Ginny Mommy: A Gifted Retreat Away

A few weeks ago we had a little vacation courtesy of my Mom & Dad, as an early Christmas Gift to us.

Skamania Lodge, up in Washington.

It is a beautiful relaxing retreat away, in a gorgeous lodge.

When I made the reservations, I had chosen the $30 upgrade to get a pull-put couch in the room since I figure that would be better than hoping the girls would stay on cots the whole night and/or not roll all over the floor. Upon checking in we were given a regular room with no couch. I kindly spoke with the front desk about the upgrade I had made and after a bit they realized they had accidentally given our room to someone else.....they apologized and decided to give us a free upgrade to a suite. This suite was SWEET! :) It was HUGE! Fireplace, riverview, king bed, pull-out couch, 3 chairs, a kitchenette, a balcony...oh my goodness! I could not believe it!!! It was quite the surprise. What was also wonderful was I had decided to make a few of our meals ahead of time, to save us some money from eating out, and packed them in a small cooler, and the first room we were placed in didn't have a microwave or a refrigerator...but the suite had it's own little kitchenette. Thank you Lord!!! So nice!

We also ordered room service a few times, which was more convenient than trying to get the girls to sit still, plus that always feels fancy to have food brought to your room :)

And since we had the room paid for, Aaron & I booked ourselves & took turns getting massages in their Spa. It was delightful. A much needed pregnancy massage for me!!!

We had such a wonderful time as a family!!

Our last as a family of 4!

She isn't in the most photogenic stage, which can be disappointing when we're trying to take a family picture--but hey, that's sort of more realistic than us all forcing a smile! She cracks me up with her many silly faces.

I adore this little Ellie scrunchy face :)

Girls looking over the 3rd story banister.

Lots of rocking out!

My first Baby:

Trying to finagle my girls into a picture:

My Growing Belly.

(I all of a sudden realized I've had little to no pictures of my actual belly during any of my pregnancies, but especially my current one...so out of desperation I had Aaron snap a few pics of me & my growing belly :) So I apologize if you're getting tired of seeing these pics on my blog!)

We spent a lot of time in the pool/jacuzzi!