A Great Weekend

Well we had another great weekend. This weekend we went to Grand Bear Lodge for the grand kids Christmas gift from my mom and dad. On Friday, we left right after work and went to Monticello to get Angel and then headed on our way. The kids did great in the van. They each had their own game system and headphones. I have found that headphones are my new best friend. I didn't hear any complaining about someone's game being to loud or that they couldn't hear their own. Tyler even watched a movie with Headphones. Did I mention that I love the headphones. It only took us about 2 hours to get there. We were the first ones there, other than mom and Nicole who went early to get everything set up. Everyone else came shortly after. Once everyone got there we had to figure out sleeping arrangements. Travis and Heather got the room upstairs with Lexi and Keagan and of course Maddie. Mom and Dad had the room with two beds and dad slept with Patrick and mom got a bed all to herself. Taylor, Angel, Tyler, Nicole, Trevor, and I got the room with the bunkbeds. Taylor and Angel got the top bunks. Tyler and I shared a full size bed and Trevor and Nicole got the other full size bed. Friday night I could of sworn I was sharing a room with 5 children. Trevor and Nicole were having a lot of fun with the kids.

On Friday night, after supper, mom and I took the kids to the waterpark. The resort had a shuttle that would pick us up at our cabin and take us to where we wanted to go. The kids really liked the shuttle and enjoyed the waterpark. Lexi wasn't feeling well, so her and Maddie stayed back to keep an eye on the other adults. They did a really great job. Saturday morning came very early. The kids all got up early and were ready to go back to the waterpark. The problem was it didn't open until 10am. Tyler started to try to get up at 6:15 and by 6:45 I had lost the battle of him going back to sleep. Instead of going to the waterpark though we went to the amusement park and then the arcade. They all had a great time. We then came back for lunch and then the kids were ready to go to the waterpark. We tried to get dad to go but he had different plans. The kids all tried to jump on him. It didn't work. After a few hours there we got the kids to go back to the cabin and have supper. And then guess were the kids wanted to go again. Yes the waterpark. Travis, Heather, and I took the kids back to the waterpark hoping to wear them out. Maddie even came to supervise. When we got back it was showers and snacks. I also had one of the biggest shocks of my life. Taylor asked if she could go to bed because she was so tired. Of course the answer was YES!! It didn't take long for any of them to fall asleep. On Sunday morning we were in for another surprise. SNOW!!! And lots of it. We all ended up leaving early because of the snow. Dad and the boys were worried that they needed to plow when they got home, which they were right, and since I had a longer drive and couldn't follow them I decided we should head back too. The roads weren't the best up north but the further south we got it was better. By the time we got to Champaign county there was no snow on the ground.

The kids all had a great time.

THANK YOU GRANDMA AND GRANDPA!! WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME!!!!

Tyler and his new goggles

Maddie enjoying the pool.

This slide was a favorite for my kids.

Taylor enjoying Nana's Famous Sugar Cookies. Maddie enjoying the water. Isn't she cute?

I am going to post more pictures of our weekend but it is going to have to wait until tomorrow night. I need to go to bed now. I hope everyone had a great weekend. I will be back tomorrow to put more pictures on. Good Night.