Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! We had a blast welcoming the year 2009 at the Great Wolf Lodge. We had a big room at the hotel and my sister, her husband and daughter stayed with us. The kids loved our room since there was a cabin within the room that had bunk beds and a flat screen TV just for them! My sister and I took the kids to the hotel early on New Year's Eve since the men had to work. We had the privilege of experiencing the indoor water park for a few hours with the girls.

The hotel had many activities and games for the kids to help celebrate the new year. They made 2009 glasses which were cute. We had a nice dinner and then put the kids in their "jammies". They were not going to sleep though...we went to a huge parents and kids DJ dance party at the hotel! It was so much fun! Sydney went crazy and did not stop dancing. She was so serious and we had to take turns taking her outside to cool her off. (yes, she was dancing that hard). She was cracking us up. I was mad because when we finally got the video camera...it was to crowded to get the full effect of her dancing moves and how large of an area she requires for them.

We all screamed the countdown and they had a balloon drop at midnight! Sydney and Rylee's new mission was to capture as many balloons as possible. We finally made it back to the room around 12:30 since the kids were getting tired. BUT once we got to the room they got their second wind! They were jumping around and were extremely excited...us not so much.

Finally lights were out around 1:15am so we could get some much needed sleep.

The next day it was the men's turn in the pool! My sister and I were the photographers for the day.

What a great 2 days!