Chelan or Bust!

My sisters left Friday and the boys I and left for Chelan.  This trip was pre-planned to my dad dying and I decided it was still a much needed trip!  We had accomplished a lot over the last week and it was time for some R&R!  The boys and I left early Friday and like last year, headed straight for Slidewaters!

This year my cousin and her two kids met us there - Zane and Alex (same age) ran around the park all day all by themselves!  They did really good with checking in every so often. I know Zane felt so grown up, it was so cute to watch him!  I love this water park because it is small enough that I can let Zane run on his own (with a buddy) and yet big enough that there's enough there for Landon to do without being shunned from rides for being too short!

Again this year we stayed with my aunt in Manson (right outside of Chelan) and the boys again had a great time with their cousins in the pool every second we were at the house!  Landon also decided to show me he could swim!  WHAT?!  He doesn't go far, but he sure does it awesome!  He was so proud of himself (as was I)!

On Saturday, we headed to the lake to play and enjoy Shave Ice!  It was perfect!

Already looking forward to next year!

Lake Chelan Mini Vacay

After Slide Waters we headed to my aunt's house and the rest of the weekend was spent in the pool or at the lake!  These boys found their fish fins and didn't take them off until we had to leave today!  All they wanted to do was swim, swim, swim!  It was more fun once their 2nd cousins got there too - mom is only fun for so long!

There isn't much to say about our trip except it was great!  We were sad that daddy couldn't join us (stupid work got in the way), but we are so glad that we went!  The boys were absolute angels in the car, we didn't have to make one pit stop, they just happily watched movies and talked about the scenery the entire way (both ways).  None of the wild fires got in our way or made us have to make any detours - we just cruised right along!  The weather was awesome (90 both days) and the company was fabulous!

Here are the boys enjoying their time in the water!

Landon couldn't get enough of Abbie!  She was a huge help with the little man!

Slide Waters

The boys and I went on a little road trip this weekend!  We headed over to Lake Chelan to visit my aunt (who recently retired there) and my cousins who were also headed over.  Since everyone else wasn't planning on getting into town until much later Friday and I had taken the day off work - the boys and I left bright and early in the morning and headed straight to Slide Waters water park!  I was a little nervous at first with the thought of going to a water park with both kids alone - but it ended up being perfect.  The park isn't too big (just big enough); Zane was able to go on every single slide and Landon could go on quite a few by himself and even more if he went with me!  It wasn't too crowded and the weather was perfect - the whole day there was perfect!  Both boys had a blast and couldn't get enough of the park!  Definitely a place we'll be going back to again someday!

Our first stop in town was actually to grab lunch and we also got our first glimpse of the lake!

Zane was such a huge help at the park - always taking Landon up to the "little kid" slide so I could wait in the water below to catch him.  He never complained when I asked him to help me out or to give Landon a chance or two on some slides before we headed over to ones he really wanted to go on. Such a great big brother!

Zane even enjoyed the "little kid" slides himself!  Might as well since he was walking Landon up there anyway!

So glad I got this video!  Really shows his excitement and love with the slides!