Great Wolf Lodge

We started our Spring Break a wee bit early. We surprised Harper on Thursday morning and had our bags packed ready to head to Dallas. Harper got to play hooky from school and he was so excited!! As soon as we got in the car he began asking, "How much longer?!" I think he would now say that the trip was worth the 4 hours in the car. We hit the jackpot in Fairfield, TX. There was a Sonic with a HUGE playground....SO awesome. It was gated and had a covered pavilion with picnic tables. We played there for over an hour and ate lunch. The boys were exhausted and napped the rest of the way to Dallas.

We arrived at Great Wolf Lodge around 2pm and our room was ready! Check in was not until 4 but you can use the water park at 1pm. We were excited to see our room and then headed straight to the pool. The park is an 84 -degree indoor water park. The kids splashed around in the kiddie area and wave pool until about 6. It was a little nerve racking the first hour. It is hard to keep your eye on 4 kids in the water!! Since the kids didn't get a full nap we ate dinner and then put them to bed at their usual 7pm bedtime. I stayed in the dark room while Cam and Harper went to the arcade for an hour. Then we switched and I took Harper to the water park until it closed at 9pm. We had so much fun, just the 2 of us. I can't tell you the last time we did something this fun, alone. We swam 50+ laps in lazy river, it had just enough current that he was able to "swim." I could hardly keep up. My feet were raw the next day from pushing off of the bottom! We all slept great that night!!

The next morning we woke up and headed to meet the Beals for breakfast. We opted for the sprinkled donuts, don't judge, we were on vacation!! They have 3 girls and we have 4 boys, so SEVEN kids between us!! We lived next door to them when we first got married and lived in Waco. We have always kept in touch and usually see them throughout the year, but #3 and #4 have slowed us down a little bit!!

We spent the rest of the day splashing around in the pools with our kiddos. Harper and Brookelyn hit it off immediately and had the best time in the wave pool. Before we left the lodge we took turns watching all of the kids while the couples went and rode the Howlin Tornado and Alberta Falls. It was fun to get some kid free time even if it was only for 10 minutes.

We left the lodge and drove to Lucas where Courtney and Bailey recently moved. We couldn't wait to finally catch up and actually talk. I told Cam it felt like we hadn't really talked with them yet, (even though we spent the entire day together) we were just "talking at them." I guess that is what happens when you are responsible for seven kiddos!

I love Courtney and Bailey for so many reasons, but they are probably one of the only families that we could go of vacation with and it still feel like a vacation with all of our kiddos. The kids were SO SO SO good and we even lost an hour of sleep because of daylight savings. They played really well together which made it really nice. We stayed at their house for the rest of the weekend and played with every toy inside and outside! My boys were in heaven with so many new toys to explore.

The Beals were gracious hosts, super cooks, and had the most precious girls!! We left their house completely turned upside down!! It was certainly a sign of a good time! Until next time...