We headed to Ross Bridge Resort on Friday for our long 4th of July weekend! We were sooooooo excited! We were meeting Grammy, Daren, Rachel and Mc there!
The kids and I picked up Dennis from work on Friday afternoon and off we went! We were running a little late in getting there, so we detoured and got the kids some dessert at Sonic and went by the Cheesecake Factory to get us a little treat as well.
When we got to the resort, Mc came running! It was so cute to see how excited all of the kids were to see each other. Precious!
The others went on to bed, but once we got unpacked, we wanted to show the kids the resort property. So, we took them down to the pool and they were blown away! It was so cute!
It was late, so we headed up to bed, but had to have dessert first!!!!! My baby girl KNOWS what is good! Sharing chocolate cake with her momma!
Saturday morning, we all got up and went and had the DELICIOUS breakfast buffet. YUM! They seriously have the best french toast in the world. They make it out of crossiants and it is wonderful!! Of course, we headed straight to the pool after that and played ALL day!!
I bet the kids went down the waterslide no less than a hundred times a day! They loved it! We did too! We know how important it is to do these fun things with our kids, so we tried to cherish every second of the day. We want them to remember these fun times forever!
I took the kids up for naptime and Dennis went and played golf with Daren. Well, I think Daren just rode in the cart...but, Dennis played an AWESOME round of golf and they got some well deserved time together! All the girls, plus Sawdawg, headed back down to the pool after naptime for a few more hours of fun!!! Dennis and Daren joined us after they finished up on the golf course. We adopted a little girl, Charlotte, for the afternoon playtime! She was precious. Deda (aka Daren) ran himself ragged with these 3 girls!
We decided to stay on the property for dinner and we ate at the Clubhouse Grill, which is my favorite. They have delicious food! We got to go out and see the bagpipe player at 7:00 while we were eating dinner. The kids thought it was so neat!
After dinner, we walked over to the golf course and we let the kids play on the hills. They loved it. Sadie was playing like she was an "animal searcher" and she was searching for animals. McHaney was pretending she was an "explorer". Love it! We ended up staying on the course until after dark and walking around some different holes. Wonderful memories made. So glad that Grammy was with us all so that she could be a part of the memories. When we headed up to the room, we gave the kids their baths and then they went on our balcony and had Oreos and milk together. So freaking precious!! I think they were even having an adult conversation. Too sweet!
I can't forget to share about what happened around 11:30 that night as we were all just about asleep. The fire alarm started going off! Sawyer was basically having a panic attack, Sadie was really confused, and Dennis and I were running around like crazy people trying to get clothes on, etc. so that we could go outside! Of course we can laugh about it now, but at the time, it was a little scary. We were only outside for a minute before they told us we could come back in, but it was hard to get the kids settled back down to go to sleep because they were so afraid the "fire engine" was going to go back off again.
Anyways, Sunday morning, we ate breakfast and headed back to the pool again for more fun!
The kids had snow cones right before lunch and they were a hit!
Rach and I got in the on the fun and had a little fun of our own with the water guns!
We took the kids up for naps and Dennis tried to take Sawyer to play golf with him afterwards, but as soon as they got down there, they pulled everyone off the course due to lightening. Bummer! They sure looked cute though!
For dinner, we all went out to Cocina Superior. We knew nothing about it, but we pulled in and went for it. Turns out, it was delicious and a wonderful, fun atmosphere. We had the best time! I had the best mini-chimichangas I've ever had. Yum!!! We got lots of cute pics of our crazy kiddos!
Aunt Rachie and I had a lot of..ahem...fun too!!!!!
We took a few pics outside by the fountain and then went across the street to a cute dessert shop called "YoLo". It was kind of a combination of a Sweet CeCe's, GiGi's cupcakes, and lots of other desserts too. My kind of place!!! Lots to choose from! The kids were in heaven! We had a hard time getting a picture of Grammy with the kids b/c Sawyer wouldn't stop eating long enough!!! LOL
We headed back to the hotel and decided to do a little night swimming. Well, we let the boys do the swimming with the kids b/c it was lightening and we thought they were only going to get to swim for about 5 minutes. Well, 5 minutes turned into over an hour! Rachel had bought all of the kids glowsticks, glow wands, glow masks, etc. so she brought those out and let the kids swim in them. The kids thought this was the cooloest thing! Good idea, Rach! Sadie is STILL talking about this night swim. I think it was the highlight of her trip!
The picture that looks like Sawyer is falling over the side of the slide is actually Dennis sliding down with him and then THROWING him up in the air as they hit the bottom. Sawyer loved it!
We all headed to bed and I started to pack things up. Boo! We all got up and yes, once again, ate the breakfast buffet, and then headed BACK to the pool to finish up our weekend of fun! Grammy got us all late check-out so that we could stay and swim for a little while. We played for a while, had some more snow cones and decided to call it a day!
We had an amazing, amazing time and made tons of wonderful memories! Thank you Grammy (and Grandma) for allowing us to go on this fabulous weekend getaway. It is definitely a weekend that we will never forget! The kids will remember it forever!
