riverview splashpad

on august 25th, we met up at the riverview splashpad in kingsport. although rain threatened to ruin the fun, we decided to go for it anyway. and i'm glad we did, more people showed up than i had expected and we were rewarded with relatively nice weather...only one quick shower but we had shelter. the place is really nice, lots of fun gizmos for the kids to play with and spray with and splash in...and color all over the place on the equipment as well as an amazing mural!! there's a playground there as well and the kids went back and forth between there and the water. us women folk played a quick game of "give me your cell number" that probably looked from a distance like a bunch of teen girls texting, talking and laughing. we played a rousing game that kass brought called "apples to apples" which we had played before with our friends in charleston but had forgotten about. there was a lot of running and playing so there were a few bumped heads, teeth, lips and feet, but for the most part we all had fun. lily even taught julia how to pump her legs to swing herself, how cool is that?!

i was told by herb at carver that they might be getting a splaspad type thing next summer. i really hope so, it's pretty fun. slideshow time...