Fun in Billings

So, every summer we go to Billings for doctor's appointments but this time we made it into a 2-day mini-vacation. The hotel we stayed at had a water park and Jackson was so excited we had to go check it out the second we got to our room. Here he is hamming it up for the camera on the way over to the pools.

Besides lots of awesome water slides for the big kids, the stuff for those "under 48 inches" was absolutely amazing. Here J and his grandpa check out all the water type things to do. There were water cannons to shoot and buckets to dump on people and all sorts of fun slides.

There were lots of different pools.
This one had lily pads that Jackson could use to jump from one side of the pool to the other.

His favorite place to hang out was in the big wave pool. The first day he wanted one of us pretty close by his side. By the second day he was grabbing a tube all by himself, jumping into it and kicking all the way out to the middle of the pool.

Another of Jackson's favorites was the big bucket on top of the play center. It would gradually fill with water and when it was full dump a giant wave down on top of everyone.

At first he liked to watch at the edge of the "splash zone."

Then he discovered this tunnel where he could sit and wait for the water to come pouring down all around him. Look at that smile! He so did not want to leave when it came time to go this afternoon. We'd better make this place an annual tradition!