Monday, January 11, 2010

5 star hotel vacation just 5 miles away


We love it when Grandma Sandra comes to visit. She likes her peace and quiet at night and has the money to spend, so she always gets a suite at a nice hotel with a pool sometimes and when that happens.....we jump at the chance to spend the night with her. Unfortunately, unlike last time, she couldn't get two suites together, so we had to settle with being 4 rooms down the hall.
Speaking of rooms....I didn't get any photos, but they were amazing. All down comforter beds with a feather mattress and tons of down pillows. This hotel is just 5 miles from our house at the Casino and we felt like we were on vacation. It was wonderful. Sandra is like another mother to me. We met when I was 12. Her and her husband came to our house once and her husband ended up being my dads architect for several of his subdivisions. We bonded pretty quickly. She was the fun older rebel sister (although my moms age). All through my life, we have remained very close. It was because of her that we moved back. She bought us a little mobile home for us to move in to get us up here. She has always taken care of us if we have ever needed anything.
She joined the church when I was in high school and used to live right next to the Gibbons right on the water. Anyhow....this story could go on and on. We had a great time. I love it when she visits after Christmas because she takes me on my Christmas shopping spree and I get all new clothes. We brought Mae along this time and she was equally spoiled. The only thing that bothered me about this was that the entire two days she was here......Mae only wanted " graayndma".
At one point, Mae was jumping into the pool, into grandmas arms . I swam over to them and asked Mae to jump to me....she looked at the numbers on the cement where she was jumping from and said " no....this is Grandmas number", she then pointed ALL the way down to the other end of the pool and said " that's your number". Real nice Mae.....real nice.

The pool was amazing. The whole area to the right is 1-1.5 ft with a little water fountain feature in the back. The kids loved it.
In the morning, we headed over to the buffet for FREE. It was one of the perks for staying the night. I want to start doing this once a month.
For just 150.00, you get a king size bed with a hide a bed couch. We put the couch mattress on the floor and another kid slept on the couch cushions. The kids can swim until 11pm, the buffet is free for all who are listed in the room and cable television!
Do I sound excited enough?

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