Summer Adventures

Kendra was off this past Thursday so after talking about going to the water park at Alabama Adventure for the past two months, we actually made it. It was a beautiful day for a water park visit! We pulled up and after paying our $10 to park, we found a spot in the first row right in front of the entrance- it almost made it worth the $10 we forked out! We got in and settled and the kids wanted to head to the lazy river first. Sounded good to us adults! There were two areas for smaller kids that were both really nice and the kids loved the slides. There was a swing for babies and toddlers that allowed Ayden Claire's feet to dangle in the water, and it was shaded, so we hung out there for a while. There was a bigger slide that went straight down but Alyssa didn't meet the height requirement for it. She was, however, tall enough to do a tunnel slide that ended in a funnel type deal. You swirled around until you dropped out of a hole in the bottom into a pool underneath. She loved the slide you rode doubles down in an inter tube. It was dark and fast, it made me a little nervous....I hate being closed in like that, but it was a fun slide! We drifted around the lazy river a few more times and then the kids played in the wave pool, although the wave maker must have been broken because it was basically just a zero entry pool. By this time it was 5 so we dried off and headed over to the amusement park side to ride a few rides. Kendra took Alyssa and Anniston on a couple of water rides, note the picture of them on the Log Flume! Anniston absolutely loved the Scrambler, she laughed hysterically the entire ride. I took Alyssa on a roller coaster that did a couple of loops forward and then took you back through backwards. Her exact words after going forwards were, "That was awesome!" but once we parked after going backwards she was sobbing! She still rode this huge wooden roller coaster twice with Kendra after the first traumatic experience on the first roller coaster. She's much braver than I was at 7! I can tell Anniston is going to be pretty fearless also, as long as her sisters doing it with her! We had a wonderful time and we slept really good that night! I would definitely consider going back again, we may take Daddy once more this summer.