Great Wolf Lodge

Go to Great Wolf Lodge. We had a great time there. It is a perfect family oriented vacation. We were able to check in Sunday at 1:00 and stay all day Monday. There are lots of really fun and cool things about it. However, if you could avoid going when you are almost 8 months pregnant, I would recommend it. :)

Here are some highlights from our stay. These are in no particular order.

1. We went with my sister, Alyssa, and her family and my parents. We all stayed in a big room that had 3 queen size beds and a full size pull out couch. It was fun to stay together! Carley got to sleep alone with Lauren and thought that was really cool.

2. at 8:00 each night all the kids go to the lobby for story time and clock tower show. The girls thought this was so neat!

3. The water park is about 85% indoors. I am a sun-lover so I hated not getting tan, but it was SO nice not to have to worry about the weather, the heat, or sunscreen. The girls (and Cody) lasted much longer because it wasn't so hot.

4. They issued everyone plastic wristbands very similar to what you wear in the hospital. There was a chip in there that worked as a room key too! It was so nice not to have to worry about keeping up with key cards or wallets. Also, it was nice to know that if any of the girls got separated from us, their wrist band would let them know who they belonged to.

5. They had a huge play area that was just for smaller kids. Carley and Cam enjoyed this several times when they wanted a break from having to be watched so closely.

6. In two of the pools, there were huge floating animals the kids could climb on. They also had a Lily Pad game that the kids all tried to cross. All 3 girls crossed it before we left. Lauren did it all by herself. She worked so hard! Cam and Carley had help from us.

7. There is a 1000 gallon bucket that dumps every few minutes. It is the first thing you see when you walk in. The girls laughed every time it dumped!

8. You can't go to the water park unless you stay at the resort. This made it special because everyone was a guest.

9. The FOOD- The restaurants were great. When you checked in you could go ahead and prepay for some of the meals if you wanted. It was nice because if you prepaid, adults ate for kid's prices. This saved our family of 6 adults and 3 kids a lot of money! The food was delicious too!!!! Carley was so exhausted that she fell asleep at the dinner table

10. There were HUGE slides that were fun for kids and adults. It was so nice to be somewhere that was so safe and so fun for everyone!

11. It was all for families. It was really nice to be on a vacation where it was all families. There weren't young couples making out everywhere or people that just wanted to layout and looked annoyed when your kid splashed them. There were people of all ages and sizes there and I seriously didn't hear any foul language the entire trip. It was nice to know that everyone was looking out for all the kids there.

12. There was a magic quest game that was played all over the huge hotel. It is hard to explain, but basically the kids ran around with a wand following clues to different treasures. Our three little girls had lots of fun waving the wand and making things appear!

While in Keller, we stayed with Alyssa's family. As always, they were perfect hosts. We had such a good time together. I got to see some extra special favorite people as well. My cousins from my dad's side met for lunch on Saturday. My cousins from my mom's side saw eachother on Sunday morning. I got to see some special friends at Richland Hills on Saturday night was well.