Great Wolf Lodge 2014

We promised the kids we would go to Great Wolf Lodge in May. We went with our good friends, the Ellis family, and had so much fun. This picture shows the kids when we first got into our room and they all had their wolf ears on. The room was perfect as it had three beds in the kids cabin and Dakota slept in her pack-in-play. We got settled in our room, changed into our suits, and headed straight for the water park. The kids loved everything: the lazy river, the slides, the wave pool, and hanging out with their friends. Drew and Brian were able to ride all of the big slides together while we watched the younger kids. We headed to dinner that night at Fuddrucker's and went back to the hotel for storytime. The 3 big kids got into their pjs while David put Dakota to bed. The kids loved the storytime even though the animals were mechanical and a bit creepy. Dilan and Drake took a picture with Sami the squirrel and then went to bed. Drew pulled me aside and asked me if I would go back to the waterpark and ride the big slides with him. We had half an hour until it closed and I was tired, but I dug deep and chose to spend this valuable time with Drew. It was so worth it! We put back on wet cold suits and headed to the adventure ahead. We were able to ride all 5 big slides together right before they closed for the night at 9 p.m. I was so grateful for that time together because it was me and Drew screaming down the slides and I will never forget his smile and the excitement on his face. It was so memorable. After we left the water park, the place was pumping. We explored all of the stores and found the wand shop. Luckily, they were selling the wands and including a free game so Drew chose the black wand and we looked forward to doing the MagiQuest the next day. Friday morning we ate breakfast and started the MagiQuest as a family. Dakota went back to the room to take a nap and I took the kids to do more of the game. Then, we headed to the waterpark when we needed to check out and had so much fun well into the afternoon. It was definitely worth the trip and we hope to make it a tradition every year!