Monday, August 13, 2012

Raging Waters

This summer we decided to get a season pass for Raging Waters. The water park is 15 minutes from our house door to door and we had seen on their website that they had a lot of great areas for kids. And they were right! Our season passes to Raging Waters has basically been our pool membership. The place has been great. There are a bunch of great areas for kids but we basically hang out at Crystal Creek, the lazy river and the Little Dipper. Both the girls have a blast. Also we have a bunch of friends who also got season passes so that makes it even more fun. We love meeting and letting the kids just play.

Whenever the weather is hot enough (mid 80's+, which means feels like in the 90's in the sun) I make sure to put Maddie down for an earlier nap and then after she wakes up we head on over. Usually we start at the creek. Sometimes that's the only place we go to! Seriously the last weekend we were at the creek for 2 1/2 hours. After an hour or so the girls are in need of a snack and like to play around on the grass by the creek. Afterwards we go to the lazy river or the little dipper. Sabrina talks a good game about going on the slides with Daddy but she gets to the park and is like "no". But at least we don't have to wait in line for anything! Maddie likes the water too but she would be just as happy running around laying on people's towels :)

Hanging out at Crystal Creek
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Monday, August 6, 2012

Azevedo Pkwy's 1st Annual Block Party

We've lived in our house since 2007 and I thought it was downright sad how few neighbors we know. So I told Jerry I was going to plan a block party. And I did! It was a lot of work but soooo worth it. A ton of people came and had a great time. The first thing we had to do is go around our block and get signatures from all the houses that would be blocked off. Everyone (except for this one guy - but we won't talk about that right now :D ) was really excited about the idea. Once I got everyone's signature I was able to stop by the police department with the form, pay the fee (it's one time, as long as you have a block party once/year then you don't have to pay for the permit again.

After talking to my friend Ashley, who has organized several block parties herself, I decided to invite the entire development. I had Jerry print me out a bunch of flyers and I went door to door inviting everyone to our block party. If I didn't get them at home, I left a flyer. I also put together a yahoo group for people to join so we could get out information and also put together a database of what people planned to bring.

So basically, the party was AMAZING!! We had a fantastic turnout and people were so complimentary and wanted to do another one before the year ends, like in October for Halloween. People brought out the most delicious food and the giant inflatable slip n slide was a BIG hit. Can't wait to do it again!

Everyone brought the most delicious food and drink
I rented a giant inflatable slip n slide.  Big hit with the kids!
Sabrina enjoyed doing a variety of things, from the slip n slide to playing catch to walking this cute doggie
Maddie was the hit of the party.  And the boss! 
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