Our Trip to the "Cuhlumus House"

Last weekend we headed to Columbus for our long anticipated trip to visit Aunt Brittany and Uncle Troy. I had purchased a family fun pack at a Cystic Fibrosis Foundation event in July. Brittany is an event planner for the CF Foundation. The pack included a one night stay at the Hilton Garden Inn for a family of four, one free movie rental, popcorn, pop, a coloring book, crayons, a sit-down served breakfast and four passes to the Columbus Zoo! It was a $240 value that I got for $80! Amazing!!!!

We decided to go down on Friday night so we could enjoy some more time with Britt and Troy and so we didn't have to get up so early Saturday morning since we were planning to be at the zoo at 10:00. We got there around 8:00. The girls were so excited. We have been talking about this trip for at least a month and they could hardly stand the wait! They danced and played for a bit then we put them to bed. Britt, Troy, Wes and I just sat around catching up before heading to bed ourselves.

Saturday morning we got up and ate breakfast and got ready for our day. The girls helped Uncle Troy empty the dishwasher before we left. :) We got to the zoo around 10:30. It was decorated for Halloween and they had the Boo at the Zoo. Area businesses were passing out candy at different stations around the zoo and the visitors were encouraged to dress up in their costumes. The girls wore their doctor costumes. This zoo is amazing! It is huge and we really enjoyed ourselves! It was pretty crowded and so we definitely plan on going back at some point to check out the parts we didn't get to. We had a yummy lunch at one of the grilles. Who knew they served strawberry walnut salad at a zoo? It was fabulous! The girls had mac 'n cheese, apple chips, jello and milk. Delicious and pretty cheap too!

Checking Aunt Brittany's baby.

Our original plan was to go to Cosi where they were having a Dora and Diego exhibit but since we were leaving the zoo at 3:00 we thought the $15/person charge for Cosi wasn't worth it since they close at 5:00. Instead, Britt and Troy took us to a nearby park for some more fun! We played for a little while and then went to check into our hotel. Mya fell asleep in the car because we just decided to skip naps for the day. She was zonked!

When we got to hotel Uncle Troy carried her in and she fell right back to sleep on his shoulder and he just laid her on the bed and she slept for another hour and a half! Stella kept herself busy by coloring in the Halloween coloring book that came with our package. We eventually woke her up and went to dinner at Tommy's Pizza across the street from the Shoe. It was fabulous! Britt and Troy left us after dinner. They had to go celebrate his grandma's birthday. We got the girls ready for bed and tucked them in. It took a little bit for them to fall asleep, but once they went to sleep Wes and I watched Bridesmaids and then went to bed.
Sunday morning we had breakfast down at the hotel restaurant. The girls had pancakes, eggs, sausage links, fruit and yogurt! Wes and I also ate a huge, yummy breakfast. We complimented the hotel staff for such a wonderful experience and then loaded up the car for the drive home. It was definitely a "family fun" trip!