Going to the Lodge…

Since we all have birthdays from July-September, this year Mamaw (my grandmother), decided to treat us all to a night at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine instead of buying gifts.  I had seen pics and heard of other people who had gone a loved it.  We went last weekend and lets just say, it did not disappoint!  I think Brad and I had as much fun as the kids.  :)

This was the kids area of the hotel room.  A “Wolf Den”!  It was so cute and the kids were so excited to sleep in there.  It even had a mounted TV for them to watch while they laid in bed!

Every night at 8pm they have a story time down in the lobby where a man dressed like a park ranger comes out and reads a story to the kids.  They all go down to the lobby in their pajamas to listen to the story.

Here they are with their stuffed animals Mimi and Papaw got for them.

 

Uncle B with Brody and Tate.  They were all tired and ready for bed!

They have an indoor and outdoor water park for the kids.  We mostly stayed indoors because there was a huge area just for little kids (no one taller than 48” could play in there unless they were accompanied by a kid), so that was nice the little ones were not being run over.  They had all sorts of splash areas, small water slides and water guns.  After forcing Emmy down the first slide, we could not get her to stop going back to get in line.  They even went down the intermediate slides meant for the next age of kiddos.  Tate wanted to ride the big rapid ride, but the man said he was not tall enough yet.  He told Brad he needed to eat more fruits and veggies so he can ride it next time.  :)  I tried to get some pics, but there is water EVERYWHERE in there, so I got a few of the kids playing.

Uncle B and Brody

 

This was over by the wave pool.  The kids loved splashing and playing here.  Emmy even said it was like the ocean, without the messy sand!  :)

Waiting for the next big wave!

We got to spend some great quality time with the kids!

Emmy posing for the camera

Going out to sea…

 

Lyla even enjoyed herself…thank you to Mimi and Papaw for taking care of her most of the weekend!  She got to have a camp out in Mimi and Papaw’s room and Mimi would take her up for naps.

This is what the ride home looked like.  Lyla was so tired by about 1 Mimi and Papaw took her home, so Brad and I could stay for a few more hours with Tate and Emmy…this was about 5pm…OUT!  Thank you to Mamaw for the fun weekend!