reyasmommy
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- Jul 20, 2007
November 8th- Day One
The morning will be filled with a lot of packing and last minute errands. I normally have everything packed up and ready to go a week before any vacation, but being that this is a surprise trip for DD I have to keep everything on the down-low.
Reya will go to school at her normal time of 8:45 am , but instead of getting off at 3:45 I’ll pick her up at 11:30 am.
I'm so excited to see her reaction when she sees me at the front office!
She’ll be extremely shocked and curious when she steps inside the car to find it all packed up. She'll also be really HAPPY to see daddy in the front seat and NOT at work where he should be. The two of us will proceed to tell her that we've decided we all needed to get away and have a good time. We don’t know where we’re going or how long we will be gone. It could be a day or it could be several. All we want from her is to relax, have fun, behave, and to keep the questions to a minimum.
((Yeah, right!!!)))
Just so you know, we plan on keeping EVERYTHING a secrect from Reya. We want everyday to be one BIG surprise! I'm also thinking about adding to the excitment by leaving a hidden gift for her everynight from Tinkerbell.
It will be something different each night and a clue as to what to expect the following day? (( I'll be sure to keep you updated.
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So, right now my main concern is the weather. We’ll be driving through the mountains, and I have a hard enough time with sharp turns and steep hills when the roads are dry, let alone when they’re covered with ice and snow.
1-70 is also well known for shutting down OFTEN during the winter due to dangerous road conditions. So keep your fingers crossed that the weather will cooperate. 
Our first stop for the day is only 30 minutes away in the quaint town of Idaho Springs.
We plan on having lunch at one of our favorite pizza spots. Beau Jo’s. Pizza!
My mouth is salivating just thinking about it. They have the yummiest pizza! The best part is getting to the crust and eating it with honey! Mmmmm, Mmmmm, Mmmmmm!
After we’re done with lunch we’ll hit the road.
I’m hoping that Jayden will fall asleep in the car so we won’t have to stop again until we reach our final destination for the night. It's only a 2 hour drive from Idaho Springs, so if all goes according to plan we'll arrive in Glenwood Springs, no later then 4:00 pm.We're staying at THE HOTEL GLENWOOD SPRINGS
I reserved a room with a King size bed, pull out couch for Reya, fireplace, and a kitchenette.
Planning ahead for dinner that night, I think we might pick up some sandwiches from a local deli and store them in the fridge until we're hungry.
One of the main reasons I chose this particular hotel was because of their amazing indoor pool. It's beautiful and consists of a Huge waterslide and Kiddie splash area along with some other fun things to do.
After we get checked in and bring our belongings up to the room, we'll either head to the indoor pool or go to the BIG Hot Springs pool down the street. The Hot Springs were my main reason for stopping in Glenwood in the first place. I haven’t been in many years and have always wanted to take my kids. Reya and Jayden are both fish,
and I know they're going to LOVE it. But with this being Colorado it could be a blizzard or it could be warm and sunny? The nice thing about the hot springs though, is it doesn’t matter what the weather is AND they’re open until 10:00 pm so chances are we'll hit the pool for at least a little while. I’ve actually always wanted to go while it was snowing, but I’m not going to take the kids out in extreme freezing temperatures while there in their bathing suits. Guess we'll just have to wait and see what the conditions are when we get there?
But if all goes well, we’ll spending the early evening getting our swim on here:
Whether we spend the evening at the hotel pool or the Hot Springs, Reya will be satisfied. As long as she's swimming and staying the night at a Hotel she'll be as happy as can be.
After we’re done swimming we’ll head back to the room, change into our comfy pj's, and eat some dinner. Hopefully it'll be an early night and the kids will be exhausted. We'll have a long, long drive in the morning and will need some much needed sleep.
I think Reya will be pleased with the first day of her SURPRISE TRIP!
I'm excited to spend 5 days at Disney though. I have a really fun day planned for that one day I had to cut from Anaheim too! 
My husband doesn't want to talk trip planning until it's about a week away so I blab to the kids about it. 
