Summer Vacation 2012 -- Part 2

There were so many cool activities at the Marriott resort in addition to the water park.  From movies by the pools at dusk to planet gazing through high powered telescopes to animal shows, our days and evenings there were full of fun!

The good life.  One night, while Harrison and Stephen were laying poolside and watching the dusk-time movie, Harrison raised his cup of water in the air and said "cheers" as he tapped the cup against Stephen's cup of water.  He must have seen it on TV.  It was too funny!

This girl is growing up.  Can't believe she will be in YW in 18 months!

Looking at the the planet Saturn.  It was really cool to see the rings around it!

Stephen got barked at by the guides because his iPhone caused too big of a flash during the pictures.  Apparently, it can be quite dangerous to take a flash picture while someone is looking through a high powered telescope.  It can damage their cornea.  Fortunately, no corneas were damaged on this trip.

The kids decorated rubber ducks for the duck race in the lazy river.

Then they cheered their ducks on.

And waited for them at the finish line.

Harrison won . . . the slow poke duck award!  His duck was the last place finisher in the entire field.  Emme was pretty upset that Harrison "won."  He got several prizes for having the slowest duck!  Sophie, being the awesome big sister that she is, created a "cutest duck" award for Emme back in the hotel room and that pacified her.

Room service is always a hit with kids.

Especially when it is yummy chocolate chip pancakes that taste like cookies!

And then there were S'mores by the fire every night.

Doodle blowing the hot marshmallows to cool them down.

Gummy worm hunting was tasty and fun!

And the Zoomation animal show was captivating.

And a little creepy...

It was off to New Mexico the next day!