Wet and Wild

The weather in Billings during our trip was interesting - we had clouds, rain and thunder/lightening one day, sunny dry heat another, and muggy warmth another.

On the warm days, we cooled off with water play - we went to a water park a couple of days, and to the lake another.

Lake Elmo is just a few miles up the road from the Roberts, and it was the first time my girls have played in a lake. They had a great time swimming and digging in the muddy sand.

On Sunday, Stace and I took our girls and Johnny out, and hoped to go to Oasis, the local water park. It was closed for a private party, so instead, we went to a little splash park.

Violet and Johnny loved it, and so did Cora, once she dealt with her disappointment about Oasis being off limits.

Genia stayed home, because Ave was sick. She'd developed a fever on Saturday evening as we were bringing our Yellowstone adventure to a close.

Near the splash pad was a grassy hill, perfect for somersaulting down.

We had a lot of fun at Oasis on Tuesday, after the zoo. It was the perfect place to cool off after walking around seeing the animals. The small water park has a play structure, a wave pool, two big slides, a lazy river, and a pool for swimming, volleyball and basketball.

Violet and Cora both loved it. The kids were able to go back on Monday with Stacey and John, just before we flew back home.