Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Work-cation! - Part 2

 Sunday morning T was up early and out the door to his next golf engagement. The little ones and I got up a little later and snuck out of the room to let the big girls sleep a little longer. We headed down the hill to McDonald's to pick up some breakfast, and we also grabbed sandwiches at Subway to save for lunch later. They found these cute stuffies and wanted to get them for Auntie M who loves horses and highland cows. :)

 
We got back, ate breakfast, and then slowly packed up our things to check out by 11. Then we headed down to the pool for another relaxing day.

 
Apparently I didn't get a picture but Boo and Peanut spent hours in pool's bathroom because that was the only place there was an outlet and they were doing their nails and henna. :P They did eventually come out into the sunshine.

 
After swimming for several hours the little ones got dressed and we grabbed golf clubs again so we could finish our putt putt. 

 
It was much easier in the day time!  

 
But still very hard! The hills were really difficult to navigate. 
 
 
Lou had her own technique. Lol. 
 
 
 
Peaches did pretty well! 

 
I took this picture to give perspective on just how big the hills were! 

 
 And then Peanut took one from where she was.
 
 
Peaches wanted a picture of her fancy move. :) 

 
One of the girls suggested they get a picture with their age number on the flags. Lou has really grown in the last few months! She looks so tall and leggy to me! 

 
Peaches is due for a big growth spurt any day...I can tell she's getting ready to shoot up! 
 
 
 
And this one looks like a full grown adult at 13! So pretty!

 
 And of course Boo is as beautiful as ever at Sweet 16!  
 
 
It took a lot longer than we thought to golf so we only made it through ten holes before needing to leave to go meet Daddy at resort location #2. My favorite thing about this one is the flowers! SO gorgeous!!
 

 
We always get a few pictures to send to Noni since she loves them too! 

 
We checked into our room and the girls changed into some nicer clothes before we headed to another dinner with Daddy's colleagues. This one is a fancy Italian place. The girls took pictures of all the food since it was plated so nicely. These first two were the appetizers. A baked brie with crackers and fruit...

 
And some polenta with feta, tomatoes, and onions with a balsamic glaze.

 
We got Caesar salads next, and then everyone but me chose Chicken Parmesan for their main dish. 

 
Then they brought us dessert menus. The girls ordered Gelato...Huckleberry for Boo, Pistachio for Peanut... 

 
And Butterfinger for Lou. 

 
I got a lemon cake. 

 
And I forgot to get a picture of Peaches and T's chocolate chip cookie sundaes because theirs took a while to come out and we had been sitting there for almost two hours by the time they finally did and everyone was ready to get out of there. 
 
I took the little ones back to get ready for bed but T and the big girls went for a walk and then played some volleyball outside our room on the grass. 
 
 
More tomorrow! 

 


Monday, July 27, 2026

Work-cation! - Part 1

 We are always excited when it's time for the annual work-cation! Even T enjoys it because even though he has to do a bunch of classes he also gets to golf! We went up Saturday this year. He left early that morning to play 18 and we followed in the other car that afternoon. We checked in and then he met up with us at the pool. 

It is so beautiful up there and since we were there last year they had built a whole new golf course and a second hotel building. Apparently they are one of the top public golf resorts in the nation and we met several people at the pool that had traveled there just to play the golf course. One party was from California, and the other from Texas!

 The girls and I just enjoyed the pool and the view! 

 
Lou wanted me to take a picture of her walking on water. :)  

 
This is my favorite pool of any of the ones we've ever been to because it's more hot tub than pool...probably 90-95 degrees, so the girls don't complain about being cold, and the whole thing is 3 feet deep so I don't have to worry about them. 

 
But it's still deep enough for them to have fun! 

 
Cheese! 

 
Our room was in the new building which is about a mile away from the original one so they had a shuttle we could ride. The girls thought that was a blast...literally and figuratively, haha.  

 
They got dressed and then we headed to dinner with all the other CEO's and their families. After dinner everyone congregated on the lawn.  

 
 The little girls quickly made friends with some of the other kids that were there.

 
Boo brought her volleyball and she and Peanut (and anyone else they could get) played for hours on this trip! 


 
These kids joined in. 
 
 
 
Boo sent these ones to me later.  
 
 
 
We played corn hole for a while too. 
 
 
This place is up on top of a big hill. I would not want to drive up there in the winter, but it's gorgeous!
  
 
We walked back down to the main building. I guess Peanut got this picture because she's the only one not in it. :) 
 
 
 
Last year they did the glow golf party so we decided the little ones could stay up for it...only to get down there and realize they weren't doing it. But we went ahead and got clubs and glow in the dark balls from the front desk and played on our own.
 
 
 
It's funny that you can see these pictures so well. I guess my phone camera was adjusting itself because it was almost too dark to see when we were playing! You can see the darkness in the picture above.

 
This little putt putt course is super hilly and it was so dark we couldn't see where the hills were so it was kind of like playing blind mini-golf, haha. 

 
 
 
We only played four holes before giving up. It was almost pitch dark and we couldn't see a thing. 

 
But we had fun trying!  

 
Lots more pictures tomorrow!  

Friday, July 24, 2026