Christmas Friends visit

On December 15th one of my closest friends in Japan, Roxanne, came for a visit with Christmas gifts and good cheer. Grampa babysat so Gramma, Roxanne and I could go out for sushi like old times. Gramma got to know Roxanne when she visited Japan in 1997. The following day, we rested up and started packing for the highlight of the month...a Christmas adventure at:

Niagara's Great Wolf Lodge

Frunty and Pit's first viewing of the famous falls along with hours of fun in the lodge's water park where the rides were extraordinarily fun and even mama could not get enough of shooting down all the rapids. Without reading anything about the place, we went on the Vortex ride very first of all which happens to be the scariest. No wonder we screamed our heads off. Frunty and Pit took turns getting stuck and needing to be rescued within the tubes of the Grizzly Falls ride. Mama needed to rest in the hot tub outside a few times with the snow coming down around here and the steam rising up. Heavenly. What a super fun place. Another highlight was being upgraded into a room with a cabin and fireplace inside as well as our own kitchenette where I prepared all the meals. But tied for best of all perhaps was the Magic Quest the boys enjoyed throughout the hotel with their wands. They ran around "buddy system style", following the clues and exploring the hidden treasures...for hours. But were excellent about checking back with me at appointed times to make sure all was well.

Thanks to Gramma and Grampa for taking us to such a magical place which was decorated beautifully for the Christmas season. Although we all miss Papa an awful lot, it sure helps to have these adventures so thanks ever so much! Hope you had fun too!