food for thought

What is this self inside us, this silent observer,
Severe and speechless critic, who can terrorize us,
And urge us on to futile activity,
And in the end, judge us still more severely,
For the errors into which his own reproaches drove us? -- T. S. Eliot

Jayme

You are so precious Jayme! Daddy, Mommy and I cried tears of joy when you were born. When you were just minutes old your Daddy talked to you and you opened your beautiful eyes and looked right at him! Mommy then talked to you and you looked right at her too! You knew instantly those voices! When I held you we looked at each other for a long time. Then you wanted to be fed. You didn't like having to suck on your tiny fingers. When you wrapped all of your fingers around my one finger you melted my heart. You are very loved by your family, your g'mas, g'pas, aunts, uncles and cousins!

View from our room

I'm sure the outdoor pools are a hit in the summer! Kalahari is expanding the waterpark. It will be the largest indoor waterpark until the sister company in WI completes their construction.

The pool size hot tub was great! I didn't stay long though because my hair kept freezing (it was 31 degrees outside after all). The covered waterslides are definitely a kid ride. We decided to try one. Ken's yelled all the way down! Right then I knew I was in for a ride I wasn't going to like. When I pushed off zip there was only inky darkness. It freaked me out so I just closed my eyes. That helped a little bit. I couldn't even yell. I had to tell myself to shut my mouth. I was on a water slide after all and didn't want to choke. I was pushed from one side and zipped into the next turn immediately, Up, around, right, left, up, almost over. I heard Ken quit yelling so I opened my eyes to light. SPLASSSSSH! I couldn't even talk. My legs were jelly. Ken laughed at the look on my face - pure terror!! Never a covered slide again!

More things to do at Kalahari

I am beginning to understand why Alyssa and Trina like going there so much!

There are outstanding restaurants, shops with all sorts of African style art, necklace shops, swimwear shops, t-shirt shops, yummy chocolate treats, a great gormet coffee shop, a pizza place, a grand lobby with a fireplace that had choirs some sing for Christmas, Santa and Mrs. Clause, baby tiger and lion cubs that for a price (of course) you could feed and get your picture taken - we just watched them play, a convience shop with post cards and any other thing you might need, a Tree Top Playhouse for young kids, and of course the water park - which was a blast!

Things to do at Kalahari

There is

putt-putt golf

cookie decorating

stuff-an-animal

paint the pottery

caricatures

bead in the hair braiding

karioki

arcade games

swimming fun

interactive games

and the list goes on and on.....

The Spa at Kalahari

Oh the wonderful Spa!

The Spa at Kalahari

Oh the wonderful Spa! it was soooooooooo relaxing! The locker room (if you can even call it that mundane word) was elegant. After changing into the robes, from the locker area you went into a lounge area with overstuffed couches, glass topped coffee tables, greenery along the walls, and carved wood statues. The massuse came and got you for your massage or whatever you were having done. The Spa has a wide range of relaxation treatments. After your massage you could take a shower. I highly recommend the shower since they use oils instead of creams for the massage. The shower had two heads - one rainforest type that spinkled you with rain drops and then a second smaller shower head that was about hip heigth on me. You could adjust it to any combination of relaxing sprays you wanted. They had green tea peppermint shampoo, creme rinse, and shower gel. I smelled sooooo good when I got out of the shower! Of course Ken had to spoil me and buy me the shampoo and creme rinse. At $13 a bottle it was a bit pricey but it is sooooooo nice to have at home.

The Naked Monkies

The band was awesome! The guitar player that was roaming around and I danced during one of the songs. It was a hoot! I got a great picture of Deb and Greg Blunk with DeAnna.

Kalahari

We had a blast!!! The party was great. We got our picture taken with Kalahi the elephant mascot, had a carricaturist do our portraits in a golf theme, rode the waterslides - some only once -, ate great food, danced, the list goes on. We haven't packed that much fun into a weekend since our Myrtle Beach vacation!I can see this getting better every year!