Kazapalooza 2012 - Sandusky, Ohio

This weekend was the annual Kazapalooza convention where over 300 families from across the United States and Canada get together with the children that they have adopted from Kazakhstan. This year the event was held at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, OH. The Kalahari is a huge indoor/outdoor water park.

We left home for the 5 hour trip on Friday morning at about 7AM. We stopped a couple times along the way to stretch our legs. Matthew did very well in the car too! We arrived at the resort around 2PM and registered for the event. Dinner was an outdoor pig roast with a bunch of other tasty fixings.

On Saturday we got up and played in the water park and splash park until the big lunch where there is also a raffel with the proceeds going to the orphans that are still in Kaz. It was a lot of fun seeing so many people we have come to know during and after our adoption journey.

We spent the rest of Saturday playing in the wave pool, the kiddy pool and going down the lazy river on inner tubes. Matthew sat on my lap going down the lazy river and really enjoyed that too!

This morning (Sunday) we got up and made our journey back home. Matthew even took a 2 hour nap on the way home. I think he might have been tired from all the excitement of the weekend. It was a great time!