castway bay

we needed another weekend for just us. we are still 'homeless', so having our own space, even a hotel room, is a nice retreat for us. we knew that joe would probably have to be away on christmas day to pack our things in florida (YAY!!!), so we celebrated a little 'mini-christmas' with mom and dad's presents to the kids, and their new jammies with a few fun filled days at an indoor waterpark before christmas.


jessy and lucy in their matching red dresses. lucy curtsied for jessy, but jess was too embarrassed to curtsy back.


santa snoopy!


ahhh...our favorite...the arcade! joe won big again! getting the jackpot on a game. the kids walked away with a few cool prizes- from the wall!! (you have to spend a lot of time at these types of arcades to understand how cool that is!)




santa was there for one on one visits everyday


getting toasty at the fireplace in the lobby


the sandman!




the peanuts gang can't get their christmas tree to light before the big show!


he wasn't happy with me because he put his pants on backwards, and i had to yank them up a bit for the benefit of all who sat behind him ;)