Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Slide Mania

So on one of the days out in Utah Ben's folks rented this mammoth of a slide and had it set up in their back yard as part of our family reunion weekend. And oh my gosh...it was SOOOOO fun! The kids and adults loved it. It was entertainment for hours on end. In the beginning we just slid down it dry but the sun quickly made it too hot for the little kids. So we had no other option but to turn the hose on it, and it became on huge slip and slide. It was so fun to watch the little kids just shoot down it. My favorite was our little nephew, Oliver, decided to strip down and take his diaper off and go down. I've never seen something so funny...he flew down that slide and would bounce off the back wall. What a funny kid! Some of the adults even got in on the action, which provided for even MORE entertainment!

Ben getting ready!


Dad/Grandpa getting some words of encouragement


Natali prefering to watch from a distance

Dad finally got her to go. Cute thing covered her eyes with her hands at the top until they actually went. Next year she will be ready to do it on her own!

5 comments:

Kelly said...

Oh that looks like so much fun. Got to love grandparents and all the fun things they do to spoil the grandkids.

Petersen Family said...

Looks like so much fun! Glad you guys had a good time while you were here...next time we'll PLAN to see you! :)

Zent Family said...

Talk about kids getting big- Natalie is beautiful!!! I'm impressed she got brave enough to go down the slide- isn't it fun to hang out with family?

Kevin and Emily said...

That looks like SO much fun. I want to do it!(= We loved seeing you while you were out here. Maybe someday we will live close to each other....I can dream, right? (=

Erica said...

That would have been so much fun! It makes me laugh to see how entertaining something like that is.