Fun in the Sun

We pulled into Halstead about 8pm last night, and Wade's parents had waited for us before eating dinner, so we sat down to a homemade meal as soon as we walked in.

We unpacked, settled in our rooms and caught up on some family time before turning in.  It's very low key here in Halstead (which covers about a square mile and has a population less than 2,000). Wade's dad was the Chief of Police here for almost a decade after retiring from the FBI, but he retired as Chief about a year ago and now him & Wade's mom like to travel a little more in their new minivan or cruise around on his motorcycle.  

Today after a simple breakfast of steel cut oats the kids put on their swimsuits and we went to a local water park.  They had a great time and want to go back every day now.  In fact, Lucas said when he grows up he's going to move to Kansas just so he can go to that water park whenever he wants.  

Davey was just tall enough to go down the big kid slides. He was EXTREMELY excited about that, and proceeded to go down as many times as he could.

Sometimes he would biff it, but that did not deter him.

When Mr. Hamilton started melting under his hat I gathered up the kids to head home. Of course, Davey was not happy about this.

But we promised them we would go back before we leave...