The house is set up great. The bedrooms are all on one side of the house, so sleeping is pretty quiet. And on the other side of the home is the game/play area with the adjoining hot tub and fireplace.

We have 3 married daughters and 5 young grandchildren ages 1-8 years old. We have been going on family vacations every year for the past decade, frequently to a different location. We have learned that there are a few requirements that a home has to have. First of all, we need a large living area where we can all congregate, plenty of sofas and chairs for everyone, a dining table to accommodate everyone and then something the adults can do for entertainment (besides TV) during nap time and early bed time, and probably one of the more important items - King size beds for the adults! Before I say anything more, the beds are very comfortable. You can't have fun on a vacation if no one is sleeping well. The house had all of this plus more!

There are 2 tables that accommodate 20 people, one by the main kitchen that we used in the morning and one in the recreation area that we used at night. Both rooms, actually every room, has amazing, breathtaking views with an outdoor patio.

One night we had s'mores at the indoor fireplace and sat around in their amazing rocking chairs and talked followed by a family game of "Texas Hold 'em" at the poker table, aka kids game table during the day. Another night we had a family movie night in the movie room, there is a supply of about 50 -75 movies to choose from, with popcorn of course. Another night the men had a pool competition that lasted until 2:00 am while the ladies played Mahjong.

Just a funny story: It is hard to occupy the energy of a one year old, but Hadleigh had a blast. The Maney's had this low table that has about 6 different bins containing travel size shampoos, hairspray, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes. (So very generous of them to supply these items!) Anyway, Hadleigh's favorite pastime was to take the hairspray and walk up this little ramp, into the recreational area with her pink purse over her shoulder. She did this a thousand times, and by the end of the week she graduated to the shampoos. I do apologize to the Maney's, I hope we found all of them! But Hadleigh had a blast!

Another item worth mentioning is the co-ordinator, Beverly Wichman. She was so flexible in accommodating my children's travel times coming to the Chateau. It started the week off great! Thank-you Maney'