Suncadia Mini Vacation

Last weekend Wade had a state podiatry meeting at Suncadia Resort.  He had been there before his first year and was really impressed, so (since his room was paid for anyway) we decided to make it into a little mini-vacation for the rest of us and we all tagged along.

Suncadia is about 2 hours east of us and on the other "sunny" side of the mountains.  He left early Friday morning, and I headed up with the kids after picking up Gage from school that afternoon.

The place was absolutely gorgeous, we never really wanted to leave!

Obviously, some of these pictures are from their website.

Our room was amazing.  It's pretty hard to find a room that six of us fit in comfortably.  But we totally fit and comfortably to boot!  We had a king bed for us, a queen fold out couch, for the two cuddle bugs Avery and Noah, Gage took the floor in a sleeping bag and Eli got the pack and play.  

And you could STILL walk around.

Amazing.

Plus we had a full size kitchen.  I loved this.  We even had a mini washer and dryer.  I'm a complete dork, but some blankets got wet overnight so I used them, and I've decided I have to buy a front loader washer next time.  Eli laid on the floor watching the wash go around for at least 20 minutes! 

Friday night we hung out in the room.  The pool was already closed so the kids had a bath in the huge tub.

While I put Noah, Avery and Eli to bed, Wade and Gage headed out to the lobby.  They played some chess and enjoyed the fire pit outside.

Saturday Wade was off to meetings, so the rest of us went on some "hikes" around on local trails.  I didn't want to carry Eli, so our hiking wasn't too fast, but it was fun.  Did I mention it how beautiful it was?

The kids had fun with some snow we found on one trail.  They took sticks and broke the snow pack up.  I think they could have stayed there for hours working on this project.

That afternoon Wade was able to take a break and join us at the pool.  This was the boys FAVORITE part of vacation, because the pool had two water slides!  They could have done it for hours.  In fact, they did race up the stairs, down the slide and back up the stairs for at least one hour.  I know, because after 10-15 minutes into their water slide adventures, Avery decided it was NOT fun to watch her brothers anymore.  She wanted a turn.  She wasn't tall enough, plus I would be crazy to let her go on her own anyway, so I got to enjoy a 40 minute tantrum/melt down with her while the boys had fun.  I didn't even attempt to get any pictures. (of the boys...not Avery.)

Saturday night we headed into a little tiny town, Rosyln (where they filmed the old show Northern Exposure).  My friend had recommended a pizza place and it didn't disappoint.  Another resident family from a neighboring program joined us for dinner and we all ordered too much and ate too much pizza.

After dinner we headed to a park in Suncadia.

Saturday night, Wade, Gage and Noah went and sat by the fire pits outside again while I put the little two to bed.  Everyone was so exhausted and slept so well.

Sunday, Wade had a few more meetings.  We went on another little walk and then packed up our things.  Avery and Eli tried to play a rousing game of "throw things off our balcony before mom finds out"

It was a perfect weekend getaway.  We missed Wade most of the time, and hope we can make it back there sometime for a real vacation that he can enjoy too.