Cabelas, Splash Universe, and IKEA

We spent a long weekend with the De Vries family last weekend. We all piled into the motorhome - yup all 11 of us don't worry all the kids were in car seats. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express right by Cabelas. We spent Friday afternoon at Cabelas with the family. Our girls loved looking at all the animals and the fish. Brooke took Corey's camera and took TONS of pictures. Kenzie and Ashley just liked to roam around and look at everything.

Friday night and Saturday we spent most of the time at Splash Universe which was connected to our hotel. The girls had such a great time. We could not get them out of the water to eat or go to bed. Brooke was going down all the waterslides all by herself on the first day and was swimming by herself the second day. Brooke also loved to stand under the big bucket when the water came down. Kenzie was scared right away but then Corey pushed her down the slide and she wanted to keep going no scared Kenzie any more. I went down a double tub ride that was pitch black all the way down. I asked Kenzie "Are you scared" she answered "no, Jesus is with me all the time" Love her!! Ashley was not to fond of the water, but after she was in for a while she loved splashing. Ashley shut down the kiddie pool for 8 hours on Friday night because to pooped in the pool. I had a swim diaper on but it must have not helped. Oh well I guess we have a story to tell to her when she gets bigger. It was so fun this year because the girls are old enough to do everything and enjoy it.

Sunday morning I girls wanted to go swimming again so Corey took them to the hotel pool while I packed everything up. We headed out around 11:00 and were on our way to IKEA for a few hours. Ashley had a rough ride home she was sooo tired and couldn't fine it. Corey took her back to the bed and within 10 minutes she was out.

Motor Movements

Kenzie took a Motor Movement class for 6 weeks at Zeeland Rec. There was only one other girl in her class and she stilled loved going every week. The most exciting part of Motor Movements in Kenzie's option was the stamp that they got every week on their hand. Today was her last day so we got to watch her for a little while. She had a smile on her face and was bouncing around the whole time. She thought she was so "cool" because she got a ribbon and a certificate for completing the class. She had to show it off to everyone today - so proud.

Tulip Time

I took the girls to get their pictures taken with the tulips since they are perfect. Here are a few unedited shoots that I got.

Who Needs a Pool When.....

You have a "pond" in the backyard everytime it rains hard.
They had so much fun "swimming" today. To bad it's not as clean as a pool. They went right to the tub when they came in. It was well worth it to hear them laughing and running and jumping in.

Happy Bithday Kenzie

Kenzie turned 4 years old today. I say this every year, but I don't know where the time goes. We had a Birthday Party on Friday with the families. We were going to go to the Zoo today, but with the rain no such luck. We headed to the Library on River and the girls sat there for 1 1/2 hours reading and doing puzzles. Kenzie choose Mc Donalds for supper so we picked up and ate it at home. Tonight she opened our presents and had cake that we made today. I think she had a great day. Thanks for all the presents, phone calls, and cards that she got today - she LOVED all the attention today.

Kenzie loves playing with Barbies, Polly Pockets, Babies. She will play with these for hours by herself and she loves roll playing with them. She has no intrest in her numbers, letters, or spelling her name. She will count to 20 if you ask her, but that's it. We need to work on this before school starts. She LOVES her daddy and she makes sure she lets me know that. Corey will come home and she always says "Daddy your my buddy" Everything is with daddy and not with mommy.

Crazy Weather

We sure have had some crazy weather lately. Yesterday the girls were so excited to see the hail come down. They do not like thunderstorm during the night, but love them during the day. I had all three girls looking out the window watching the rain, lighting, and the hail. Probably not the safest place to stand. Today I sent them outside to play for awhile and they loved playing in the "pond" in the backyard. I finally had to tell them to come in when it started to rain. We hope to get outside one of these days of Spring Break.

Not the greatest picture with the rain on the window.

Happy Easter