DJ ended up having Monday off, so he wanted to get away for one more camping weekend before we put the camper away for the Fall. With football season happening, there's no way we will use the camper in the Fall months :( He had to work Saturday morning, so on Friday afternoon, we loaded the camper, and Saturday morning, he went to work while the girls and I drove to Waco, Tx which is just an hour and a half north of Austin.
Even though we don't drink soda, I thought it would be fun to take the girls to the Dr. Pepper Museum. Dr. Pepper was founded by a pharmacist in Waco in the early 1900s.
There were lots of pieces from the original building, and even a well that had once been used to gather the spring water. It's funny that when soda was first developed, it was believed to have healing abilities and was drank for health!
We explored the museum, learned all about soda and the Dr. Pepper brand, and I let the girls sample it at the end of the tour. Megan and Addy both tried 7Up, but Gretchen wanted the Dr. Pepper- she loved it! I told her to enjoy because she wouldn't be having it again- ha!
After we toured the museum, we met DJ at the campsite and hit the pool.
The girls had a blast swimming and jumping in and having a diving competition.
Addy meets friends wherever she goes. She isn't shy of anyone and we laughed because she had told one man her entire life story!
After swimming well in to the evening, we had dinner, smores, and called it an early night.
Sunday morning we decided to head to Waco's water park and ended up meeting up with friends we worked with at Tulsa who had recently moved back to Waco. It's been a few years since we've seen them, but the older girls remembered each other and ran off to have a blast. Us mommas enjoyed each other's company while all of the kids and husband's went off to have some fun. Let me tell you, it did my heart good to sit and talk with a friend and catch up. Football families are pretty special people.
After lunch, we played and explored the waterpark some more. Adalyn loved playing in this area.
Megan was all about the smaller tunnel slides.
Gretchen and DJ spent most of their time racing down slides.
We stayed at the water park until 3, and then headed back to the camper to shower and get ready for dinner.
We tried out a steakhouse in Waco and DJ ordered the girliest drink ever! He thought it was frozen; I thought it was hilarious.
This sweet girl was my dinner buddy. The food was yummy and there was a little shop inside, so I came home with a few new goodies. Since we had an early dinner, we headed back to the campground so the girls could swim a little more.
After swimming, it was time for s'mores and fun drinks. DJ mixed orange juice, pineapple juice, and passionfruit juice together for the girls and they loved it!
The girls stayed up well past bedtime, and Megan and Adalyn decided they would sleep together on the top bunk, which was great because then I didn't have to put the table bed up for her.
Three little girls all cozy in their beds. Lots of giggles too.
And I realized DJ and I didn't have a picture together at all, so I snapped one of us, just because.
We've had so much fun camping together this Summer. It's definitely helped to have some slow and relaxed weekends. Right now, the camper is put away in storage, but we can't wait to break it out as soon as we can again!
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