End-O-Summer Celebration

To celebrate the end of summer, we decided to get away from our house and get some good family time!

We traveled just "over the hill" to San Jose where we first stopped for a brief visit with Jaron, Jenni and Avery. Avery seemed to really enjoy watching Kaylin's every move in order to do the same things as her older cousin...

Then, the four of us went over and checked-in to the 4-star Double Tree hotel (also in San Jose). Amy got a spectacular last minute deal on Priceline! We enjoyed a dip in the hotel pool and then dinner at one of Derek's favorite places to eat, Chevy's.

On Monday we went over to Raging Waters for a day of waterpark fun! Kaylin wasn't much for the waterslides but she sure liked walking up and down the waterfall stairs...

Amy pulled a rope and got doused...

Trevor seemed to enjoy his water-free day at Raging Waters...

We got such a great deal on late-season tickets to the waterpark that we decided to ask Clara, one of our regular babysitters, to come and join us for the day. It was super helpful to have her there with us for the day... she got a free day at the waterpark and we got some help with the little ones! That way Amy and I were able to enjoy some serious waterslidin' together. :)