Before I even knew how bad our January was a going to be, I had scheduled a getaway for us. I found a great deal on an overnight stay at the Homestead Resort in Midway and it included tickets to the Ice Castle. I thought it would be fun and it ended up being very needed!
We stayed in a family bunkhouse … complete with bunk bed!
We left after school got out and enjoyed trying the new Yukon out for its first family road trip.
We got tickets to see the Ice Castle that first night because I was told it was more impressive at night. I was impressed to see the Disney princesses from Frozen waiting outside. I made the boys go say hello …
They need princess exposure …
The Ice Castle at night WAS pretty impressive!
Especially when the lights changed colors!
They had a few slides built in for the kids – or the husbands – to try out! And, yes, that blur is Kevin.
There was a chilly bench to chill on. Those polka dots are pennies stuck in the ice.
Pictures were not easy to take in the dark with all the changing lights on the ice, but Ricky did a nice job of this one of Kevin and me.
The ice slides were pretty cool. Some of them had different tunnels that popped you out in different places…
And sometimes, my boys just had to find their own little tunnel to try wiggling through!
It was not a warm evening. I know it was colder than 10* but I refused to check how cold it really was. The boys did a good job not complaining about the cold, until Tommy’s poor boots just couldn’t handle it any more! His toes were cold!
As well they should be! It was single digits and we were walking on crushed ice and snow through a castle made of ice!
And apparently you have to stick out your tongue in selfies…
Not Billy. He’s too cool for that.
After that we had dinner at a local cafe and back to the bunkhouse for bed. The boys liked the Ice Castle, but they really loved our Saturday activity. We went swimming! The resort has a pool that’s a decent hotel pool size but they have a huge hot tub that is almost as big! I enjoyed just sitting in the warm water and watching them … Bobby gave us one scare when he thought he was taller than he is, but no harm, no foul.
We also tried the natural hot spring – outside – and I was perfectly content at the indoor hot tub! My hair froze as we walked back to the car after we were finished. The boys thought that was pretty cool, too! I haven’t had that happen in years and forgot just how crispy and hard my frozen hair can get!
A final picture with this frog statue and our quick little getaway was done.