The best day ever....(hope you want to see some pictures)

 One of the first things I ever did after moving to Roch was take Matthew to the Dells with Shana and Kaden. Huddy, was just a baby then and only crawling. I have always loved and valued that trip and I jumped when she asked if I wanted to do it again for Kaden's birthday. 

 The only exception this time was that we decided it would be a lot easier if we brought along mama Linda to help up. Going on the slides is a lot easier if you can rotate in 3s instead. If there is just two of you then being alone is always the only option. It also helps that Linda is no wallflower! She put the boys to shame when it came to going down the slides. She is a rockstar! She is no soak up the sun read a book granny. She is a slide riding..wave jumping..laugh making...swimming granny! I loved how exhausted she was and yet she waited until Shana and I said ...we are so done..before she said"Thank God" We love you Linda, and not just because you can outslide us.

 off to play

 Matt and Kaden had water proof cameras to use for the trip. Hopefully the pics will be good and I can post them.

 Huddy kept me laughing the whole trip

 He loved the hot tub

 Shana tubing with the boys

 It was really nice having the boys tube together this trip too. They sure have come a long way from our first trip.

 After playing in the water all day we were starving. Matthew suggested we go to his favorite place in the whole wide world...

 I worried that they would not remember Matthew, or that there would be different people and he would be disappointed. I also hoped that Kaden would love it as much as Matthew and get a fun memory like Matthew did. 

 I also worried that the Pizza I talked up would disappoint Linda and Shana. Well the experience was not like before...

 It was unreal! 

It started with the Pizza Chefs sending over heart shaped pizzas for all the boys! The waitress who was ADORABLE (and madly in love with one of the pizza chefs herself) said they were for the little pizza lovers at the table(Huddy got one too but he was in no mood to be photographed)

 T-Rex Kaden!

 Then our waitress brings out dessert for Kaden!

 They sang "Happy Birthday" in REAL Italian(as Matthew would say)

 YUMMY!!! Kaden I want to be you. 

 Kaden was so cute this whole night. He was so quiet and in awe. I loved seeing him like this. 

 Our waitress took our picture for us. Huddy was over to the side of me. He refused to be a part of our picture. He was just so exhausted. He was actually super cute, he just refused to be photographed.

 After Kaden got his dessert the waitress brought a truck pizza over for Matthew from his Italian buddy. 

 Matthew went to say Thank You and was once again invited back into the Pizza Kitchen! Bring your friend too!

 This is when I turned to Shana and said..um, we are probably going to be here a while:-) We both laughed. I was so excited to share this amazing experience with her. 

 This pizza chef is married to our waitress. She beamed ear to ear when she spoke of him. You would have though she had a hanger stuck in her mouth. I love seeing love like that. 

 This was our original pizza chef that taught Matthew the first time. Matthew thinks he is better than any sports or rock star out there. Shana and I giggled to see how mesmerized Matthew was by him. 

 This is probably one of my favorite pictures of the whole day. I just loved seeing Kaden so happy and hypnotized by the pizza chefs. He was loving every second.

 putting his hand made pizza in the oven. FYI: I really want one of those wooden spatulas, anyone know where I can get one?

 and now they teach!

 I want to send this picture to our waitress. It reminds me a lot of the pictures I have seen of Mike's grandfather Clair when he was young man. Dot and I talked recently about her favorite picture of him and how dear it was to her. I have a feeling our waitress would feel the same about this one. I may have to have it printed and send it. 

 I love so many of these photos. I had to post a lot. 

 He even threw it behind his back! This is when he told the boys he still needed practice. They said "WHAT" you do not!! They were such a good audience! 

 I love seeing both of the Pizza Chefs in this shot. 

 Can you imagine how amazing you would be at this if you had this kind of lesson all the time. This photo makes me think about skilled craftsmen passing on traditions. 

 Kaden is about to throw the pizza and it happened so fast that it was hard to catch. 

 Then Matthew tried

 Kaden caught it..

 Matthew caught it..

 I love this picture so much. I don't even care that it is not in focus. I wish that it was but I still love it. Kaden is so happy! 

 Then our pizza chef asked the other pizza chef if he could make the biggest pizza ever for the boys to see...he shook his head yes and the boys watched in awe.

 In a million years I could not tell you how much I LOVE this shot. It is probably one of my favorites that I have ever taken. 

 Anyone wondering what Huddy was doing as we all watched the Pizza Chef's perform pure magic for us?? He was totally sucked in too! They tried to get him back there but he said "No" he just watched.

 Look at that pizza..I think it looks like a nightgown. Too big for them to cook even.

 The boys were loving this.

 See how thin it is!

 WOW! 

 Time for them to catch it, and then it was done. 

 Matthew said "That is why I love it here, they treat you like you are family" 

Yes, they really do. It is an amazing place. I could have cried on the walk back to the hotel thinking who knows maybe that was our last time going there. 

 Kaden on the other hand was the happiest kid alive on the way back. He was grinning ear to ear...He said "MOM!! THAT WAS THE BEST DAY EVER"

 The name may be Carvelli's but it really should be called "Unreal" 

Matthew and Kaden will spend their whole lives trying to find a restaurant that makes them feel that special. You know those places we visited as a kid that we just never forgot? 

 We got back to the hotel super late. The best thing about a water park is that it makes it impossible to have any connection with anything electronic(unless you count the poor dad that was working on his laptop by the wave pool...poor guy) I loved being disconnected from everything. It felt so nice. Poor Shana had at least 12 messages on her phone when we returned to the hotel. She totally had a panic attack that Jeremy's plane had crashed(he was flying to Malaysia for work) About 4 messages in she realized that it was just birthday calls for Kaden Bug...who had already drifted off to sleep after his best day ever. 

Boy...Linda might be great but she sure looks bad in the morning! 

(Speaking of this mask...Shana, I loved going to Walmart with you at midnight! I laughed myself silly)

I will post the pictures from Saturday soon:-)