1st Vacation.......

We went on our 1st family vacation this past weekend and we had a BLAST. I want to take a moment and thank my mom who was able to help us out to make the trip possible. We started out Thursday and stopped at the north pole before heading to Cheyenne Mountain Resort. The north pole is a year round amusement park for kids. They have Santa and reindeer everything Christmas. The boys got to go on a ton of rides, and LOVED it. Aragorn definitely takes after my mom who could ride rollar coasters with the best of them. We stayed there for about 3 hours, long enough for the boys to see Santa (who the BEGGED and BEGGED to see, and then shied away from) then it was off to our hotel. It was a great place aside from the few issues we had, overall it was a nice hotel. They had a huge pool which Aragorn was very happy to see. We spent Thursday evening in the pool, and the kids passed out from all the activities that day. Friday we stayed at the hotel and enjoyed the 3 pools they had. We ate breakfast on the terrace and then enjoyed the pool until lunch. We took the kids to Chuckee Cheese for lunch as an added surprise. Friday night the boys made s'mores for the 1st time on the terrace fireplace, in the end, they were both more interested in burning the marshmallows than eating the s'mores. Saturday we got up early and headed to the Cheyenne mountain zoo. Although the boys are not really zoo kids, i think they liked it. What they didn't like was the fact that the zoo's elevation is anywhere from 6,800 to 7,000 feet above sea level depending on where you are at the zoo.So, it's a LOT of walking. They did ok though, but were happy to be on the way to the hotel. Saturday night, both Rohan and Eric had had enough pool time, so they opted to stay in the room while i took Aragorn to the "dive-in" which was exactly as it sounds, he was able to watch a movie (Wall-E) and swim in the dark!! He LOVED it. We stayed for the whole movie and he was excited to tell Eric and Rohan all about it. We slept in Sunday morning, and left around 11. It was so nice to get away for a few days, we got to hang out as a family, with no interruptions. We all had a great time, but we were all happy to come home, and get back into the routine of things.

I can't wait for next years vacation...........Hmmmmmm where to go.......

Love,
The Spillmans