Kalahari Resort!

We spent the weekend at the Kalahari Resort... what a GREAT time! We absolutely loved it and can't recommend it enough. Me and Ken's short term goal is to ditch the kids and go there one night so we can go crazy on all the water slides and not have to swap watching the kids. Regardless, we had a lot of fun. We went with our friends April, Dean and their 8 year old son Tyler. Here are a few fun shots of our trip.

The resort had the largest indoor play area I have ever seen. It was a little nerve racking at times because Anna would disappear in it for like 20 minutes and we wouldn't be able to find her. We implemented several recon missions, including sending Tyler in. It was extra nerve racking when he would go in and then come back out reporting that he couldn't find her! In this video I am running around with her. She is all girl.

Beautiful water mermaid Anna...

She has got such a cute, tiny tushie!

The always smiley Emma-Grace and Daddy!

Anna and Tyler having fun

Anna's pre-"you will get a treat if you smile" face...

Anna's post-"you'll get a treat if you smile" face
Silly Faces
Family Fun!

The resort had an indoor surfing thing. As part of th package we got, Ken and I got an hour lesson. We opted to learn to body surf. You can stand up and surf. Ken tried it, but I guess it was pretty tough. Only one of the teachers could stand up surf. But, there were plenty of tricks that we learned body surfing. It was awesome and probably the best part of the trip. The surfing apparatus ramp is acutally a cushioned tarp and not hard. So falling on your belly to get started and then inevitably wiping doen't hurt too much. At least, it didn't hurt too much at the time. We were both sore for quite a few days after and I have several mysterious bruises on my body that I don't recall noticing happening... but it must have been during the surfing.

This is Ken's first try. Pretty good. He gets a little cocky real fast!

While I think that Ken and I did great for our first time body surfing, Ken pulled off the impossible. I definately think that he should become a surfer-bum. In this video, one of the teachers is directing Ken to push the board out, then Ken "surf" on his body as the water pushes the board back to him and he catches it. He does this a few times succesfully. The teacher then instructs him to push the board out, do a barrel roll and then catch the board. At one point, Ken looses the board but magically regains control and continues to"surf" on his belly. You can hear the teacher panic as he runs for another board and sends it out to Ken. Ken catches the new board. But apparently, the new board is not "the good one" so Ken has to send back the not-good-board as the teacher sends out the "good" board and Ken catches it. Amazing. Not every husband can do this!

We did get video of me surfing, and I don't have issues wtih me in a bathing suit, but the physics of women's bathing suits and rushing water don't work out. Knowing that some people at work look at this, it is best if video of Olivia is not posted... I already gave our friend recording us a peep show while surfing, I don't need to share it with the rest of the world!