Great Wolf Lodge

Back in the fall, Wally's assistant golf coach gave him a gift certificate for a one-night stay at their timeshare at Great Wolf Lodge in the Wisconsin Dells. With our Disney vacation and then baseball season starting up, we hadn't found the time to go. The certificate was going to expire at the end of September and with the new baby on the way and school and golf season starting up again in August, we just weren't sure when we were going to be able to go. We finally found a free weekend after Wally's baseball team lost in the regional finals...luckily we were able to book a last minute trip!

We have never been to the Great Wolf, but the kids were SUPER excited - they love waterparks! We went Saturday - Monday and it was perfect. Most kids were still in school so it wasn't super busy. We were able to get into our room 4 hours early!



Saturday was an absolutely gorgeous day outside, but unfortunately the pool water was just not warm enough! The splash pad areas were ok for a bit, but there was no way any of us were going in the pool. Luke tried to last but it was just too cold.

 





We were able to enjoy a snack outside though!











There was plenty to do in the 3 indoor waterparks though!









I couldn't even tell you how many times Luke did this!





As always, this girl was her super brave self in the water!







And this guy loves the slides! Big and small - doesn't matter!





After convincing me that he would be ok on this slide, I gave in. I was a very nervous momma watching him come down, but he loved it!





Luke was excited to be able to do this one on his own!



And Paige was able to go with Wally - she loved it! As soon as they came down, she said "Let's do it again!".





They raced down!



Goofy!





Sunday morning we decided to go on the "world famous" duck tour! All I can say is, at least we did it once, but we won't waste our money again!





The kids enjoyed some fancy umbrella drinks at dinner Sunday night...



That is until Luke fell asleep - ha!



He woke up ready to go to the gameroom though (of course)!



We met some characters and just had a really great weekend!

Key Lime Cove 2014

For the last 3 years, we have gone to a waterpark for a night over President's Day weekend.  It's sort of our "last hurrah" before Wally begins the baseball season.  The first two year we went to Key Lime Cove in Gurnee.  It really is just perfect for us as far as distance and what they have there.  Last year, I dropped the ball and didn't make reservations in time so we tried a different waterpark and it was a disaster!

We decided not to go this year though since we had just gone to Disney and did a beach trip in August, but then Wally won pretty big on a Super Bowl Square and he immediately went to the computer to book a night at Key Lime Cove!  What a nice Daddy to spend his winnings at a waterpark!  He admitted he was sad that we weren't going to go this year, and honestly so was I.

So...off we went!  But first we stopped at Aunt Stacey's to help celebrate her birthday with my parents! We also left Nala there overnight too!







Paige caught a nap on the way to Key Lime Cove!



Our room wasn't ready yet when we arrived so we headed straight to the water!  Obviously a waterpark isn't the best place for a camera, so I pulled my phone out a few times over the weekend for some quick pics and video!









The kids enjoyed the arcade area on Sunday morning!














We won a lot of tickets!



We checked out and headed back for some more swimming!









Luke loved this purple slide - he is up there somewhere!











A snowstorm was on the forecast for that day and they weren't kidding!  It took us 2 hours to get to Stacey's to get Nala.  Luckily the kids slept that whole way!



But then it took us another 2 hours to get home.  Everyone was antsy at that point - even Nala!  Thank goodness for DVD players in the car!  We probably shouldn't have stayed so long at Key Lime Cove on Sunday, but the kids were loving it!



This was our best year yet at a waterpark.  It was so nice to have no diapers to worry about (obviously that won't be the case again soon!) and both kids love the water and all of the slides.  I'm so glad we didn't miss out on our fun family weekend this year!

And some video of the fun!

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