Adventureland

My sister came to Des Moines for a work event at Adventureland so Arabella and I met up with her there. It was REALLY hot, but we had a lot of fun anyway! There were a lot of rides Bella could go on and she was so excited about all of them! She says her favorite was "the tea cups 'cause they spin round and round and faster and faster!" We also spent a lot of time in the waterpark, Bella went down her favorite slide about fifty times! Even though I ended the day with a really bad headache, it was a great day!

Arabella and Sara on the Merry-Go-Round

Arabella "flying" on the airplane ride - just like Grandpa!

Okoboji - cation # 1

Dave had hockey practice in Des Moines, and I had FINALLY gotten out of school for the summer, so Arabella and I decided to take a trip to Okoboji! Grandma Patti, Uncle Mark, and his girlfriend Sarah were there too! It was a lot of fun... nice and relaxing! Not the BEST weather, but not horrible either. We went boating on Saturday and I even managed to make two bonfires (even after it rained!) for us to hang out!

1st Bonfire of the year! Even with wet wood!

Chillaxing in her Dora chair - she loves bonfires!!!

Mark and his girlfriend Sarah! We had a great time getting to know her!

Grandma Patti and Arabella hanging out on the hammock!

I let her roast her own marshmallow for the first time - she didn't want to do S'mores, just eat all the ingredients by themselves!

Marshmallow Mouth!

Uncle Mark gave Arabella a really tall ride!

Uncle Mark let Bella drive the boat for a while too!

Grandma Patti and Arabella loving the boat ride!

More Memorial Day Video!

I forgot about this video from Memorial Day!

Memorial Day Weekend 2010

We all went to Sioux City to spend Memorial Day Weekend with my parents. For the first time in years, we finally had a great weather weekend! Saturday was in the nineties and the pool was 82 degrees! Perfect for a relaxing pool day! Arabella had a blast swimming by herself - she loves this floatie suit now. Here's a video of swimming that weekend.

And here are some cute pictures from the weekend! We had so much fun, it was hard to choose just a few pictures!

Squirting Mommy with her new squirter

Hanging out in Grandpa's floatie

Running around in Grandma and Grandpa's yard - she was Go Go Go all weekend long!