We were hoping that my sister and her family would be able to join us but it didn't work out for them to come. (hopefully next time!!!...hint hint...nudge nudge). We were all set to go on our own and were packed and ready to hit the road right after church on Sunday. We mentioned it to some friends of ours that we were heading to the The Hat for one night and they wanted to join us. Sure, why not!!! The more the merrier!
The kids travelled great. Raya and Theo slept for half of the trip and Hallie was so excited to be in a Booster Seat for the first time that she did really well too. She did have to go to the washroom and couldn't wait until we got there. We pulled over hoping she would go on the side of the road but apparently she is to "princess" for that!! She made it to the hotel. It is a very boring drive though. There is NOTHING for miles...no sign of civilization at all. In fact, on the way home today Hallie shouted out... "OH NO, we are in Africa" I asked her why she thought that and she said "because, this is the desert!"
We arrived right at check-in time and the kids were so excited they could barely stand up straight. Nate and Erin had arrived just a few minutes before us so we met them down at the pool. The kids LOVED the water and were SOOOO good. Theo did amazing. He just hung out in the kiddie pool the whole time. Chris and I took turns trading off with him. We also took turns taking our crazy daughters on the waterslide. I honestly thought that Hallie wouldn't even try going but she did right away and there was no turning back. Raya's favorite word this weekend was "more more more". They would have gone alone had we let them.
We went out for dinner, hung out with friends, had a great complimentary hot buffet for breakfast, swam and did the waterslides some more and packed up to come home.
Everyone slept really well and we didn't get up until just after 7. It was SOOO nice. Once the kids fell asleep, I did my biblestudy book. My ladies Bible study group is doing a Beth Moore study that I'm really excited about but I have to say that it does come with some extensive homework that I have a hard time making time for. It's about 45 minutes a day/5 days a week. Chris did some reading as well. When we were done with that we...just kidding!!
The kids did great the entire time...no issues. PRAISE THE LORD!!
We are hoping to make this an annual event!
Tomorrow we will be celebrating Hallies 5th Birthday with a few of her friends. I'll post about that later in the week hopefully.
The girls sleeping together
Hallie doing a "back float"
Daddy and Raya
Dad hanging out with Theo and Hallie while making friends with the old woman beside him :)
Three happy kids!
The girls!
Hallie and Raya tonight at 6pm!!! check out those bags under Hal's eyes.
yes, raya is sleeping already!
4 comments:
Sounds like a good time.
I imagine if I went back to the Lodge the waterslides would seem MUCH smaller than before. I remember it was always a challenge to get me up the stairs the first few times.
Glad you had a good time. Remember that we invited you at Christmas and you didn't come so no guilting us or I will have to start in on you! Did you get the room you wanted? Have fun at Hal' party tonight.
africa eh? imagine if you went to saskatchewan... hallie should consider stand up comedy... she'd be amazing.
We just went a few days before you! I have to say I am in love with the pool there, its the best! And the best part of swimming? It tired the kids out. I love little getaways.
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