Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Spring Break Tuesday - Hilton DFW Lakes

Barrett and Brody really enjoyed the great beds at the Hilton DFW Lakes on our Spring Break trip>  Barrett does a body slam on Brody.
Daddy Steve and Brody
Daddy Steve and Barrett
Ann treated us to a full breakfast at the Hilton restaurant.  It was a great breakfast and so much fun seeing Ann first thing in the morning.  The Hilton staff treated us like royalty!!!  Ann's smile looks much more natural than Brody and Barretts!
After breakfast, the three of us went fishing on Hilton's lake.  They provided the fishing rods and tackle box full of fishing gear.  Brody and Barrett enjoyed casting but the closest they came to catching a fish was the turtle that swam by.
Brody and Barrett came up with a game called the "Decoration Game."  Whenever we walked down the hotel halls, they had to jump from one paisley decoration on the carpet to the other.  If they missed they would fall into the "fire" and burn up.  Of course, they made me do it too.  Silly but fun!
Once we got to our room, Brody and Barrett would have to take turns opening the door.  The Hilton now uses proximity keys instead of card readers.  They loved unlocking the door!
Nest on the agenda - raquetball.    Barrett could be dangerous with the raquet!
Brody in his baseball stance - ready to play raquetball.
Steve posing for a photo on the court.
Another fun thing to do was ride up and down the 9 floors in the Hilton elevator.
  
We ate at Sonic in Grapevine because that is where Ann worked when she was in High School.
This might be a real smile for Brody!
Barrett gave me his "real" smile.
Neither boy wanted to take a nap, but when they laid down to rest for a minute, they were out like a pop up fly in the ninth inning.
Brody taking a very rare nap!
Once they awake from their nap they were back in full motion!
We walked back over to Austin Ranch to see what we could do over there.
This is Barrett riding a bucking rooster at Austin Ranch.
Ann told us about the horshoes at Austin Ranch.  Barrett was the expert thrower!
 
 
They loved looking out of the 9th floor hotel window!
We drove across the Grapevine Dam as one of our adventures.
And as we passed the train station, the boys really wanted to ride the train.  It was time for the train to go to bed!

2 comments:

Leave It To Davis said...

We had some of that popcorn chicken one night and we must have gotten some that was left under the heat lamp for hours because it was so tough, it almost broke our teeth!!!

Ann Hastings said...

What a fun day :)