We found some tables and ate first.

 My brother Joey and Tasha

 Whitney, Alen, and their kids, and Sherrie

 The girls did a little dancing and got some attention :)

 This is a picture of the dance floor from our view when they were doing a song by Journey. It was kinda crazy!

Then, on Sunday night, they hosted an outdoor party by the pool and it was really phenomenal. There was so much detail and entertainment. We had a weird schedule that day...the girls took a nap around 5:30 or 6 pm, right before the party, so they stayed until about 10 pm to enjoy everything with us. We had so much fun that night.

 This is a view of the festivities when we first walked in.

 Vivian was in awe of the costumes. She had also just woken up from a dead sleep, so there was a combination of shyness and excitement.

 So cool for a little girl!

 Aaron is a sweet dad...he had already brought Kate to the party first, so she was warmed up to the music and dancing. Vivian, on the other hand, had a hard time getting into it even though she wanted to participate with her sister so badly, so Aaron took her up there and held her to try and help. He was standing in front of a couple thousand people with a few kids...go Aaron!

 They had masks like these and instruments on the tables for everyone to use. It looks like she's not happy about wearing this, but it's actually her attempt to make a scary face. She was having a blast.

 There were a few shows...one of a lady eating fire, and one of this guy doing the limbo. I thought for sure he was joking about the height of the bar in the picture below, but he did it!

 Our sweet, matching girlies.

 There was a very loud parade walking through the party and the girls had to have a front row view. It was another example of how fun it was to have them with us, to see the excitement of everything through their eyes.

 They had a section just for kids activities, like fishing, fair games, and this beading table. They sat here for over 30 minutes, making necklaces and bracelets. By this time it was almost 10 pm and they were slowing down...but concentrated so hard on their projects.

This is a view from the front of the party looking back at the end of the night. You can see the Royal Towers in the back. What a memorable night in Atlantis!

Interstate sure knows how to throw a party :)

We celebrated Father's Day on our trip and enjoyed a full day together. Along with the video that we made for Aaron, the girls gave him his annual Father's Day album with a new picture added, and a speaker dock for his ipod. We opened gifts in the hotel room before we started the day.

Love Kate's face here!

Here are the pictures that are included in his album so far. They have changed so much!!

Did I mention that we were really busy last week after we got back from vacation? Here's a picture I took of our fridge yesterday afternoon to prove it. It was so bare that it had me laughing every time I opened it. I don't think Aaron thought it was too funny, though :) just kidding...I think he thought of it as though we were eating anything and everything we had for a few days and saving money!

It doesn't hurt you to drink water only for a few days, right?! And eat boxed pasta mixes from the pantry? Nah...

We all went together to tag team on a grocery list yesterday afternoon, so it's all stocked up now, don't worry.

 Vivian and Kate stayed back in the room with Mattie so they could sleep :) We missed them but it worked out well because there were already lots of us in the dinner party!

The Atlantis resort is in the background, on the other side of the water. It was a beautiful restaurant and a beautiful night. In fact, the weather was awesome for our entire trip and we were very thankful.

Thanks to my dad for treating us to dinner that night. We really missed him and my mom for this convention.

 Mattie helped with the burying of young children. 

 Aaron is a tickle master.

There were so many pools for us to choose from at the resort! The first day, Mattie and I were on our own because Aaron was in meetings, so we stuck close to our hotel tower to the pools right outside of it. Then on other days we ventured to the bigger water park section. We enjoyed all of our time outside. The girls wore themselves out every day with their swimming. They especially loved the kids splash pool, so we spent most of our time parked right there watching them play, play, play.

We were glad to have some friends there, too. Addy is the daughter of a friend whose Dad works with Aaron. She had her baby brother and two cousins there, too. Kate and Addy really hit it off!

"Addy, let's go on the slide!"

Vivian laid down immediately after getting her clothes changed one evening. I hated to tell her that we still had a big party to go to that night! :)

Aaron went to the pools with us on Sunday and Monday. He took Vivian on a few water rides, so I know she was glad he was there with us. Kate was content to play in the shallow pool the whole time.

Again, it was so helpful to have Mattie there as another set of eyes and arms.