No Fear

This kid of ours has NO FEAR!!  We went to Kings Pointe Resort this weekend in Storm Lake, Iowa.  We took the kids on Friday and came back Saturday.  It was just a fun little get away to celebrate ending 3rd year of medical school.  At the hotel they had an indoor water park where we took the kids swimming.  It was so much fun and we all had a blast!!  There were 3 big slides for us to go on, and the kids could go on 2 of them.  There was a big green slide that they would let the kids go on by themselves.  Naomi wouldn't dare go by herself, and any time we mentioned she could go she would start flipping out.  So after going several times together, Bryce walked up the stairs with the kids and Rex was ahead of everyone.  By the time they got up to the top, Rex was nowhere in site.  The lady at the top said that Rex had just walked up to the slide and went down BY HIMSELF!!  I couldn't believe it.  He is way braver than I could ever be!  He went down by himself several times, until one time he started spinning around in circles and it scared him pretty bad.  He didn't want to go by himself after that, but I was just so proud of him for being so brave in the first place.

Rex was wearing a puddle jumper and that thing is a life saver!!  He was able to swim by himself and would just be hanging out in the middle of the pool kicking around.  It was pretty cute to see.  Then he would stand on the end of the pool and belly flop into the water!  He would go completely under the water and come up with a huge grin on his face.  The pool also had round "lily pads" in a row that you could try and walk across.  He loved that thing!  He would jump from one lily pad to the next and land on his stomach and slide off.  Then he'd get back up again and jump onto the next one.  Once he went across the whole thing, he would turn around and go back.  He did this for a good 15-20 minutes.

We swam for about 4 hours on Saturday, and when we left Rex was exhausted!  He had so much fun.  We stopped at a Mexican restaurant and got some lunch and then drove back home.  Within 5 minutes he was out cold and slept the whole way home.  I'm so glad we went and made such incredible memories.  I love my brave little boy so much!!