Early Summer Visit to Indiana

After the kids had recuperated from their bout of sickness we headed to Indiana for a week long visit with family.  Derek had to head out on a business trip to San Diego and flew into Evansville in the middle of the week to join us on our visit.  Addy actually headed back with Grandma Freihaut early because we weren't quite sure how long Carter would be sick and we decided that she would have a better time in Indiana then she would have in Illinois since Carter was feeling so crummy and we couldn't so much of anything.  Carter and I set out for home on Saturday, June 2nd and arrived at my parents' house around noon.  While in Indiana we took full advantage of the time and got to spend a lot of time with family and friends.  The kids and I visited my Grandma Heilers for the better part of Monday and the grandparents got lots of grandchild time in as well. 

Carter exploring Grandma and Grandpa's yard

We headed to Grandma Freihaut's house midweek and got to send a fun few days with her in Evansville.  We picked up Derek from the airport on Wednesday evening.  The kids were so excited about the Evansville Airport because it has a playground inside.   We spent one more day in Evansville and then got up early on Friday to head to Holiday World where we met up with Aunt Ashley and Uncle Brian.   We had a great time at Holiday World.  The weather was beautiful and the kids really enjoyed the rides and Splashin' Safari.  Addy rode several rides with her Aunt Ashley and Carter managed to get Brian to go down the water slides in the kiddie area with him.  Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me in the water park and missed a royal opportunity of a great picture of them going down the slides together. Addy also enjoyed going on the the "big kid" water slides and was excited about the Wildebeest, which is a water coaster.  She really wanted to ride on the new water coaster, The Mammoth, but her Mom wasn't too keen on the two hour wait.

Addy and Holidog

Carter was very bashful with Santa and Holidag which was surprising since he loved the Disney characters.

Riding the Holidog Coaster....It was clear that one of our children enjoyed it much more than the other!

High fives on the fish ride

They rode the canoes four times in a row!

Carter lovesd Salmon Run!

Ashley and Addy on the Spakler

Riding the same rides their parents rode many years ago!

Thunder Bumpers!

On Saturday we got meet up with a good fried from high school, her mom, and her two kids at a park and then I went with my mom and Ashley to my cousin's bridal shower.  It was great to catch up with relatives that I don't get to see very often.  Saturday evening we went to dinner with my parents and then headed to the Dairy Barn for some yummy ice cream.  The Dairy Barn is a local ice cream place that serves giant ice cream cones. It was a great way to end a wonderful visit to Indiana.  We headed back to Bloomington on Sunday, but dropped Addy off at Grandma Freihaut's house on the way.  She stayed in Evansville to attend vacation bible school at her Grandma's church.  Adalyn loved the one on one time she got with Grandma and really enjoyed VBS.  Carter also enjoyed his time as being the only child in the house for a few days:)