Great Wolf Lodge

We went on a fun vacation this week to the Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, Washington. We took advantage on Justin's days off of school to go with eleven other families (mostly from our softball league) to the fun indoor water park. We got a screaming deal on a group rate. This place was amazing! We had so much fun!

There was something for everyone! Tyler had a blast in the pools. There was a fun splash pool for toddlers. In this picture you can see me with Ty on the jet ski spraying Rob H. and Ethan on the other jet skis. Around every corner, there was another fun water feature to spray or splash or dump water EVERYWHERE!

I think this picture is so funny. Travis is playing basketball with Justin just out of reach of Tyler who is balancing for dear life on that floating acorn. He stayed frozen there for about five minutes until Travis finally turned around to save him.
Yes, Mr. Beaver was a favorite and the lily pads behind them were hilarious! The kids hold onto some netting above to jump their way across the pool. Travis decided to try it and really put on a show. I wish I had that one on video. Needless to say, Justin was the winner!
Justin was so brave! He ran from water slide to water slide and from the wave pool to the tree house. There were 7 friends there his age and they all had so much fun running around together. Travis talked Justin into riding on the Howling Tornado water slide. It was the tallest water slide and the scariest. He went on it twice and I was amazed! I screamed my head off when I went down it for the first time. Think of being flushed down the toilet...yep, but better. After the first time, we couldn't get enough of it. I loved that we had so many friends there so we could trade off watching kids as the adults went down the bigger slides. So fun!

Tyler said the wave pool was his favorite part. He floated for hours on those ocean waves. It was so nice to have them both in life jackets so we could just let them bob around and have fun.

Here the boys are finishing up a puzzle after they listed to story time and went on a Dr. Seuss trick or treating hunt with riddles and a map. Besides the indoor water park, the lodge has fun cabin-themed rooms, 6 restaurants to eat,several shops, an arcade, spa, gaming/internet room, kids cub club craft room, an animatronic clock tower story time each night and board games in the lobby to play. It was fun to have a one-stop vacation. We loved it! We did drive down the street to eat a couple of meals, but other than that we just stayed and played until we were exhausted!

I love this picture of Justin catching the waves. The time just flew by and before we knew it, it was time to go. We stayed for one night and played for two days. None of us wanted to leave and the boys asked if they could stay there forever. I said, "Well, maybe not forever, but we'll definitely come back someday!" I sure hope so. Does anyone else want to come with us?