CVL: Week of fun #3

Week of fun #3 didn't have as many activities, because Kevin went to San Fran for Google IO and Keyton and Liz took time to see other friends and family. But our activities we did have were huge and wonderful!

Cowabunga Extravaganza with Kissie and Pata is such a special treat! This is our 3rd year, and it's a fun tradition. We are there from opening to close, Kissie rents a cabana, and there is plenty of food. The kids are usually too busy to eat much or for long, but they stop in to refuel and then are off and running again!

The lazy river is always a big hit, and an easy place to get pictures too (thanks Jen!).

Evelyn was a trooper and thoroughly enjoyed herself. She didn't even take a nap, but was on the go the whole time. She liked going on the two big slides with me that she could go on, loved the kiddie area with the bigger slide and the little ones too, and really liked the two smaller slides over in the big kids area as well. Slides, slides, and more slides! She cried when I pulled her off the slides at 6:50 to get ready to go home.

Evelyn didn't like this yellow slide at first-- it does spray a lot of water in your face. But she wanted to go again and again and again. Later on she and Luke went on it side by side at the same time holding hands. Evelyn couldn't get enough! Luke was freezing and violently shivering, but every time Evelyn said "again, again!" he took a deep breath and replied "Sure, Evelyn, I'd love to!". So sweet! We rescued him after a few times and convinced Evelyn to do something else so he could warm up.

Violet took quite a bit of convincing to try the fast tunnel slides, but she ended up loving them. It was fun to watch these three big kids run around the park together!

Fun family times-- it was a great day!

Last year Luke didn't realize he was hungry until we were leaving the park-- he played so hard he didn't take any breaks to eat! This year he at least got a hot dog a little bit before closing!

Saturday was Silver Lake day! Last summer when we went camping we discovered the best ever breakfast at a lodge up the canyon. So we planned our Silver Lake hike after a yummy brunch at the lodge, and certainly lived up to memory! Here we are post-breakfast.

Luke was a bit sick with a yucky cough, so Kevin stayed home with Luke and Evelyn. It was fun to hike and not worry about the littles, but as we opted for a side hike to Twin Lakes that was all uphill, it was probably better they weren't there anyway.