This past weekend our potluck group at church went to LaPorte, IN for a weekend together. We stayed at the Best Western which is where I went as a little girl with my parents...so it was neat to go back and show my kids this place that I remember so well. The only thing I do NOT remember as a little kid was the smoke!! It really is a great hotel for kids with pool, hot tub, arcade room, shuffle board, and putt putt however it is filled with smoke as its a hotel that allows smoking. I don't understand that really with all the kids that are there, but when the hotel goes smoke free....I'll return:). I think there was around 32 of us total. A great weekend had by all. Here are some pictures from the weekend.
Ethan, Brie, Camille, Kelsey(?), Elijah and Caden
Eating dinner the first night. We had KFC...yummy. Tanner, Elijah, Ethan and Caden.
Brie, Kelsey, Landon, Camille, and Taylor eating dinner.
Once the kids were done swimming, playing, running around and sound asleep in their beds, us adults got to play games. Here I am teaching Steph, Phil and Darin how to play Ticket to Ride. I think they liked it:).
The first day of swimming they borrowed others goggles and so the second day nick went to walmart and bought them their own....they were so excited. Here they are getting ready to hit the pool once again. Ive never seen my kids swim so much. Thanks to Phil and Amber for having an extra pair of arm floats for Caden to borrow. By the end of the hotel stay Caden wasn't wearing any arm floats and was showing me how to swim. As long as he can touch he is a brave swimmer and does all sorts of front and back flips in the water.
Caden played a little shuffle board while waiting for dad to take him swimming. Its so funny he has his goggles on.
Racoon Eyes.....and chapped cheeks from so much chlorine. Oh but they had a blast!!
Liam had went to the doc on Friday before we left and he had an ear infection and so was put on antibiotics. However he was still a pretty fussy boy!! It doesn't look like it from this picture though:). He also had diarrhea and a temp of 100.5 for one day. I gave lots of tylenol and he slept pretty much the weekend away. I think he is getting himself another tooth...it looks pretty swollen on the gums.
Here we were having church sunday morning. The next two pictures(plus this one) shows who all was there. I think I am missing Stacy in a picture, but other than that we are all here. It was a great time and I look forward to the next.
Ethan, Brie, Camille, Kelsey(?), Elijah and Caden
Eating dinner the first night. We had KFC...yummy. Tanner, Elijah, Ethan and Caden.
Brie, Kelsey, Landon, Camille, and Taylor eating dinner.
Once the kids were done swimming, playing, running around and sound asleep in their beds, us adults got to play games. Here I am teaching Steph, Phil and Darin how to play Ticket to Ride. I think they liked it:).
The first day of swimming they borrowed others goggles and so the second day nick went to walmart and bought them their own....they were so excited. Here they are getting ready to hit the pool once again. Ive never seen my kids swim so much. Thanks to Phil and Amber for having an extra pair of arm floats for Caden to borrow. By the end of the hotel stay Caden wasn't wearing any arm floats and was showing me how to swim. As long as he can touch he is a brave swimmer and does all sorts of front and back flips in the water.
Caden played a little shuffle board while waiting for dad to take him swimming. Its so funny he has his goggles on.
Racoon Eyes.....and chapped cheeks from so much chlorine. Oh but they had a blast!!
Liam had went to the doc on Friday before we left and he had an ear infection and so was put on antibiotics. However he was still a pretty fussy boy!! It doesn't look like it from this picture though:). He also had diarrhea and a temp of 100.5 for one day. I gave lots of tylenol and he slept pretty much the weekend away. I think he is getting himself another tooth...it looks pretty swollen on the gums.
Here we were having church sunday morning. The next two pictures(plus this one) shows who all was there. I think I am missing Stacy in a picture, but other than that we are all here. It was a great time and I look forward to the next.
