Vosslings Adventure Part 2- Day 26

Day 26

Wednesday, July 13, 2016      Lazy River

Today we decided to split up for a while. Josh and I took the little boys to the water slides and lazy river.  Charlie really wanted to show Colin how much fun the waterslides were. Josh and I watched them from the bench at the bottom of the slides. After about 15 minutes Josh and I were dripping from sitting in this heat. It is so humid and hot here. We jumped in the lazy river and went around and around as the boys enjoyed the slides. They joined us in the river for a while and went back and forth on the slides. It felt so nice to just float and be carefree.

One of the cool things about being at this park was you wear electronic wristbands to get in and out of the activities and to pay for things so you don't have to carry around money. You just scan your bands and it charges your camping bill. Well, we went to the snack bar to get a lemon ice and after we got our drinks we went to pay and none of us had a balance on our bands. OHHHH.... you have to put a certain amount of money ON it before you use it! HA!! How embarrassing. We thought it was like a credit card but obviously NOT. So Josh left us there and ran over to the RV to get some money. Gotta laugh at yourself sometimes!

When we got home, Carmen and Chandler were shortly behind us. We sat and snuggled up and watched the movie "Big." Great movie!

The boys enjoyed their free time riding their bikes around the park before the sun went down. There is so much going on there at night. They enjoyed being part of the crowd.

I walked out to check on them just as the sun was setting. The view of the sunset from the beach was amazing.

(I didn't carry my phone with me today so I don't have any photos to share)

Day 27 Happy 4th of July!

Day 27

INDEPENDENCE DAY!!

July 4, 2015

Happy 4th of July!! Today we had an activity filled day ahead. We arrived bright and early ready for events ahead. We tried to round up our kids that stayed over night with some cousins. There was a bit of a circus planned today. There were some clowns, face painting, fishing, games, prizes and scavenger hunt. The kids all had a blast with clowns Caleb and Liz playing a game with a parachute. I really enjoyed seeing the big cousins take over some of the entertainment for our little ones.

The afternoon was filled with so many fun activities including our traditional gigantic firetruck water slide. The water slide is usually the "do not miss" event for the kids.  The fishing contest is also moving up on the list of events. I loved fishing this year. I started off by myself and ended up with 5 groupies under the age of 10. Love my parental duties. I really enjoyed this years reunion because there is a new generation on kiddos running around and it was fun to learn about them all.

Later we had our hayride from Uncles farm back to Picnic Point were we love to fish and sing and cook up some good ol' burgers on the grill. At Picnic Point we love to take our time fishing and working on our best catch for the contest. During our hayride, it turns into a hay throwing fight between the 2 tractors. It really is a big hay mess but it certainly is fun by all!

The big kids hung back and Chandler slept in a tent in the yard at the radio station WJLY while Carmen slept at her Aunties. We drove to St. Louis where we spent the evening with my parents for the night.

Face paint fun

Giant tarp with clown cousins

WATERSLIDE

Cousin time

Uncle giving you the "what's UP"

Hayride

Hay fights

cousins bonding

Cousinly Macho Macho Men

The little ones watching all the fish swim in the little pond that

were caught in the lake. 

Day 26 Park it in Ramsey

Day 26

Park it in Ramsey

July 3, 2015

Today we had to pack everything up after sleeping in the RV in the driveway at the machine shed at the Family Farm. We needed to get it hooked back up to power instead of running the generator. We made arrangements to stay at the local Ramsey State Park. Josh had to watch the kids, prep for his day at the reunion as well as pack up the RV to move it. I had a wedding shower and baby shower to attend for 2 lovely ladies. I had a wonderful time visiting with all the wonderful Aunts and Cousins at the double shower. Time got away from us and Josh and I were down to the wire when it came to moving the RV and rushing back in time for the family photo and lunch. Off we went...

The Park was beautiful and full of Forth of July Campers. There were kids all over the park riding bikes, playing games, playing on the playground and even made a makeshift lemonade stand. It was the most festive park we have been to yet. Everyone there was gearing up for a pretty awesome 4th of July celebration. After we wiggled our way into our camping spot, we ran back to the reunion in time for lunch but unfortunately we missed the family picture.

Later we did some fishing, ceramic art, games, pogo stick contest and many other activities. Tonight was the big night for Fireworks. We took a 20 minute drive to the next town over called Pana. They have a great Firework show for the 4th of July. We all arrived at the Pana Park where we played at the playground, played frisbee and chatted amongst ourselves while eating sack lunches waiting for dusk. As dark was upon us, we drove over to a family friends house where we packed their back yard for a spectacular firework show. It was a blessed day.

(Uncle)Grandpa and grandson fishing

Pogo Stick contest

ceramics

Wedding shower

cousin time

double trouble