Susan’s Journal

“Come on, Rain, just one picture. We’re not leaving until you let me take one picture.” That’s why they look so happy in this picture.

I love those white puffy things behind them, and I was so wrapped up in the whole get-it-over-with thing that I chopped them off. Nice, huh?

A few days ago, a friend from my church had given me three tickets to Hawaiian Falls. They were left over from a church group trip–exactly three–and they expired in a week. I’d love to take the kids, I told her. Thank you so much for thinking of me.

So we packed a picnic lunch, put on our swim suits, stopped at a gas station for drinks, and headed to the local water park. We got there about half an hour after it opened. We got good parking. We got three chairs in the shade and put our cooler, towels, and flip-flops there.

I have to tell you that this has got to be my favorite water park I have been to. The biggest reason? I went on just about every ride that was open. That’s not normal for me. The kids were excited to have me going on all the water rides with them, and honestly I got sick of climbing all the stairs before I got sick of going on all the rides.

We probably spent about half the day in the lazy river, in about four different stints. That’s how I got this sunburn I’m sporting. It’ll be gone in a day, though, and it was worth every minute of it.

Halfway through the day, we had a picnic lunch of peanut butter and jellies, chips, our new coolered drinks, and chocolate pudding. It was enough to quiet our tummies and send us back on our way again… to one more ride, and then Mommy can’t we go on the lazy river again?

I am so thankful to my friend for giving me those tickets. It was a real blessing. And I promise, the kids were much happer about the whole day than they look in this picture.