The boys love a good hotel bed...the only time they get to perform tricks and jump from bed to bed. My favorite part about hotels is cranking the AC on so the room gets cold and shutting the blinds so it's nice and dark and tricks my kids into sleeping in :o)
The kids had fun swimming in the pool, eating from the yummy buffets...and most of all being outside! Cody had some meetings so we went on some little hikes and had fun exploring in the forest.
We toured The Riordan Mansion, built over 100 years ago and is 13,000 square feet with 40 bedrooms. There was a map with clues that led you to neat features of the home and they loved decoding it. They were impressed with Louie the Lumberjack, he's pretty big :o)
Cody took Rhett and Ethan up on a ski-lift ride to the top of a mountain and they found some snow to play in.
One of the nights there was an awards dinner and it was fun to dress up and have a nice dinner with all the adults.
On our last day we headed back into the forest to find a lava tube cave Cody had heard was really neat.
We were prepared with jackets (we heard there was ice and it was pretty cold) and flashlights since it's completely dark in the cave. It was pretty steep and icy when you first descend into the cave.
The mile-long lava tube cave was formed over 700,000 years ago from a volcano eruption. It was really cold inside and I didn't realize until we had gone a mile to the end that we wouldn't just come out of the ground, but had to turn around and go a mile back! The boys LOVED it though, what boy doesn't love a chance to use a flashlight?? It was a really neat experience and we will definitely go back soon.
5 comments:
Brooke, one question...how do you manage to look beautiful after hiking for two miles in a cave?!
The trip looks like so much fun!
You really do look gorgeous in all those pictures! What a fun weekend, don't you wish we could have tons of those? Great memories.
You are alive! I was beginning to wonder. Thanks for the updates...looks like you guys are having fun.
What a great picture of you and Cody! I am amazed at your bravery to go in a cave. You seriously couldn't pay me to go in one. I about died in Timp cave! I'm glad you all had such a fun trip!
Love the pics with the kids in the hotel room....I don't know what it is, but everytime we go out of town, the hotel room is always a big highlight for the kiddos.
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