Day Eight

Wednesday was a special day.  One of the bigger reasons we decided to make the trip was, I have a 99 year old Grandmother.  She will be 100 at the end of February.  It was my great desire to see her and for the kids to see her, also.  (Nature Girl and Little Mama had met her once before about 7 years ago.)

We picked up my dad late morning and had breakfast at Perkin's.  (I love Perkin's)  Then we headed out for Oshkosh, which is about an hour away from GB.  We all road together, so I crawled in back with the kids and read to them on our way down.  (We had our book club book we needed to get through.  George Washington Carver - what an extraordinary man!)

My aunt (dad's sister) had arranged for all of my dad's brothers (3) and his sister (1), their spouses and some of their children to meet at the nursing home where my Grandmother lives.  There was probably close to 20 of us getting together.  Some of which I had not seen in at least 20 years and many of which I had not seen in 7 years.

I have a lot of memories of getting together with my dad's side of the family.  And it was really enjoyable catching up.  A few pictures were taken.  The one below is of everyone that was there.

We had such a nice visit.  And I loved seeing everyone.  The kids (and hubby) did great!

We got back to the hotel early evening.  And the only plans we had were to let the kids play at the hotel's indoor water park.  Yes, that's right, an indoor water park in the hotel.  The water park was closed Monday and Tuesday night, so the kids were beside themselves to go swimming and sliding!

It was sooooo cool.  Two really big tube, curly cue water slides that went outside and came back in.  A water play area.  A kiddie pool with a little slide.  A lazy river.  And, a hot tub!  Inside and out.  We were one of three other families in the whole park.    The pictures I took didn't turn out that well because of the lighting.  Which was really a bummer because the place was remarkable.

We went up and down the tube slide so many times our legs were wobbly.  We raced and took turns taking EG and Boop.  The lifeguards were everywhere so we felt totally safe.  The big girls stayed together the whole time and hubby and I kept our eyes on Boop and EG while relaxing in the hot tub.

The real big news at the end of the day was that snow, the first of the year, was predicted during the night.  After we finished swimming, we spent a good portion of the evening watching the weather channel.  Hoping and praying we would get to wear our snow boots. . .