The first weekend of February our potluck group went to a hotel in Indy for a weekend. We went to Drury Inn on Shadeland Ave. A new and nice hotel. The greatest things about this hotel are 1. 3-10pm free popcorn and beverages 2. 5-7:30pm buffet of and not limited to, chicken strips, chili, baked potato, wings, carrots and celery, chips and salsa, salad etc. 3.hot free breakfast of waffles, eggs, bisquits and gravy, sausage, cereal, danish, yogurt, etc. 4. indoor/outdoor pool and hot tub. 5. a perk(if you like wine's and mixed drinks...) you also have 3 drinks per adult 21 years of age.
Here are a few random pictures from the weekend.
All the kids line up sunday morning(in the meeting room we rented for saturday/sunday morning) and sang us sunday school songs. It was fun.
Liam's REAL first time swimming in a pool at a hotel. He was frightful at first, but soon he was enjoying it so much he cried when we had to get out.
So like I said it has an indoor/outdoor pool. The pool really wasn't that cold, but the weekend we were there it was snowing and so it was fun for adults and kids to swim outside while it was snowing. Here I dared Elijah to make a snow angel and I did indeed bribe him...opps. I told him Id give him 2 dollars. So his uncle aj and him went out and made snow angels and yes, elijah got his 2 dollars when we got home. NUTTY BOYS!!
Liam and I getting use to the water at first.
In the lobby is where the kids would gather because they could watch a very large flat screen tv and watch cartoons. They did a good job being quiet in the lobby too, which was a surprise. I guess they were all glued to the tv.
What an enjoyable time we had. We always look forward to the once-a-year potluck weekend at a hotel.
Great Grandma Gutwein was so kind to feed liam. Usually this boy wants to do it BY HIMSELF, but he must have thought it was pretty sweet of great grandma to help so he let her. I love this picture!! 
Liam could harldy wait to open gifts. At one point in the night he went over to the gifts and began opening them up(we were all still eating), so I had to tell him he had to wait. Finally it was time and he dug in! 
He was determined to put this large gift on his lap and open it properly. 
After gifts it was Cake and Ice Cream time!! The next few pictures are of me making this cake on Saturday. This was my FIRST official time making a "real" cake for one of my boys' parties. Usually my Mother In Law makes them, but she was glad to hand over the reigns. I was a shaky mess and nervous, but it was fun none the less. I look forward to making many more cakes for my boys!!! 
Begining to decorate the top. 
Using two hands to steady my shaking hands. 
Here is the finished product. Im tough on myself so I saw lots of flaws and lots of places where I can definitely improve next birthday. 
Liam really loved his doggie cake and was happy to blow out the candles so he could eat it. After watching mom make it and then put it in the fridge for a day he wasn't to happy about not getting a piece when I made it. 
Finally a piece of yummy cake!! He was thrilled to dig in.
Thanks everyone for coming and for helping us celebrate Liam 2nd birthday!! 
