Nothing excites us as much as going to Glacier Canyon Lodge for a couple of nights. It will never get old. We had to take pictures of this trip because it was our first trip with Amanda.


We have our routine down pat now. First we take a bunch of pictures before the kids can mess things up.

Look, the boys have a clean bedroom for once!
Then we watch a movie. It is VERY important to watch the movie on the first night. Night two after water parks, I guarantee that we will not all make it through a movie.

After that, we all head to bed. We have to get a good nights rest so we can hit the water parks in the morning. The water parks do not open until 9 or 10 so that leaves us plenty of time to make a BIG breakfast to keep the kids going until they stop for lunch. I happen to know that Nicko not only ate all of this, but he also had another full plate of food.

Then it is time to put on our wrist bands and head off.

We came back to our room for lunch and then were back at it as soon as possible. After a few more hours of running up endless stairs to get on the rides, screaming their heads off...just for fun, and trying to stay afloat in the wave pool, it is time to head back to the room and find a lower energy way to play. A game of Rumicube is just the thing.

Wake up Amanda! It's not bedtime yet.

One of the things we really like to do is bring cookie dough and bake fresh cookies for a treat after dinner.

The only trick is protecting the cookies from...

(That is Daniel hiding behind Joel and the two of them are so bad at sneaking treats on the sly. They do not even have the nerve to look guilty!)
And then it is off to bed. It takes about two minutes to pass out after a day in the water park. The next morning the sun comes up, but the kids...not so much!