Colorado Springs Weekend

We had the best weekend in the Springs.  Matthew has been so busy at work that we hadn't seen much of him in two weeks.  We decided to take the kids on a surprise getaway since Matthew had Friday off.  We went to the North Pole amusement park first.  This place was awesome!  It is definitely up there with one of my favorite things we have done since moving here. 

The best part was the weather and no lines.  I don't think it would be as much fun if it were cold and crowded.  The kids were fearless and rode all of the rides.  Since there were no lines, they could just ride the rides over and over again without ever having to get off.

The first thing we did was go see Santa.  Mason actually talked to him this year and told him he wanted a red Power Ranger for Christmas.  Evie was terrified!  After we got the picture she kept saying all day, "no more ho ho again!"  ha!  I'm glad I got this cute picture though!

priceless!

This slide was a big hit.  Mason had to go down 20 more times before we could leave.  Matthew said there were 45 steps up to the top.

Poor Matthew had to go on all the spin rides since I couldn't.  I think he was pretty nauseous by the end of the day!

I was so shocked that Mason went into this haunted house not once, but five times.  I'm pretty sure he kept his eyes closed the whole time though!  :)

Mason was scared to go on this one, but Evie loved it.  It spun so fast it made me sick just watching it!

Mason rode this, but was not a fan.  Again, Evie kept saying "this is fun daddy!"

Both of the kids loved the roller coaster.  Matthew said he had to keep Evie in a headlock because it was jerking her around so much.  Her bow even came undone and he caught it in the air.  She loved it!

Mason rode this over and over again too.

We spent about five hours at the park and then headed towards our next surprise...a hotel.  Mason loves  staying in hotels, especially when he gets to sleep on a pull out sofa.  ha!  What made it even more fun was that it had an indoor pool.  We went to eat at Outback and then came back for swimming.  I was so proud of how well they both can still swim.  Evie was swimming to the edge and pulling herself out of pool and Mason still had good swimming strokes.  The water was pretty cold, but they loved every second of it.

We woke up on Saturday and headed home. It was a weekend I know we will remember for a long time.  I love love love doing fun things like this with my sweet family!

all ready for bed after a long day.  Poor Evie was so tired her eyes were swollen and red.