Back here I mentioned we were going away for the weekend to somewhere super fun!
Texas is such a great place to live and we truly love it here. My list of must-do-Texas-things is a mile long and I have this fear Adam is going to come home from work someday and say those words, "guess what, I think we are moving!" And the first thing I am going to say is, "but we didn't do this, this, and this and that!" Combine wanting to cross 1 thing off my list, traveling with 2 kids and me being cheap...here's what you get!
We wanted to do a little getaway as a family of 4 one last time before Baby #3 comes and we (or baby & I) are back on a nursing schedule. We wanted to keep it pretty simple, just not ready for Sea World yet, and a relatively short drive. We had heard great things about the JW Marriott in San Antonio and Adam had the points to allow us to stay for free! You see, all his traveling does have benefits ;). The draw of this place is it's very kid friendly, only a 4 hour drive, has everything you need on site, and we could basically spend all day poolside...sign us up!
As you will see, it didn't disappoint. We had an incredible time! The kids are at such fun ages (ok-a teeny tiny part of us was jealous of those parents that sent their older kids off while they drank margaritas and cruised the lazy river ;)) and travel so easily. It's always so refreshing to get away from home, (for the most part) technology, and just have f-u-n! And that we did...
**seriously, so many pics!**
Friday
It was very traumatic dropping Lola off to be boarded for the weekend, she was distraught!
We stopped just before San Antonio to do a little outlet shopping.
Laney and I ditched the boys at Nike and hit up GapKids. This girl loves shoes and she was stoked when I picked out these sassy boots!
We arrived late afternoon and hit up the pool until dinnertime when we ate poolside. Doodles happily shared her fries with Dad.
These kids are lucky to have a fun Dad who does things like order them virgin daquiris on vacation! They were eyeing his drink and obviously couldn't have even a sip...believe me I tried it! They were in heaven with those drinks and drank them dry.
Each night right outside the pool area, they had s'mores...how fun is that!? And yes, Laney's shoes are on the wrong feet...she insists.
The kids liked the process but not so much the end result. This pregnant momma happily helped them finish off their sweets :).
The resort sits on a beautiful golf course that my golf loving hubby didn't even mention setting up a tee time for! He must really love us ;).
When we were in the room, Laney was usually in this corner. She loved to sit in the stroller to read books and play with her princesses.
My two gamers :).
How did we sleep in this cozy hotel room you ask? Surprisingly awesome! We were all in bed by 10 both nights and kids weren't up until after 8...woo-hoo! We brought Coop's sleeping bag and he loved his spot on the pull out couch right next to us.
And she slept in her pack'n'play in the closet :). Doesn't she look thrilled about it? We were a bit nervous about what we were going to do with her and how she was going to handle it. Doodles was a rockstar! Both nights and nap on Saturday she went to sleep with just a bit of fussing...very unlike her, clearly she was exhausted. Adam tried to get her to sleep in our bed on Saturday night but she was a mess so to the pack'n'play she went.
Saturday
She's ready to hit the pool!
The property was so open and pretty! We felt like we were in the middle of nowhere.
Besides the lazy river (which we adored but I have no pics for obvious reasons) this is where we spent our time. The kids loved it!
Laney played with her princesses and 2 plastic cups almost the whole time.
Believe it or not, he loved the slides! I have a video somewhere that I will upload.
He was playing Superheros with the fountains.
I did get a pic of the lazy river, it was awesome!
And this is as good as it got trying to get Laney to cooperate for one stinking picture with her mom!
S'mores, night #2 and yes, I ate both of theirs again...yum!
Again their fun Dad bought them the gigantic glow sticks the resort was selling so they could play with all the kids in the courtyard.
Such a kid friendly place, there was something going on everytime we turned around!
These glowsticks are still glowing 5 days later!
I realized on Saturday night that we didn't get one picture of the 4 of us! So...a selfie in bed it was!
Sunday
This was the view out of our hotel window, glorious!
Sunday morning the boys went to the driving range. Cooper was insistent that they play some golf!
Laney and I went to rubber duck decorating poolside and she was in heaven. The girl loves her ducks!
I know what you are thinking...Laney and a Sharpie?? She did surprisingly well.
She was so happy to scribble on this silly duck!
We spent the rest of the morning cruising around the resort waiting on the boys.
She has taken quite the liking to these Princesses...she has no idea who any of them are since we haven't watched the movies.
That's it folks! Cooper has asked 3 times when we get to go back :).
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