We’re home now, and even though it’s really
late; I’m only writing this now instead of going to sleep because I had some
family business work to do anyway – and need a bit of wind-down time before I’ll
be ready to sleep.
Our day started out with Tai Chi by the
pool for those of us that weren’t having a co-ed, five star sleepover. Mom and Dad skipped that; but their smiles
suggested that they’d gone with an alternate exercise routine before meeting up
with us for breakfast. They weren’t the
only happy couple at the breakfast tables this morning; but let’s just not go
there for any of them. As usual, we had
some spectators for Tai Chi, and the four kids in our group stole the show for
that. Michael and I weren’t surprised. Everyone thinks that Ethan, Ehlana, Naomi,
and Aiden are adorable when they’re doing the Tai Chi forms together – and we
agree with them.
We had lots of time to putter around the
hotel before checking out and heading back over to the amusement park for the
day. Breakfast was at one of the hotel
restaurants; we all went for a swim in the pool after doing a bit of souvenir
shopping; and then we packed up and moved on.
The park was just as crowded when we arrived, but since we had our two-day
passes already; we were among the first into the park. That’s why our parents set the teens free for
a while to start our day; and we managed to get through going on two of our
favorite coasters before the queues for all of the extreme rides filled up and
we started to have long waits for each thrill ride.
I’ll again skip the details; and just point
out that we’ve had another amazing day together. While the extreme rides were again at the top
of my list of best moments today; spending a couple of hours at the water park
this afternoon was amazing too; and I had just as much fun with the parents and
kids in our group when we spent time with them.
For that, we played for an hour before lunch; the entire time we were
playing in the water; and then before, during, and after dinner until we
wrapped up the day with some more teen time until the park closed for the day
and we met up and got ready to head home.
The ride home was fairly quiet, and while I
enjoyed watching a movie with Ehlana, Naomi, Rowen, and Tim; I would have had
more fun if Michael hadn’t been in the other minivan with Ethan, Aiden,
Rebecca, and Lucas. Speaking of Lucas –
he’s staying overnight at Michael’s house; and he’ll be staying in the morning
until after the football workout. I
seriously doubt that he’ll be sneaking into Rebecca’s room, but if I was
Rebecca; I’d be seriously considering a sofa sleepover! ;^)
The trip home was long, and some of us were
able to nap a bit; but I didn’t this time.
My brother, sister, Naomi, and Aiden were all sleeping when we got into
town, so along with dropping Tim and Rowen off at their houses; we also needed
to get the four kids up to bed while unloading the minivans too. We have Naomi and Aiden here overnight too;
since there wasn’t any point in keeping one or more of their parents up late to
wait for them – especially when Aiden’s Dad needs to be up so early for
work. Since Michael’s parents had the
boys with them; he and I took care of getting Ethan and Aiden from his house to
mine; we both pitched in to get the luggage indoors; and then shared a
goodnight kiss on his front porch before I came home again for the night.
I took care of unpacking my things after
coming up to my room; got ready for bed; and then started in on my nightly
computer checks and that family business work that couldn’t wait until tomorrow. It’s definitely time to wrap this up and get
started on my nap now, and there isn’t anything else to add to the report
anyway; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
