Little Family Getaway

Last spring we bought a gift certificate at our school auction for a night at the Ramada Plaza hotel here in town.  We figured this weekend when the kids had off school for a couple days would be a good time to use it, so we went last night. 

We checked in and then ate an early dinner at Old Chicago, which is connected to the hotel.  The kids were very excited to get to the pool and try out the giant waterslide!  We spent several hours there last night and had a great time swimming and going down the slide.  It was hard to get a good picture of the waterslide, but here are a few in the pool:

Before we headed up to bed, we tried out a couple games in the arcade.

Miriam looks a little too comfortable holding this gun...

We all slept pretty well, and since the hotel didn't have breakfast included, we drove up the street to good old Russ' for breakfast.  Then we went back and enjoyed another hour and a half in the pool before we had to head home to get ready for Peter's soccer game. 

It was fun to watch the kids get braver as time went on.  We started last night with everyone only wanting to go down with mom or dad.  By the end of this morning, Peter and Esther were going down by themselves and not even wanting to be caught at the bottom.  Miriam also went down by herself with her life jacket on. 

It was a fun little getaway and a good chance to have some family time together!