Great Wolf Lodge

This weekend Me & Ryder along with some friends took a trip to Great Wolf Lodge.  We got there about 10:00 Saturday morning and headed straight to the water park!

 

I wish I could have taken pictures of the kids playing and having so much fun in the water…but expensive cameras and splashing water aren’t the best combination so you’ll just have to take my word for it!  I wasn’t sure how Ryder would feel about the water park, but he really surprised me.  He was still his super-cautious self, always holding my hand or having me carry him through, but he really tolerated it well.  He was just skeptical of all the buckets of water falling from above, or the fountains squirting everywhere, but as long as I had his hand he was fine.  Which was FINE with me!  It made me scared to think of Maisy in a place like this, she’d probably be trying to run loose! 

After a few hours at the water park we took a lunch break and let the kids play on the outdoor playground.  Once we checked in our room the kids ran wild like kids do in a new place!

Mikayla took a break to lounge under the lounge chair on the balcony.

 

And Ryder took a break to love on Nicki, he’s always trying to charm her.

I think we were wishing all the kids would lay down for a nap, but there was no way that was happening, so back to the waterpark we went!  Ryder had no desire to get back in, so me & him headed to the arcade.  The best thing about going to an arcade with a 3 year old…you don’t have to spend any money and they don’t even realize it!  He gets on and off of everything so fast, it doesn’t even dawn on him that we never put a token in! 

After that it was dinner time.  Instead of spending a fortune at the restaurants at the resort, we found the nearest Chic-Fil-A!  After that…back to the water park!  Ryder again wasn’t interested in going back, neither was Jelena, so we took the boys back to the arcade and did a little shopping.

Then we met the rest of the crew back at the rooms to get in our pajamas and head down for story time.  This was really the cutest thing, everyone comes down in their pajamas to watch a show and then have story time by the fire place. 

Staci, Raegan, Lindsay, Madalynn, Nicki, Mikayla, Jelena, Owen, Catherine, & Ally.

 

 

We didn’t take a group picture until we were about to leave…so this was the best we could get!  Six tired Momma’s trying to snap a picture of 6 tired kids!

We had a really great trip, it was a fun-filled time away with friends! 

Maisy was hanging out at her Nana retreat with her new friend Lexi while we were away! 

Vacations are fun for everyone but it’s always nice to get back home together and relax with the family!