Christmas Mystery Trip 2009/２００９年秘密の旅行へ行くの巻

Each year all three brothers and their families are together, my parents plan a secret mystery trip to be taken on the 26th that we discover as part of Christmas morning...this year we played Jeopardy to earn cash and unlock our itineraries...once we earned them they told us we would be visiting an indoor waterpark, called CocoKey, attached to a Holiday Inn in Waterbury, CT about 45 minutes from my parent's house.
一年おきに３兄弟とその家族が全員集まれるんだけど、その時にいつもリンダとスティーブが行き先秘密の一泊旅行を計画してくれるんです。クリスマスの日にゲームをしながら行き先が分かるんだけど今年はクイズに答えながら家中宝物探しみたいな物をして、行き先はココキーって言う室内プール！４５分家から慣れている所でホテルとくっ付いているからそこに一泊止まる予定で出発は次に日の２６日。

The adults really enjoyed the tube rides...here Robert is in the near tube, while Anna and I are riding double in the left tube and exit first. Of course this isn't the most exciting video in the world because you can't see in the tubes...so for the first 30 seconds just use your imagination...
大人達の方が楽しんでいた巨大滑り台なんだけど、ここでは右側からロバートがそして左側からデイブと杏奈が出て来ま〜す...そんなに面白いビデオじゃないけどどうぞ：）

We finally convinced my Dad to give it a try and while it was a smooth ride,
it was not a smooth exit...that's the top of his head between those two tubes...
最後の最後にデイブのお父さん、スティーブを説得して滑り台にトライ...楽しんでいたようだけどタイヤから出て来るのに苦戦して案の定水に落ちちゃいました...

Robert waits to be dumped on by the giant bucket...
上から落ちて来るバケツいっぱいの水を待っているロバート...

Grandma and Grandpa pose with Madison
マディソンのお爺ちゃんとお婆ちゃんと一緒に...

Mommy with Madison making her "look I can have a double chin" face.
ママと一緒に、マディソンの“見て！二重あご出来た！”の顔。

Since Daddy is a self-described Theme Park nut, of course we had to close down the place...we had wanted a video of us on the Lazy River, but they closed that with like 15 minutes to go until 9pm, what is up with that? So we headed to the kiddie area and tried Madison on some of the things we thought she would enjoy...we were wrong...also please be warned that if you suffer from motion sickness this video may not be for you...
テーマパークが大好きなデイブパパ、結局プール閉館の夜９時までいたので最後の３０分ぐらいはビデオを撮りまくりました。流れるプールがあったからビデオ撮ろうと思ったらまだ１５分あったのにもう入れないって、なので子供用のプールにマディソンと遊びに行ってお風呂みたいに入れてあげたらやっぱり温かいお湯じゃないからか泣き出しちゃいました...このビデオはちょっと長いし撮った杏奈ママがきょろきょろし過ぎているから酔いやすい人は見ない方が言いかも...でもマディソンかわいいよ...

Mommy and Madison are both surprised by this little slide...
ママとマディソンで滑り台なんだけど最後に待ち受けていた水たまりが...

Not sure what got in to Grandma, but apparently she thought this was going to be easy...
何が理由で決心したのかリンダお婆ちゃんがこれに挑戦、簡単だと思っていたらビックリ...

After the fun-filled day we get a family mirror shot of our bundled up, over-tired baby.
忙しい一日の後とても疲れたマディソンと一緒に鏡の前でハイポーズ。
Madison in her Sunday best.
次に朝教会に行くお洋服。