Vacation Week! Sunday and Monday

We are taking our vacation time together right before school starts.  We have enjoyed stay-cations the last several years.  The girls do better sleeping in their own beds and still taking it easy in the mornings so it's worked well for us.  It also helps the wallet to not pay for a week of hotels : )

On Sunday we drove to Lake Lanier.  They had a special package for a family of 4 to have 1 night's accommodations, buffet breakfast for 4, and tickets for two days at Lanier World.  We had a great time.  On Sunday we got to the park when it opened and got our chairs and umbrella set up on the beach.  The girls played at the kids zone water area and really liked the lake.  They had a roped off area with a life guard so the girls played in the sand and water for most of the day while Joe and I enjoyed tag teaming so we could go ride the water slides.  Emily attempted a couple of the slides at the beginning but chickened out at the top.  They were a little more intimidating than the ones she tried at White Water.  We ate our lunch on Sunday at our van and then went back in and walked around the park until around 5:00.  We then headed back to the hotel and went to the hotel pool.  This was really nice because it wasn't crowded and there was a patio section by the pool that was a restaurant.  They allowed you to eat outside in swimsuits.  So when we got hungry we just sat at a patio table and ate our dinner.  Then the girls got right back in the water while Joe and I relaxed by the pool.

Here is the lodge and conference center where we spent the night:

And a view of the beach area and kids zone:

 

 

 

 In the afternoon Emily participated in a hula hoop contest and their version of magical chairs using hula hoops:

 

On Monday we ate a nice breakfast at the hotel and headed back to Lanier World.  We spent the morning on the beach and then walked over to the big wave pool and another slide Joe and I could go down.  We ate lunch at a restaurant there and then that afternoon they opened up some kiddie carnival rides that Abigail rode while Joe and Emily went to an obstacle course float that was out on the water.  We left for home around 6:00.  This was definitely worth the package deal that we got and hope to go again next year!