Our First Getaway Gift

For Christmas this year, we decided to give a few different types of gifts. The girls and I are excited that we will be heading to see the Total Package Tour (NKOTB) in July and Noah & Sandy will be going to see the Harlem Globetrotters in April. We also decided on a little getaway that would be right after Christmas with two other families. We booked a Suite right in Dartmouth Crossing, so the kids could go shopping as well with their Christmas money.

We arrived at check in time and the kids were able to get a sneak peak of the pool with the large water slide! We quickly went up and changed and headed for a swim. The other two families, the Fisher’s and the Merrill’s met us at the pool. The kids were excited to meet up with everyone and they had a blast! Looking through the pictures, I can’t help but smile seeing the laughter and smiles on their faces!

After the pool we ordered some pizza and met in the common area to eat. We decided we needed a little dessert, so while our Hubby’s were off getting the ice cream, Candice and I decided to take the kids for a walk to look at the Christmas lights. We ended up finding a great playground. The kids were very entertaining playing on everything.

After eating ice cream sundaes by the fireplace we headed up to play games. The kids had brought their own games to play with each other and us adults had Ticket to Ride to keep us entertained. This is one of my favorite games and recently the Fisher’s had bought an expansion pack for it, so I was excited to try it out. The evening was awesome. I just love that all of us get along so well together and our children as well!

After an awesome breakfast, the kids went for another swim and we had time before checkout to play another game! None of us wanted to leave, it was a such a great stay! We headed out shopping for the kids and us grown ups as well. Sandy and I each picked out a book and a new board game for us all to try on New Years with our Christmas money from his Mom.

Lastly we decided we would go to the Lindt Outlet store. We only recently found out about it and it is all of our favorite chocolate. I love using their bars for fudge and fondue and with a huge sale advertised we decided it was a great time to check it out! The kids were so excited to be greeted at the door with free chocolate. We wondered the store for about 10 minutes or so when we decided what we were getting. We each had our own treats to bring home!

The getaway went quickly and was so much fun! The kids loved the idea of giving up gifts for time away and want to do it again! It would be so much fun to give up more gifts next year and plan a trip a little further for a little longer! Luckily we have some time to think about it. In the meantime I am once again more thankful than I was before I left yesterday. I love our family and our friends. We all have the best time together and that is worth so much!