My sister Melissa arrived yesterday with my parents and her daughter Emily and our niece Aly. After visiting with me for a bit, Melissa and the girls headed to the Hyatt Hill Country Resort where they are going to be staying for a couple of days. They also took Eric. After Natalie's swim team practice, we headed there too so Natalie could spend the night and so I could bring Eric home. He was having so much fun that he didn't want to leave!
Melissa texted me this morning to tell about how the girls were giving each other massages. They had wanted to get massages at the kids' spa, but Cynthia and I nixed it for our girls because they're so ticklish. Melissa sent a picture, but the girls insisted that she take the picture with their heads cut off. I was able to tell who was who regardless!
Today my sister Cynthia arrived with her son Nick. We bought some Rudy's Barbecue for everyone and all of us headed to the hotel for lunch. After lunch, the girls, Patrick, and Eric all enjoyed their "lazy river". The girls kept running away from my camera, but Eric had a big smile for me every time he saw me.
Later, Patrick played with Nick and Anthony at the basketball hoop they had set up in the water. My sisters and I walked around the grounds. My parents stayed in the hotel room. My mom actually brought Alex's hoodie along so she could repair the hole in the sleeve. Dad was playing with his iPad as usual.
Alex had resisted going to the hotel. He wanted to stay home by himself. Patrick and I weren't successful in convincing him but my Mom told him he could just stay in the hotel room and he seemed to like that offer the best. When we were there, though, he seemed to be having fun. He got into a pillow fight with Anthony and Nick. My mom was pretty surprised at how rough they were with each other, but that's the way the boys are. After that they headed over to the arcade. Alex won a mini whoopee cushion that he was trying to show Eric how to use. It was hilarious because that small whoopee cushion made a small tooting sound--perfect for Eric. Alex told Eric to use it over and over all the way home in the van and told us not to tell Patrick to see if he would notice. Hilarious.
Cynthia stayed at the hotel with Melissa and the girls, and the rest of us came back home. Natalie has a swim meet early tomorrow so she needs her sleep. We got some unexpected news today about her swim meet. She is swimming three races in the Girls 11-12 age group! She is nervous about it but since she is usually more concerned with her times than actually winning, so this should push her harder. I'll report on the outcome tomorrow.
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