, living room/bedroom area and bath and the other one had a bedroom and bathroom.  The girls were so excited about the loft.  Abbie kept trying to sneak up there without any help and that was a little scary.  Sophie thought she might want to sleep up there but when the time came, she didn't want to anymore.  I should have taken more pictures at the water park but we were too busy having fun and trying to keep up with everybody.  The indoor area had a wave pool which both girls loved, a kiddie area with swings, a small slide, and the teeter totter, etc, another big kiddie area with spray play areas, fountains, and smaller slides, and then several big slides that were so much fun!  They also have a big hot tub area and a couple of outdoor pool areas.  The outdoor pool area had a lazy river. 

Virginia visit--Water Country

We travelled to Virginia to visit Matt's parents at the end of July. We visited Water Country USA waterpark in Williamsburg on a nice sunny day. Sophie and Abbie were so excited at the park entrance as you can tell by the picture. The girls had a great time splashing in the pools and playing on water slides.

One kids' pool had several animal-shaped water slides Sophie and Abbie enjoyed. For some reason Abbie did not like the whale slide, at first (You can see her leaving the scene in this picture). I'm not sure why she didn't like it, but she eventually warmed up to it.

Sophie and Abbie also enjoyed sliding down this slide and catching each other. One thing about kids and slides is that they will go back repeatedly about one hundred times. They also enjoyed going down a double inner-tube slide repeatedly.

Recent Happenings

I haven't been doing very well at taking pictures lately so forgive me for that. It has just been hot, hot, hot here. We've been to play at our neighborhood pool a few times. One day Sophie & I met Cooper, a little boy from church, and his mom, Alison. Everyone had a good!

Last Friday was Matt's 30th birthday. We invited a few couples over to have dinner with us and celebrate. One of our friends took pictures so I'll have to get him to e-mail them to me. They made Matt wear a hilarious looking hat with a big birthday cake and candles on it that said, "Over the hill."

We should definitely have some pictures to share soon because Sophie and I are flying to Raleigh tonight to meet Matt (he's been there doing training this week). Then, the 3 of us will drive to Myrtle Beach, SC on Friday to meet Matt's family for a much needed vacation. We are really excited about spending time at the beach relaxing and having fun with Matt's family.