We celebrated Christmas with the Froehle Family at Grandview Lodge this year! We had a very special 70th birthday to celebrate (Eileen's), so we combined it with Christmas and had such a fun weekend together!
We arrived on Friday night and had a fun evening together! There were a lot of activities for the kids to do throughout the weekend, which was very fun! On Friday night the Elves came to our cabin to hand out candy canes and ask the kids what they want for Christmas--it was pretty neat to have our own special visit!
Jake arrived later that night and understandably so, we couldn't wait to open presents any longer, so we opened presents Friday night after he arrived. The kids were so excited! They both got many fun things from Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle Jake and they enjoyed playing with them the rest of the weekend!
Saturday included breakfast at the Lodge, a sleigh ride (more like a wagon ride pulled by horses), playing in the "Kid Zone", (which included jumpy houses and slides indoors--it was awesome,) and going to the water park and going down the water slide.......and then back to the Kid Zone that night!
Sunday brought more of the same--water park, wagon ride and Kid Zone! Grandpa, Grandma and Jake left Sunday afternoon and we scheduled an ice fishing outing in the afternoon! We rented a temporary ice fish that included fishing poles, bait and even a heater! Bishop was super excited to go ice fishing and this was my first experience ice fishing too! Bishop caught one fish! Nora was a little skeptical at first, but became more comfortable the longer we were in the ice house!
Monday morning we had breakfast, soaked up a little more time at the water park and then headed for home! It was easier going home knowing we didn't have to go back to work and we had the week together!
It was a very fun weekend together and while there wasn't much snow (on Saturday night it rained and washed all the snow away), we had a great time and made some lasting memories!
Nora sang Christmas Carols on our way to the Lodge! :)
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| Merry Christmas from the Froehle Family! |
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| The Elves came to visit Friday night! |
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| Excited to be with Grandpa and Grandma! |
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| Excited to start opening presents! |
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| The wagon ride pulled by horses! |
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| She went down the slide by herself! :) |
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| The water park! |
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| Nora coming down the water slide-she went down by herself once too! |
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| Bishop coming down the slide! |
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| Relaxing in the cabin! |
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| Playing paper dolls with Grandma! |
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| Bishop's tower he built! |
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| Ice Fishing in the Ice House! |
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| The fish Bishop caught! |
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| She's not quite sure what to think! |
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| When we got home we made Reindeer cookies! |
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| The kids made their own personal pizzas when we got home! |
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