Every summer, Eric's family chooses a day or more to spend together doing something fun. Some years we've done as little as watch the fourth of July parade and fireworks in Rockford (the best we've seen in Illinois!), others have meant something a little more involved. It seems like every few years we end up at an indoor waterpark in Wisconsin Dells. After doing this since our kids were quite small (there was a time Micah was the only one of our three around), we have come to treasure these times. My oldest niece and nephew are now young adults, and finding a date we can all be together is getting tougher. It's a blessing when it happens!
This year we had a small picture of how wonderfully God redeems. Last time we were at this hotel in the Dells, Josiah was having the toughest summer of his life. He was miserable the entire time, terrified of being in the water and overwhelmed by the sensory stimulation.
As you can see, this time was quite different!
Our youngest niece in this family is 9, and is having a great time with her uncle!!
These two girls are only 9 months apart. I like to say that A was our inspiration for having Rachel. :) They were overjoyed to discover that they had matching swimsuits and were often mistaken as sisters. Inseparable, those two!!
Rachel conquered the Hurricane!
Getting ready to disembark so they can go again, and again, and again. I've been on this ride once and will never go again.
Favorite spot to congregate: the hot tub! Micah moved too fast to get many good pictures of him. He rode every slide there was to ride.
Grandma is watching in the background. In all the years they have treated us, she's barely made it into a swimsuit. Eric's parents give me a whole new appreciation for what it means to have a blast watching others have fun.
That blur is Josiah, who worked up courage for a waterslide just his size.
Again, and again, and again.
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