What a Day

Yesterday, I had the great privilege of hanging out with my good friends; Alex, Reagan, Jordan, and Meagan. I've mentioned before how much fun these kids are and yesterday did not disappoint.

We started out kind of early and headed to Grapevine to see ICE! at the Gaylord Texan Hotel. After much discussion the kids agreed that they felt more comfortable calling the hotel the Happy Lord. They referred to it this way most of the day. Here they are in front of the Happy Lord Hotel:

I think the highlight of the day for Alex and Reagan was the door:

Once we got inside we had some fun exploring the big atrium. It reminds me of the River Walk in San Antonio, except cleaner and a lot less humid. We made our way to ICE! and the kids were starting to get nervous about how cold it was going to be. Not to worry my friends, you get a really cool gold knee-length parka to wear:

The highlight of ICE! was getting to go down the slide! I was amazed at how patiently the kids waited in line (at least 20 minutes). They found lots of ways to entertain themselves, like seeing who could hold their hand on the ice the longest, or putting their faces behind the ice and laughing at how they looked. Here's a short little video of them sliding and entertaining themselves:

I let the kids decide where we were going to eat lunch and I told them they could go anywhere they wanted. Drumroll, please: their choice was CiCi's. Excellent, because I know right where a CiCi's is in Grapevine! The iPhone led us astray and we had quite the time actually getting there. Our adventure did allow me the opportunity to show the kids one of my favorite places; the airport. I don't know why, but I have always been fascinated by the airport, the kids didn't seem that impressed :).

After a delicious lunch we headed home! It was a very fun day, full of laughs and interesting occurences!