End of Summer Extrava-palooza!!

Nate and I have been very blessed to spend the last 2 1/2 weeks in Ardmore, OK. I know, that may sound crazy-where is Ardmore anyway? We have been here spending time with Dan, Britten and the kids. Nate has been shadowing Dan at the hospital. He got to remove some staples, do an ultrasound and see someone's finger dangling by a thread...and he loved every minute of it. Nate has really enjoyed spending time with Dan and being in the ER.

Britten and I have spent alot of time together too. We have been making crafts, tye dying shirts and catching up on chick flicks, cooking and everything else under the sun. Its been really nice to spend time together.

The climax of the trip was our 5 day, 4 park road trip. It started Sunday night in Dallas with Mom and Dad and dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen! YUM! Then we went back to Dads hotel and swam and the pool. Around 9:00 we headed to our hotel-which took forever to find. Eventually we found it, got checked in and then our hotel room was a smoking room!! SO GROSS! Nate went and talked to the managment and we got a new room.

Monday we went to Six Flags Dallas! What a blast. It was REALLY hot and busy, but we had a good time. We left around 3 so we could being our drive to San Marcos TX. Once we got to San Marcos and got checked in we realized our room didnt have a functional AC! YIKES!! We got the hotel to give us a plug in AC unit. It was not good enough. We were literally sweating ourselves to sleep. Finally we got switched to a new room around 12:30.

Tuesday was our first day at Schliterbaun. I have been waiting to go here since I first saw it on the travel channels "best waterpark" show. We had a really great time at the original park. It was a sweet water park filled with water rapid rides. We loved it. There are no height restrictions for the rides and we finally decided to let Sami go. They have special kid tubes with mesh and a bottom. She tucked herself in and never wanted to get out. Walking from ride to ride she sat in the tube as 2 people carried her. It was so fun.

Wednesday was our second day at Schliterbaun. We went to Blastenhof and Surfenburg. These are the more traditional water parks-slides, lazy river, wave pool. These 2 parks where much more crowded, but still fun. We spend the day relaxing and trying to ride all the rides. Dan got pretty sunburned this day-lobster style.

At about 5:30 that evening Nate and I left the family. We got picked up by my half sister and her family. I have not seen her in 13 years. It was a great reunion. She was able to meet Nate. We got to meet her two adorable children and husband. It was short and sweet, but the start of something really good.

Thursday we went to Six Flags Antionio. When we woke up that morning Dan said he had a good feeling about going that day. When we arrived we got rockstar parking(Nate moved a cone on the 3rd row). To our suprise the parking lot was 1/5 full!! Dans good feeling was better than expected!! We rode every ride we wanted to! and most rides we walked on to! What a great day at Six Flags!!

For dinner on the LONG trip back home we stopped at Rudy's. We chowed down!! It was so delicious. We got stopped in Austin in traffic FOREVER because of construction. Then we got stopped in traffic again near Waco because of a horrible car accident involving many semi trucks and at least 1 police car. Eventually we made it home at 2:30 in the morning.

This has really been a wonderful trip and a great way to end the summer and kick of a new school year! School starts next week.

Pictures to come :)