Well we finally took a vacation...a WEEK long!!! I haven't taken a week long of vacation since Tracy and I had our honeymoon 3 years ago (unless you count maternity leave, but I don't because that was NO vacation)!!
We started off the vacation by going to a place on the outskirts of Dallas called Great Wolf Lodge.
We had heard many good things about this place from Brian & Denise, as well as Kim & Lauren so we decided to give it a try. Let me tell you, it was an amazing place, and I really wish we had had more time to spend there. We got there on Sunday at lunch which was when we could start checking in and left about the same time the next day. Great Wolf Lodge is a huge indoor water park at a climate controlled 84 degrees, which let me tell you with the week long heat wave of 100 degrees or more each day, this place felt wonderful.
We started the time by going to the room and changing immediately. Abby felt the need to model her new swim suit for us!
Riley decided to test the waters and see how she liked it...of course she did!
We then kind of split off. Riley & Abby stayed with Tracy so that Austin and I could go and do more daredevil rides (i.e. really huge slides). Apparently Abby really likes the water (which we knew). The kids area had a beach like entry and she would crawl until she was under water and then pick her self up and keep crawling. I guess she isn't afraid. She even went down a little person slide. Riley has grown so much with the water from last year to this year. She went down several slides and had a blast in the wave pool.
We took a break from swimming to do many things. One was playing in the arcade...how could the kids walk by and not want to play games!
There was this really cool 'game' called MagiQuest. You bought a wand and then went on quests throughout the 8 story lodge. When you solved your clues you would find it in the lodge and wave your wand at it and it would tell you things or the next thing to do. I participated in this Sunday night for a bit and after climbing 7 stories and while holding Abby (who I might add fell asleep during all of this) I decided to bail. Riley lasted a little longer and then Austin and Tracy came back to the room ......4 hours later! It really is an addictive activity and Austin was a Master Magi by the time we were through.
Riley, Abby and I got some chill time while Austin was magic playing and Tracy was loading the vehicle before we left on Monday. It was an amazing place and we definitely needed another day!
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