Saturday, August 9, 2008

Our Week at Shamrock Lodge




What a wonderful week we just spent at Shamrock Lodge on Lake Rosseau in the Muskokas. We joined my parents and my sister and her family for a week of relaxation, great food, and lots of water fun.



The resort is family run and the staff are totally kid-focused from meals delivered by young, cheerful servers, to special activities like ceramic painting and beading, to the Kids Klub staff who spend time playing with the kids for hours on end, taking them on boat rides and day trips (on a boat trip for ice cream, and an excursion to Santa's Village), and teaching them how to kayak, etc. Our three kids loved every moment of it. The parents and grandparents really appreciated the spa services (wow that hot-stone massage!), delicious meals, comfortable beds, wonderful shallow beach and water activities, and being able to relax knowing the kids were safe and having fun.


The following is a brief summary of our week in pictures, with a short heading before each set to let you know the topic (clicking on a picture will open a larger version - sometimes very large as I didn't shrink all of them!) And enjoy the cute VIDEO clip at the end - thanks to Bryanna the videographer and my sister, Kim, for her know-how in shrinking the file to a manageable size.


Enjoy!
Lianne

Pictures of Shamrock Lodge (http://www.shamrocklodge.com/)




Tubing, Kayaking, Swimming




Other Fun Activities!



Results of the Santa's Village Outing



Dining at Shamrock




Sunset Cruise on the Shamrock Pontoon Boat



Video from the Sunset Cruise


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lianne and girls, what a wonderful place that seems to be. I am glad you had fun, we had fun camping it was rainy but we survived. We are in Ottawa and having a blast. off to the pool next door. take care and enjoy thanks for starting a blog I love it and so does my sister. love ya, Shauna and MacLean xoxo

Unknown said...

Looks like a beautiful place Lianne!! And holy smokes...is that your little niece, who's not so little anymore???!!! *grin* I loved the picture of the 3 girls flopping on the bed - pure childhood innocence.

We're having fun up at our happy place this summer! Look forward to seeing you soon.

Anonymous said...

FUN!!!! I expected nothing less than a fabulous trip!! Let's face it Lianne... you always seem to pull off something amazing! You're the best mom and your life experiences with the girls, Kim and your parents are gifts! Thanks for sharing! I love it!

Come and see us soon,
Love,
Jennifer xo (and boys) xo

Alison said...

Hey Lianne,

have always wantd to do a big family vacation like that...looks like a great place!

Alison

Anonymous said...

Wish I were back there right NOW.