Spencer had his annual CE conference this weekend and the one he had to go to this year was in Park City, at the Deer Valley Resort. He invited me and the boys to go with him for a little get away, and we had a great time while he spent 13 hours a day in classes (not exaggerating!).
On Wednesday they had a service project where they had to put some bikes together for the Guadalupe School so while they were doing their service project, I took the boys to the zoo for a picnic and to see the animals. It was a chilly day so we pretty much had the zoo to ourselves. They had fun even though it was cold.
Hudson was able to walk most of the time so that he could look around, and they had so much fun. That is until they were climbing on the bronze tigers and Hudson slipped off the big tiger, and his face came down right on it's tail. More specifically his eye came down on the tail. So we started out our trip with Hudson's eye all scratched up and bleeding. It looked so sad, and still seems to be pretty tender.
Hudson was able to walk most of the time so that he could look around, and they had so much fun. That is until they were climbing on the bronze tigers and Hudson slipped off the big tiger, and his face came down right on it's tail. More specifically his eye came down on the tail. So we started out our trip with Hudson's eye all scratched up and bleeding. It looked so sad, and still seems to be pretty tender.
We met up with Spencer in the late afternoon and got on our way to Deer Valley. First of all I have to give huge props to Deer Valley. AWESOME place to stay. They were so accommodating (this is their down time so they were extremely slow; they said the conference was pretty much it this week there, but the service was amazing). When we first got there we went to our room and there was only one HUGE bed. It was a beautiful room but it wouldn't work for our family so Spencer talked to the office and they sent a bell boy up with new keys and got us into another room with 2 beds. The second room was also extremely nice, the view was breathtaking, right out the window it went straight up the mountain. For the continental breakfast they just had juice and coffee, they had milk for the coffee so we were just going to get some of that for the boys and they had little chugs that they went and got for them. The next morning they were prepared as soon as we came down and brought milk out for them. They made sure there was food for them for breakfast and all the employees were so genuinely helpful. They even offered late check out so that I could let Hudson have a good nap today (which was good because it was all he got until 3:45 when he crashed out in the car as we were driving back to get Spencer). Just wanted to say that the service was fabulous.
Back to our adventures. Wednesday after we checked in we got the boys in their swimsuits and we went to find the pool. We were surprised that it was outdoor...and not covered, but it was warm...kind of...and the boys were so excited to go swimming that I sucked it up and went in the pool with them. It wasn't too bad in the pool, but out of the pool, there was a breeze and it was COLD. We brought a little floaty car for Hudson but he didn't want to be in that, he wanted to jump right into the water. Roman was having fun with his goggles, that is when they weren't all fogged up. The hot tub wasn't working and we didn't stay in the pool long, Hudson was shivering. So we went back to the room and they took a nice warm bath, we bundled them up in warm pajamas and we went and found some delicious Burger King for dinner. We actually just went to the drive through and took it back to the room and ate it there then watched a little tv and they fell asleep so fast.
Thursday we had all day to explore, play, do whatever we wanted to because Spencer was in his conference from 7:30 am until 9:30 pm. After breakfast we went back to our room so that Hudson could take a nap. He slept horribly and I was kind of wishing I could take a nap too. Instead Roman and I made felt dolls with clothes from different countries (Malaysia, France, ) then we worked on some worksheets and things we brought with us. When Hudson woke up we decided to head into Heber to explore there. Roman really wanted to find some leaves to play in so we were trying to find a place to pull off, but I really didn't see anyplace. As we got into Heber we found a fun park with a REALLY tall slide that Roman loved. Hudson loved the swings.
We didn't bring our pack and play for Hudson because we thought they would have one there. It was really expensive to use one so we decided to just set Hudson up between the two beds on the floor. We put pillows around his head, he had a pillow under him, and he had blankets under and over him.
It worked well. Both boys slept so well. They were both just tired from our day of exploring. Hudson didn't even wake up at all until about 4:00 and we could hear him crying, but we couldn't find him. Then we realized that the crying was coming from UNDER OUR BED. We had to hurry and turn on a light, I was able to reach his foot and pull him out. He was half way under the bed. It didn't seem to effect him much though, as soon as I got him out from under the bed, put more pillows around the bed so that hopefully would not happen again, he was asleep again in no time at all.
We played at the park for about an hour then we went over to the Heber Valley Railroad just to look at the trains this time. We went on a train ride back in June.
After wandering around looking at the trains we went to Dairy Keen (aka The Train Restaurant) for lunch. This was one of their favorite things that we did the entire time. They have a train table outside that they played all over, a train that goes around the clock tower. Then...the best part...they had model trains that went around the top of the walls. They had a little Thomas the Train set in the corner that the kids could play with while they were waiting for their food. Seriously the whole time we were eating Hudson sat with his head tipped back watching the train tracks and every time the train would come around he would point and say "truck!" And I would say, "No, it's a train."
After wandering around looking at the trains we went to Dairy Keen (aka The Train Restaurant) for lunch. This was one of their favorite things that we did the entire time. They have a train table outside that they played all over, a train that goes around the clock tower. Then...the best part...they had model trains that went around the top of the walls. They had a little Thomas the Train set in the corner that the kids could play with while they were waiting for their food. Seriously the whole time we were eating Hudson sat with his head tipped back watching the train tracks and every time the train would come around he would point and say "truck!" And I would say, "No, it's a train."
After spending way too much time at the train restaurant we went to the store to grab a few groceries then Roman REALLY wanted to go back to "the hotel." He loves staying in hotels and would be happy to sit there the entire time. We started to head back but on the way we saw the National Abilities Center that I'd head was a great place for kids so even though it was still pretty cold outside we decided to stop and let him play. Hudson was asleep for his afternoon nap so it was a nice little break to let him sleep longer and Roman get out a little more energy.
After about an hour back at the hotel Roman was ready to get going again.
We decided to go check out the pond that was across the street from the lodge. It had a trail that went around it, there was a gazebo between the two parts of the pond, a bridge that crossed a stream feeding down into the pond and lots of open areas.
Both boys were having so much fun running up and down the walkway, that is until Roman tripped. He fell on his pinky finger and scrapped it pretty bad. We went back to the front desk to get a bandaid for his poor finger. He was crying pretty hard so when Roman showed the clerk working his finger she thought he had broken his finger. I explained that he just has a crooked pinky fingers. Today he says that it feels all better, as long as he has a bandaid on it.
We decided to go check out the pond that was across the street from the lodge. It had a trail that went around it, there was a gazebo between the two parts of the pond, a bridge that crossed a stream feeding down into the pond and lots of open areas.
Both boys were having so much fun running up and down the walkway, that is until Roman tripped. He fell on his pinky finger and scrapped it pretty bad. We went back to the front desk to get a bandaid for his poor finger. He was crying pretty hard so when Roman showed the clerk working his finger she thought he had broken his finger. I explained that he just has a crooked pinky fingers. Today he says that it feels all better, as long as he has a bandaid on it.
We didn't bring our pack and play for Hudson because we thought they would have one there. It was really expensive to use one so we decided to just set Hudson up between the two beds on the floor. We put pillows around his head, he had a pillow under him, and he had blankets under and over him.
It worked well. Both boys slept so well. They were both just tired from our day of exploring. Hudson didn't even wake up at all until about 4:00 and we could hear him crying, but we couldn't find him. Then we realized that the crying was coming from UNDER OUR BED. We had to hurry and turn on a light, I was able to reach his foot and pull him out. He was half way under the bed. It didn't seem to effect him much though, as soon as I got him out from under the bed, put more pillows around the bed so that hopefully would not happen again, he was asleep again in no time at all.
Today we stayed at the lodge until Hudson woke up from his morning nap. Before Hudson's nap Roman was running around our room, just generally being wild and he tripped or slipped or something and he hit his mouth on the chair. He had a pretty big fat lip and a nasty scrape (kind of matches Hudson's eye now.)
Roman made sure Hudson's late didn't last too late. He was singing Mary had a little lamb at the top of his lungs, threw the curtains open, even did a somersault onto the bed that Hudson was sleeping on. He slept through it all. Then I made the mistake of bragging that he had slept through it all on facebook and while I was bragging Roman decided he had been patient long enough and jumped right on top of Hudson. Yeah, that woke him up. Luckily he woke up happy and we were on our way to go find more fun things to do today.
Roman made sure Hudson's late didn't last too late. He was singing Mary had a little lamb at the top of his lungs, threw the curtains open, even did a somersault onto the bed that Hudson was sleeping on. He slept through it all. Then I made the mistake of bragging that he had slept through it all on facebook and while I was bragging Roman decided he had been patient long enough and jumped right on top of Hudson. Yeah, that woke him up. Luckily he woke up happy and we were on our way to go find more fun things to do today.
We went down Park City Main Street and went to the Park City museum. Roman really liked the fire truck. He did not like the basement! He has mentioned several times since then that he didn't. The basement had the original Park City jail down in it and he said it was creepy and there was a mine area that had lots of loud areas. I would love to go back to the museum another day (maybe without kids) to look at everything.
From there we went shopping at the outlet stores. We found a bunch of great deals, did lots of walking, and both boys fell asleep as soon as we got in the car to go get Spencer from his conference.
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It sounds like you had a great trip (minus all the bumps, scrapes and bruises). This post totally had me laughing out loud. Where IS that crying coming from? UNDER THE BED!! Too funny. (Maybe not at the time...) Also, Roman jumping on Hudson to wake him up--the way you wrote about it I can hear you talking!
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