Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Vacation....heck no....Staycation!!!!

To celebrate Courtney's 29th Birthday her Cousin's and Sister's decided to do a midweek STAYCATION! We picked the Squaw Peak Hilton as our staycation destination. It was a beautiful hotel and we had a pool right in front of our room! It was the PERFECT location!!

We arrived Tuesday night so that we had the whole day on Wednesday to not only celebrate Courtney's actual birthday but to get all the pool time in that we could. Our plan was to soak up the sun and just realx! Gosh, I wish I could do this every Wednesday!!

Of course we had to have some decorations for the room to celebrate the reason we all gathered. Happy Birthday Courtney!!
Our first group photo of the stay....
It's not a party until there is some dancing. Steph and Court were rocking out to Miley's Party in the USA!!!
After some dinner on Tuesday night we decided to go for an evening swim. The first of many.
After we all went swimming we decided to play The Twilight game that Courtney was given by one of her co-workers. Needless to say the game was fun because it was Twilight but if you know anything about my obessed sister she won the game because she knows EVERY detail of the damn movie!! If you look at my photo below I was pouting because I knew Court would win but it was her birthday so it was only fair.
Steph tried to take this photo but she cut herself out. Sorry Steph. Alyssa and Stacey look good so great job capturing them!
Wednesday was Courtney's actual birthday. It was 9-9-09!! What a day to celebrate!! Happy 29th Birthday Courtney!!!
Alyssa enjoying the lazy river. The lazy river was awesome because it was not crowded so you could just float and relax. I fell alseep at one point on my tube. It was great! I wonder if I could put a lazy river in my backyard????
The Hilton has a lazy river and a water slide so there was something to entertain everyone.
Here is Stacey hitting the water hard at the end!!!
Here I am finally have a smooth ride down the slide. I was normally backwards or on my stomach...not sure how...this slide is crazy!!
The girls laying out and getting some sun on those legs!!!
Courtney enjoying the pool and her beer. What a great day!!
Stephanie getting some much needed R&R!!! Month-end???? What is that???
I only posted this photo because Stacey's face is priceless!! I love it!! She can have some of the best expressions when she doesn't know you are taking a photo. You look great too Alyssa!
On a break from the sun we headed back to the room for some food and more beer. BTW the pink cover-ups were not planned.
Here we are before we head back outside to soak up some more sun. Yes, I think we spent about 10 hours outside!! Skin cancer???? What is that??? J/K Mom and Dad we used plenty of sun block!! Stephanie and Alyssa enjoying the view of everyone as they come down the slide.
So I found a place on the stairs that I could capture everyone as they came down the slide. Here is Stacey with a kind of scared look on her face. Not sure what was wrong????? The slide was kind of fast maybe she was scared?? Don't worry Steph is at the bottom she will catch you!!
Here is Courtney trying to be cute.
Before we left the water park we wanted to grab a photo. Alyssa had to leave to go to school so she is missing but we all missed her while she was gone and we limited our fun until she got back.
While we waited for Alyssa to come back we ordered a pizza and watched some TV. Stephanie and Courtney turned Stacey and I onto Glee and I think this is one of my new favorite shows. If your not watching it I highly recommend it!!Happy girls with tummy's full of pizza and beer!!
The staycation was wonderful and a great idea! Thanks Alyssa!
I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate Courtney's birthday!!
Thanks to Alyssa, Stacey, Stephanie, and Courtney for making our staycation awesome!!
Want to do it again????
More to come
xoxo

2 comments:

Stacey said...

This was a lot of fun...I hope that we can do it next year too...Do you think if I am prego I can still ride the slide????? What if Courtney's boyfriend is back next year? They can exchange Disneyland stories as he is an avid fan as well.
P.S. thanks for not posting that picture of me walking back from Gallaghers...

C Brown said...

This was a lot of fun, thank you to the fab 5 for coming along. It was a great way to celebrate my birthday.