Jaime's 15th birthday was on Wednesday last week, and I can't tell you how excited she was. We had a delicious dinner, followed by ice cream and cake, and then the opening of presents. Her birthday celebration continued throughout the weekend...in Centre Parcs.
Centre Parcs is located in the middle of Sherwood Forest. It is a mini resort, filled with cabins, activities, lakes, and bikes...as no cars are allowed. It is an escape from every day life. We headed to Centre Parcs Friday afternoon with two of Jaime's friends. We got settled in our cabin, got out bikes, and then went for an adventurous bike ride through the forest. We had a competitive game of bowling (where I got 2nd, behind a girl that used bumpers) :-) and then enjoyed dinner at an American themed restaurant.
Saturday morning we enjoyed cycling around the entire property, seeing all of the different activities that were available. After a break at Starbucks to get hot chocolate, we played an intense game of badminton. I had never played before, but picked it up pretty easily, and very much enjoyed it. We then put on our swim suits and headed for the mini-water park. Yes, it was indoors, and the water was heated...however, there were parts of the rapids that went outside, which was quite neat. We enjoyed water slides, a tube ride, the rapids, the wave pool and even jumped in the plunge pool...a 50 degree pool of water. After drying off from our three hours of water fun, we put on our skates and had fun at a roller blading disco. The day finally was winding down, as we had dinner at a sports bar. We finally biked back to the cabin, exhausted, where we popped champagne and enjoyed a candy birthday cake for Jaime. The girls and I stayed up that night just talking away, which was quite fun.
On Sunday, Jaime, one of her friends and I, all did the Aerial Adventure rope course. This was an intense experience and much more difficult than I thought it would be. It involved a bunch of bridge type obstacles, high in the air, that had to be crossed. There was a giant spider web, a tight rope, swinging logs, etc. The final obstacle was a zip line. This was so much fun! We then went for hot chocolate again, in order to warm up. Then there was more swimming and water activities one last time, before heading to the cabin to pack up. We enjoyed one last dinner at the American themed restaurant again, before heading back home.
The weekend was amazing, the activities were a blast, and I had so much fun hanging out with Jaime and her friends. I even got one of them to say y'all in a sentence...she didn't even realize what she had said!! It was so great!! :-)
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