One Last Week Away From Mom & Dad

Preston & Shaling are spending the week with Grandma & Grandpa Reynolds, at their summer home in Monticello, Indiana. After having spent a week at church camp in June & a week with Uncle Scott & Aunt Barbara in July, this is the 3rd & final week of the summer that they get a break from Mom & Dad (& vice versa). Dad drove them to Indiana while Mom stayed home alone for the weekend for some Cardinal baseball and therapeutic time.

On Saturday, Dad took them to Indiana Beach, an amusement park on Lake Shafer (Grandma & Grandpa’s house is on the lake). After a few hours there, Preston began to poop out & wanted to go home, but Shaling did not. Stretching what he could out of Preston first, Dad took the kids back to Grandma & Grandpa’s house. Preston played with some other nearby kids & also went for a ride on a torpedo (a long inflated tube with seats for several kids – it is pulled behind the boat).

After spending some time in the air conditioning, Dad & Shaling returned to Indiana Beach (free reentry). The first trip lasted for about 5 hours, so the encore lasted a mere two, three, four, five, SIX hours. Unfortunately, Dad didn’t have the camera, so I have no pictures for you. He told me that she rode a particular roller coaster TEN times, but didn’t want to try the other ones. She rode the bumper cars, Superstition Mountain, some kiddie rides, & several others I don’t remember.

I do have pictures of Shaling wearing a new dress. Last April, I posted a picture of Grandma Reynolds (& Preston) holding up some material for a sundress:


She wanted to wait until Shaling was here so that she made the correct size. Well here Shaling is, modeling the finished product:





Oh, and speaking of pictures, here is one of Dad from Sunday morning (after his 11 hours at Indiana Beach on Saturday):



Today, Preston & Shaling are headed to Lake Michigan with Grandpa. Grandpa’s friend has a “big” boat on Lake Michigan. Preston has gotten to take a ride on it the last couple of years during his week-long stay with Grandma & Grandpa. We are looking forward to hearing how Shaling likes it. Here is a picture of her in the car on the way:




****All pictures in today’s blog are courtesy of Grandpa Reynolds (& his cell phone).