Day Six

Today was another lazy day. We played games, had a nap, watched some movies. The girls and I got in the jacuzzi tub again! So much fun! We had a short movie night! We had popcorn and started watching Condorman, but it was on my computer and it wasn't very loud so we ended up shutting if off because we couldn't hear it over the girls :) The girls watched The Arisocats instead.

SWAGGER WAGON

Day Five

Today was a better day! It started off by me sleeping in! (Trevor and I have been taking turns getting the girls up) Then we all got ready and headed into town. We had some lunch at A&W, then we took our picture by the Kicking Horse factory. We were hoping they would have cheap coffee, but they didn't. :( Then we got some groceries for supper. After that we came back and had nap time. Becca slept and I went in the laid down with her. Trevor played a game on his computer and Brooklyn and Samantha relaxed while watching some tv.

After nap time we went out for a walk. There's a park near by and the girls had a lot of fun there. Then we went for a walk and checked out some of the houses. The girls had a ball and it was pretty nice out.

By the time we got back it was almost supper time so I started supper while the girls played. After supper we played games and got to hear Grandma's "silly" voice on Skype :) Now it's nearly bed time and the girls are all relaxing. I'm going to go relax in the huge tub and perhaps continue to read "The Hobbit". I've never read it before and I'm enjoying it so far! See you all tomorrow!

Day Four

Was today really day four? It seems so weird...

Anyway...

I have to get this done quick because I realized that the internet connection is better at the table than it is in bed and a couple of the girls are still awake, so I don't want to bother them.

There's not much to say about today. The girls and I didn't leave the condo all day. Trevor ran out in the evening to grab a few snacks. We read, played games, had naps, and just hung out. The highlight of our day was the jacuzzi tub. I put my bathing suit on and jumped in the tub with the girls. It was just easier, it's so deep, I would have killed my back trying to wash them. And we turned the jacuzzi on. Samantha and Rebecca freaked out when it first came on, it is pretty loud. But they got used to it and were really cute. We all played Sorry after that. Samantha and Rebecca didn't last too long with that, but we still had fun.

Alright, gotta go so the girls can sleep!

Day Three

I'm proud to report that I do not have to blog about last night! It went great! Trevor and I were exhausted, as were the girls, and Becca only have one coughing fit before Trevor and I fell asleep. The rest of the night she was fine! Praise the Lord!

So... on to today! We woke up and relaxed for a while. Had breakfast... just sat around. Then we got dressed and went into town to get a few more groceries. Got what we needed and drove around for a little while. There are lots of deer around here. Really have to watch the roads. The hot springs is closed for a few more days for maintenance, so we're going to just check it out and see if we want to go to that one, or check out the one that is a bit of a drive.

Anyway, we came back and had lunch. We played a few games and read some books. Then we laid Becca down for a nap in our bed. She fell asleep in no time so I snuck in and had a nap with her. The other girls just rested while watching tv.. and Daddy napped on the couch.

After that, and a snack, we headed to the pool. Tons of work for this Mama! The pool was quite cold, so I would sit in the hot tub with two girls while Trevor played with one in the pool. Our girls aren't the best swimmers, yet, but with a little work, I think they'll be great. Samantha has absolutely no fear! She was doing the "water hula" in the hot tub... so cute!

Anyway, while at the pool there was this little boy, Aiden. He was such a sweetheart and just kept talking to us. He was four, and a great swimmer. He had a life jacket on and was just going everywhere. I was able to talk to his Mom in the change rooms afterwards. I was wearing a Rider shirt and so she asked if I was from Sask. She said her husband opened up a pool hall in Regina and I told her I used to go there all the time! What a small world! They now live in Calgary! So crazy! They were super nice and Aiden wanted to come with us... I think he was having fun with the girls. Brooklyn tried to exchange phone numbers with him!

After the pool we came back and had supper. We BBQ'd hot dogs. Then we just relaxed and played some games. Brooklyn and I played War. The girls watched some more tv and Trevor and I played some card games. Then it was bed time for the girls. They're just about asleep.

We have some new neighbors above us that are stomping around and driving Trevor and I crazy! Hopefully they won't stay too long!

Night One/Day Two

On night one, the girls went to sleep so well! No crying or any fussing. Becca was coughing a lot, though so we moved her to the hide-a-bed so that she wouldn't disturb the other girls, and I slept with her. It was not a great night. Then Trevor's phone alarm kept going off. You know how when you hear something in your sleep, but it's not really disturbing you, so you ignore it? Well, that's what I did, until 6:30. So I heard it at least 4 times... then I turned it off, but woke Becca up in the process. She never did go back to sleep, but I got a few minutes more after I turned TreeHouse on for her. Then, unfortunately, she told me she pooped, so I told her to go find Daddy, but instead, she tried to go potty, so I had a mess to clean up. I didn't sleep any more after that.

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So, we got up and had breakfast in the hotel. Then we went to the zoo. There were chances of Thundershowers in the afternoon and we wanted to make sure we were outta there before that. We spent just under 4 hours there. So cool! Way nicer than our zoo. My favorite animal was the hippos, Daddy's was the giraffes, Brooklyn was elephants and hippos, Samantha's was the birdies, and Becca's was the lions.

I nearly forgot to add this part! There's a exhibit called, Dinosaurs Alive! It was really neat. But poor Samantha! She was scared.. not crying, but enough to cover her ears the whole time! It took us probably 10-15 minutes to walk through all the dinosaurs and over 1/2 of them growled or something, so Samantha had her hands over her ears... the WHOLE time!

After the zoo we had lunch at Mckee D's and then headed out of town. We stopped for gas once, but that was it. The girls all did so awesome with the traveling! I'm so please. Brooklyn said it was boring... but that's ok.

When we finally arrived at our resort, after getting some groceries, I made up some supper (thanks for the buns, Mom!) and then we just sat and relaxed. I had a bath in the jinormous tub! It was so warm and nice, I just wanted to sleep! And that's all I want to do now! I'm so tired it's not even funny!

The girls are all laying quietly on their beds while watching a little TreeHouse before bed. And I think I'm going to head to bed! Nite All!

Day One

This is day one of our family vacation! It's going great so far. We're in Cowtown over night, and then we're heading to the zoo tomorrow. The girls did well in the car. Becca had a little harder of a time. She's got such a bad cough and it seemed like she coughed the whole way here. And then before the 1/2 way mark she was crying because she had to go potty. I was very proud of her because she didn't just go in her pull up. She waited until we got to the restaurant. Brooklyn and Samantha did great. They were all so excited to get to the hotel. They want to to live here! So cute!

We got here just before 8. The girls all laid down in bed and watched some TreeHouse. Then after a while we turned it off and they only talked for a little while. Trevor and I are going to try and sleep while they do, but it won't be easy.

YAY for free internet!