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State Farm Water Park

By Melissa Markham on July 24, 2008 7:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

Ever since we arrived back in May, Daniel has mentioned us going to State Farm Water Park. It never seemed to be in the cards though. Since he is a contractor, he is not included among those who get to take advantage of the very nice recreational area that State Farm has set up. But, his boss told him this week that she would get passes for the kids and me to go and we went today. It was 74, cloudy and started raining about 4. I was literally sitting with a towel wrapped around me while the wind blew. The kids weren't bothered by the cold and in fact told me I would get warm if I just got in the water. While the water was heated and it probably would have been warmer than sitting in the chair, I knew that getting in meant only one thing...getting back out and I just wasn't up for it.

The park was very nice (and just remodelled last year). There was a toddler area (no deeper than 18 inches, water spraying and dumping toys. Then there was an area designed for kids that were between the ages of 4 and 8, I would say. Two nice slides. Pool not deeper than three feet. Plenty of place to splash and have fun without much swimming skills.

Then there was a lazy river. And a great big hot tub. And a pool that went from 4 feet deep to 12 feet deep and in the 12 feet deep section there were two diving boards and a fun slide. We lucked out with the inclement weather, because there were only about 3 dozen people there altogether. I was told that yesterday the place was packed. The kids didn't have to wait in long lines to use the diving board and the slide. Katrina loved the lazy river. I shivered, took pictures and read another book.

So without further ado, here are some fun photos:

I love this picture of Jack popping out of the slide!

Kat loves the lazy river and making silly faces!

Jack learned to dive this summer and enjoyed practicing it often (though he doesn't always get it right...belly flops are painful!). See how others are watching him in AWE!

Jack's in the water...at least his head is...it is hard catching these action shots!

Doesn't that look like fun!? Amazing how Katrina is blurry and everything else around her is perfectly clear...grr!

I love this one of her...it looks like she is riding a waterfall...which of course she is!

To top off the chilly fun, we stopped at Starbucks on the way home...Mocha for me, hot cocoa for the kids...in July...in the afternoon... I can only hope this means a cold and snowy winter is on the horizon!