our day off...

was spent in KC at the newly opened (as of last summer) Schlitterbahn water park. We have never been and the older kids were excited to try it out! We took off Wednesday so my awesome Mother in Law could watch Mia and Kenni (however I think we might go back and take them too). They had a fun gate to enter through and a fake sand castle as Gaby pointed out!

Gaby, Dustin, and Kadyn by the water slides. All of us went down all three. It was a blast!
Gaby and Kadyn had no fear...

Some of the kids parts... warmer water and play slides for younger ones.

Gaby swimming around...

Goofing off- you can see the park attractions in the background.

They had this cool feature that was a lazy river plus a wave pool in one. These floats were awesome (and free) because they had mesh on one side so younger kids could use them and not have to hold their own weight. I loved this pool, it was my favorite for sure!

Gaby was in the pool with the bar in it. She swam over there so she could sit at the bar. She thought it was so cool to have it in the water!

Dustin and our red lobster... we had sunscreen on her non stop. With it being 98 outside, we just couldn't keep her from not burning!

The cool pirate ship that K and G liked. This was a part of the adult pool so you could sit and drink at the bar while watching your children swim... hmmm. Not so sure about that one!

Ready to go to the wave thing again...

Kadyn's favorite was the water roller coaster... it was pretty cool. It started out up high and open then went pitch black tunnels then it spits you out!

If you never been, give it a try. They have online ticket deals, cheaper then Oceans of Fun, and shorter drive (if coming from Topeka). It was a great day off!