Sunday, July 29, 2012

great wolf lodge

As a surprise, Daddy & Mommy took Brady & me to the Great Wolf Lodge for one night.  We got 2 full days of swimming, sliding, playing games, and eating.  We had such a fun time...and it was only 20 minutes away :)  And, a big thank you to Oma for keeping Brecken so that we could go!

Us checking in...
...& giving hugs! 
All ready to swim...
...& have some fun!
This place had so many water slides, a wave pool, family rides, and water tree house, water ropes course, and more.  We had so much to do and had so much fun!
That night after dinner, we got to stay up late and play some games in the arcade.  We won about 500 tickets and traded them in for "treasures." (Mommy called it junk! :))  
Here is Daddy helping me play a motorcycle game...or rather, maybe I am just riding along while he plays! :)  Either way, we both had very focused looks on our faces! :)
That evening, we were so ready for bed...lots of hours swimming, playing games, & having fun together.  And, we even had bunk beds on our room, so we thought that was pretty awesome.  
Happy Brady Boy
Sweet Averie Bug
Having fun together!
Ready for another day of fun...
Daddy & Averie
Mommy & Brady
Ropes course attempt #29....
...getting there...
...really trying...
...and she completed it!!  Yay!
Brady's attempt #314...
...crossing over...and with a little help from "Sissy" (see here at the bottom of the picture holding the pieces together)...
....he completes it!! Yay!
Smiling Brady
Smiling Averie
Wearing Daddy's shoes...
So, before heading home, we dried off and Daddy let us play some more arcade games.  We planned to each play a few games...and Daddy also played a few games.  Daddy's first game was an older game he played years ago and used to be able to win a lot of tickets...and then, handing those 500 tickets to other children.  He wanted to see if he could still win!  So, in one token goes...and he wins!  But, not tickets, but a MP3 player!  We couldn't believe it!  Then, we each played a few games.  While we helped Mommy put the tickets into the counting machine, Daddy went to play his last tokens.  On the last game, he hit the jackpot on the monster drop game...2,000 tickets!!! So, in $20 worth of tokens, we had over 2,500 tickets and a mp3 player.
Daddy & us with his jackpot win!
And, we traded in those tickets for more "treasures"...a few stuffed animals, bouncy balls, pencils, erasers, puzzles, Avengers ball, and candy!  Such a fun time!
A few more pics with some of our loot!

Then, as our last activity before heading out for dinner and picking up Brecken, we got to do a "build-a-bear" at the Great Wolf Lodge...
Brady chose a dragon...
And, Averie helping...
...she chose a girl wolf!
Us with Daddy...
Our last picture...a little blurry, but big smiles on our faces.  
We had a great time!  What a fun "trip" for us!

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