Worlds of Fun

7-11-15

Today felt like a real vacatiton, finally!  We had enough rest to have some fun!  It has been a joy being outside our regulare enviroment and routie of "home".  I am so in love with how kind everyone is (not that people at home aren't kind and polite, it's just refreshing to see it exist outside our regular routine).  People are overly polite, regardless of the way we dress or look.  Many people we have seen so far look like they have lived a full life. Regardless of age.  However, no one seems to notice that in each other!  Gas station attendants are so friendly, with genuine smiles and kindness.  Everyone wants to small talk.  It's kinda fun!

We went to a water park in Kansas City, Worlds/Oceans of Fun!  I think we may have been the ONLY ones without tattoos, the designated smoking spots were always packed.  But seriously.  I have never been treated so politely or kind. Everyone had a kind smile, at one point someone let us get in front of the long bathroom line because I had kids. I am overly impressed so far with the people we have crossed paths with.  

This all made me think of how wrapped up we seem to get when we live by such a high population of people who share our same beliefs and standards.  We seem to forget that the clothes we wear or the cars we drive or the hairsyle we have or how "fit" we look don't really matter in the whole picture.  What does matter is how we make people feel.  This trip has taught us a lesson on christlike kindness, and most of that lesson comes from people who probably don't go to the same church as I do on sundays.  Eye opening and life changing.  I hope my family can be as genuinly kind throughout their life! 

As we were preparing to go into the water park, Martin asked if he thought we needed sunscreen.  It didn't feel hot to us at all!  Our other thought was, "we aren't in the high desert mountains any more, we farther away from the sun" so, nope, no sunscreen, besides it was packed deep in some box that wasnt easy to get to.

Well, I am here to testify that the sun still shines, and it still can burn your precious skin...any time it shines!  Nothing major, I'll just say we finally look like summer has arrived!  

I think the kids favorite thing the entire day was the free refills.  When we were reading about the park the rules said that we couldn't bring our own water or food in.  So we ended up getting a "souvineer" cup that came with free refills all day long.  I have never seen my kids drink so much.  We figured during a stressful transition we have titled "vacation" to the kids, we should allow them some craziness...and this was crazy!

We ended the day around 6, rinsed the kids off in the shower and hopped in the car for our drive to Nauvoo!  It isn't too far of a drive, so we decided to drive through the night and let the kids sleep.  We didn't even bother making them change.  

Today was a fun and relaxing day, I love sitting in the dark of the car, with the hum of the tires crusing along the highway and ponder on our day.  It felt so good to feel the sun and lounge in the lazy river.  It feels as though our bubble has popped.  In a very good way.  We have all enjoyed noticing the good that exists, regardless of religion, background or life choices.  This world is full of good people!