The Grand Hotel - Part I

Last weekend we all went to the Grand Hotel in Fairhope, AL. For the official site (and pictures of the entire property) click here. Jason's company had a meeting there and since it is only an hour and a half away we all decided to go. Martin & Linda, the four of us, and Chuck, Amy & Hutson. I had heard a lot about it but had no idea how wonderful it is. I'm going to post a second post with pictures of the grounds and will explain a little more about the hotel there.

Friday night there was a cocktail party and the theme was tropical. They handed out straw hats and the kids really enjoyed them. They also had a guy playing a steel drum. It was pretty neat. The kids had a lot of fun dancing. Here are a few shots from that evening.

Hutson & Amy

The next morning, while the guys were at the last meeting, Linda, Amy and I took the kids to the fabulous pool. We really lucked out with the weather. It was absolutely beautiful.
Addie took a break to eat some Cheetos (her new favorite snack).

There was a dad hanging out with his son right by where we were sitting so Addie decided to be generous with her Cheetos. Here she is digging in her bag.

And giving them to this guy and his son, Gabe.

Gabe thought she was so nice to share her snack he paid her back by shooting her in the head with a water gun. Boys.

There is a fantastic water slide that Zachary REALLY enjoyed.

Jason enjoyed it as well.

Pop & AddieHutson

Pop with Zach AND Addie.

Grandmama even went down (with Zachary chasing her)!!!The neat hot tub.

Here is a picture of the entire water slide.

On Sunday morning while the kids swam with Pop & Grandmama, Jason and I got a croissant and ate it outside. There was a squirrel that was hanging around and we could not resist feeding him. He got so close.Cute little thing!
There were dragonflies every where. It was actually neat to see them flying all over the place. I think this one was waiting for some croissant.

Right where we were sitting there was a putting green that people could play for free. Hut is giving it a go before heading to the pool.Amy, Chuck & Hutson gave me this card for my birthday (which just happened to be that day!). I thought it was hilarious.

After we got packed up we stayed for the famous Champagne Brunch. It was wonderful. So much food and they had like a six man band playing. At one point they walked around and played 'Happy Birthday' to anyone who's birthday it was. It was really neat. On our way out Zachary spied some big suckers that he had to have. Which means Addie has to have one too. Here they are eating them on our way home.

I want to thank Martin & Linda for bringing all of us along. We had such a fun weekend. Scroll down a little more and you can see some other pictures from that weekend.