Waterpark and Going Home

We finally headed home from our vacation after returning to the big city and getting some results for Caden. We also went to a rooftop water park just before heading home. The water park was huge and a lot of fun. We loved our last day with friends. This was just a part of it.

All the slides were fun, and the kids had a blast.

My favorite though was the lazy river. Grady loved it too. He took an awesome nap on me while we floated around the river 6 times!

These boys had an awesome day!

You have to wear swim caps, so I laughed all the time at their thugness.

Wiped out and ready to go home.

Our gorgeous view going back into the city.

Just before the water park, we went back to the hospital for Caden's MRI. Grady and I enjoyed a nice breakfast during the long MRI.

Sweet boy has a hard time going to sleep with the sleepy juice. He ripped his IV out and nearly fell out of the bed from being so loopy. He finally fell asleep for test.

We got results later that day ruling out a tumor and all the scary stuff. We finally found out that he has a swollen aqueduct in his inner ear, which means he has significant hearing loss in his left ear. The good news is that he has complete function in his right ear which poses no problem for his future. Apparently, this defect is more common than many of us think. Our worries were put to rest and now we are able to help Caden better with understanding his impairment. PTL!

We enjoyed our last few hours hanging at the guest house with our friends being superheroes.

Superman away!

Grady being Superman being Iron Man.

Going out one last night on the town!

We all crammed into one apartment our last night since we already overstayed our reservations and there was no room left. So thankful for our friends!

Finally made it home after a long day of travel. We were wiped out to say the least.

Though it wasn't the vacation we thought it would be, we still had a wonderful time with friends and were thankful for the Lord's constant provision. Can't wait to go back!

More Bliss

Hopefully, when I print all of these posts out it will just be one nice continual flow our lives and not show the 3 month break of time it took me to post! A lot has happened in our family in the last several months that you will soon get to see! Sooooo, let's wrap up our vacay!!

We took one night to go into town and had quite the adventure finding a way to get there. There are no taxi's where we stayed and hardly any cars passing by, which is why we loved this spot, but we had to figure out how to get into town. So, we "rented" a car (and by rent I mean we literally paid someone to use their car!) and headed into town! We took some great shots of the kids while we waited on said car.

I love this boy. So SO much!

Friends shot!

Brothers shot.

Family shot.

We took the guys to a local pizza place for Father's Day then went bowling! Caden loved his first time!

Grady was too little to play but that didn't stop him from having a blast! He did this after every bowl. I especially love when he claps his hands in excitement. Ha!

Our pool time was probably my favorite. So fun. So relaxing. Grady got really great at the art of "floating" with some kicks that could move him around. I love his sweet face when he would move...closed mouth and eyes to avoid the water.

Both boys loved the pool and asked to get in multiple times a day. I didn't object.

Fun with my boys.

The kiddos.

Monkey Island

We didn't do a ton of extra activities while at the beach (do you need to?!), but we did do one fun excursion to Monkey Island. We had heard all kinds of things about this excursion but overall enjoyed it, the beautiful weather, and the awesome boat ride.

That morning I took the boys to breakfast then a walk on the beach. This sweet little swing was too cute to pass up a photo opp. Caden didn't want to get his feet dirty, so he missed out on the pic.

We rented a boat to the island off in the distance.

Ready to go!

Such a beautiful day and nice breezy ride.

Monkey Island, here we come.

The kids loved riding in the front.

I snapped this photo quick as the monkeys charged our boat. Our boat driver had a bag of food for them (which I'm guessing they expect), so they jumped on our boat and basically had us surrounded. I wish I had a video of all the action, but we were told to put everything away because the monkeys will take it. I think all of us parents were freaking out a little more than the kids. The kids didn't seem dazed by it.

Beautiful monkey island. The monkeys left us alone for the most part but if you acted like you were going to throw something at them they would back up. Eek. So, Grady picked up his own weapons for protection. Ha.

Such pretty views.

Monkeys everywhere!

Monkeys of all sizes.

This little guy was quite comfy.

Since he was so comfy, we decided to get a family photo with him.

I tried getting a shot of the mama monkeys with babies hanging on their bellies, but they moved around a lot. Look closely, and you'll see the little babies.

Grady's weapons protection :)

Just chillin out.

Peipei was hot and found a comfy spot.

After seeing the monkeys, we took a big lap around the island before heading back 'home.'

We all loved the scenery and peace.

Just so beautiful.

Yes, please.

My favorite. I really wanted to swim in this water. It looked so clear and pretty.

Loving the sunny ride.

Yes, my legs got burned after sitting like this for 10 minutes!

Pondering life and God's beauty.

We got out of the boat that far out but were only shin deep when we got out.

Walking through the crab holes. A fun adventure.