a little time away from home

i know. i've been MIA since sunday, and you all must by wondering where i've been (probably not, but that's okay).

we took a little "escape" away from cleveland on monday to aaron's parents' house and didn't return until yesterday evening. it was a nice change from home and i think we all needed a little break. plus aaron's on vacation this week so we wanted to do something together as a family.

our initial plan was to go to wildwater kingdom tuesday, but the weather wasn't cooperating so pap suggested the county fair instead. i haven't been to a county fair in probably 10 years, so it was fun to be able to go again. tyler went through the funhouse and decided on the trampoline jumping activity after we all refused to go with him on one of the make-me-puke rides (the scrambler to name one). we also saw plenty of chickens, rabbits, goats, sheep, cows, pigs, and horses. emma enjoyed going to the individual animal stalls and cages giving each animal an indvidual greeting. especially the goats. she liked the goats. the only animal she wasn't too keen on were the pigs. strange. because she likes bacon.












old school punishment













fried cheese goodness!













emma greets and talks to a goat...the next dr. doolitle

















a free yard stick for everyone...we went home with 5.













need i say more?

bungee jumping at the fair.
wildwater kingdom was saved for yesterday, since the weather decided to be a bit more cooperative. we spent 5 hours there playing in all sorts of water attractions. i haven't gone on a waterslide since i was in 7th grade, and i forgot how much fun it was. it took emma some time to warm up to the water, but once she did she couldn't get enough of it. she loved the waves in the wave pool, and liked going down the lazy river w/ mom and dad on the inner tube. ty had fun going down the water slides and jumping the waves. he took a couple of goes down the inner-tube slides, but i think preferred the water playground where he could run through and get dumped by water. aaron got some MAJOR sun compared to the rest of us, and is recuperating from it today. since water and my camera don't mix well, there aren't many photos of us on the attractions.












the liquid lightning a.k.a. the human toilet bowl.













taking a break from the water.













getting dumped.