Our drive the next day was short as we planned to spend the day playing at an indoor water-park in Rapid City, SD

James was loving the water, but nervous about the slides at first

Once he went down with Abbie, he realized just how exciting the slides could be!

and he was off to slide and slide and slide

The kids all played Leap Frog

and then the girls discovered a ride called The Toilet Bowl where they spent the rest of the day running up and down the stairs to spin and spin until they were pulled down the drain!

James finally worked up the courage to go down with Josh

and convinced me that because he was 5 and went down, I should go too. It didn’t end well & I wasn’t pushed to ride anymore slides. James & I somehow went down backwards and plunged underwater, where we both inhaled water through our nose, mouth, & eyes.

Even with the extra gallon of water inhaled, we all ended up having a fun day!