Omaha Bound! (Day 1)

We decided to pack up the kiddos and head to Omaha for my birthday weekend. We didn't tell them anything about where we were going except that we would not be sleeping at home that night, that they'd get wet, and we also promised they'd have a lot of fun. They truly thought we were going camping at the lake...which they were very excited about.

The kids woke up bright and early Saturday morning and we were off! We decided to tell them on the way that we were headed to Omaha, NE, which meant nothing to them. The big surprise was when we got to town we drove by the Omaha Zoo (major excited eyes) and then we parked at our Water park hotel (huge eyes). After seeing the zoo's parking lot, we decided to hit the water park first. The kids LOVED it. We didn't get many pictures...I'm sure you can imagine why...3 kids at an indoor water park...mom & dad stayed very busy! After they had played in the water for hours, we talked them into some DQ ice cream just so we could have a short break. :-)

Once we got checked into our hotel room, we decided it was time to show a little Wildcat pride and we pulled out our purple. We decided to check out the hotel a little more, grab some dinner, and spend some money at the arcade before the big game started. Not to our surprise, they LOVED the arcade. Remi especially enjoyed all the climbing opportunities.

Finally it was bedtime...for some of us! Eric & Jaedin decided to go back to the water park to do some big kids rides and I relaxed in the room with the 2 younger kids....until the fire alarm went off! Hmmm, what to do?!?! I grabbed a kid with each hand and pretended I knew how to evacuate a hotel. Luckily, it was a false alarm but Talin is still talking about the excitement.