Day 1

Hello all,

I'm exhausted. Vacation is tough business with two kids that NEVER seem to run out of energy. I took Jen over to the conference center this morning for her 9:00 start. On my way back I stopped at Starbucks to get a coffee and get me ready for what I knew would be a long day. When I returned to the room, the kids had already eaten breakfast (cinnamon rolls and blueberry muffins from Kroger's). It was time to go to the water park.

At first Zac did not want to go down any of the slides. Ali was soon bored with the small kids pool and wanted to venture into the wave pool. Grandma went with her as I stayed with Zac. For the next two hours, that is pretty much what I did. I stood in two feet of water and watched Zac slide down an eight foot slide -- slowly. He was happy, but I wanted him to try the bigger slides for kids his own age.

It was soon time for lunch so we headed back to the room to change into street clothes and pick up mom. We were off to Subway for lunch.

After lunch, we all returned to the room for a much needed rest. Zac took a nap while everyone else read books.

For the evening, Jennifer and Diane went over for the conference while I took the kids out for Mexican food and then back for more swimming. At 9:00 I picked Diane and Jennifer up and headed back to the hotel for the night. I'm pooped.

-Andy