We had a wonderful time on vacation this past weekend! It was good to get away as a family of 5 (almost 6) and be together with old friends...almost like old times just add in 13 kids (WOW!!)
If you have never heard of, or been to the Great Wolf Lodge, it is a must! I was so impressed by their facility! I have tons of positive things to say about it...but I will spare you because you just want cute pics of the kids right?!?!
As soon as we got there, Caden was wanting to check everything out. He was running all over the lobby going nuts. "Mom look at this, mom look at this, etc." He was definitely impressed and excited!
We got there around dinner time, but had eaten such a late lunch no one was hungry, so we got to our room, changed into our suits and headed to the water park. The kids explored for about an hour then decided they were hungry. So we ordered pizza, went to the room for dinner, then baths. The boys wanted to make the story time that night, or their mom did :) We went down in our jammies, well again the boys did. We enjoyed the clock tower show and a story with Wiley.
Caden was the only one that wanted his picture taken with him.
On Friday we wanted to go to the mall for a bit. Cory needed some new shoes and pants, and I needed a few things from Motherhood. Since we were right by Grapevine Mills Mall...why not! We spent a few hours there that morning, then came back to the water park for more fun! I finally remembered to take pics, but didn't get a ton of great ones.
Cole shooting people with water from the jet ski.
Cole getting sprayed by the water.
Before you view the next ones, I must explain. While at the mall, the kids found the Disney store and of course they had all kinds of swim apparel, accessories, etc. for sale. The boys are OBSESSED with goggles and just had to have a pair for the water park. It ended up being a great purchase because they could go on the rides and not have to wipe their eyes all the time! Even if they looked very silly!
Carter riding the waves all the way in!
My two big boys riding the waves together.
The big boys loved the wave pool, and Caden really liked the lazy river. Cole just preferred to be held or stay in the little kid area by the fountain things. Caden and Carter also liked going into the fort area and riding those slides. Caden was tall enough to do the BIG KID slides with Daddy and that was great! We had to really sale it to him at first, reassure him, bribing might have been involved, who knows. But once he did it, he loved it!
Daddy took Cole up in the fort, not sure how much he liked it though.
Carter loved riding down the slides in the Fort, but he was so stinking quick to get off, I could never get a good shot of him coming down.
Snack break for Cole. He wasn't 100% himself all weekend and was so thirsty all the time!
Momma and Carter having a granola bar.
The kids did great at sleeping! Went to bed mostly on time each night, slept through the night, got up around the usual time, etc. I was afraid the bigger two would get so much play in at the water park that they might want to nap. And we all know what happens to my older two when they nap...up until well past 10pm, which is not good for a tired momma! Saturday, they rested well but didn't sleep and we went down to the water park two different times, so I knew they would be tired. That was good though because we were going to get up early on Sunday morning to leave and head to church on our way out of town. But Carter was so tired he almost didn't make it through dinner.
Carter was so tired that he fell asleep during dessert!
We got him to wake up long enough to finish his dessert and then take a few quick pics with the group!
Here is our family of 6 (notice the baby bump) after the long weekend. We had such a great time!
Another great family vacation! Can't wait for the next one, but we will have to get a bigger room:)
He decided to wave at Momma!
He spent a ton of time yawning, as if he was bored with this! So funny!
And his footprint...looks like another big footed boy!
We are so blessed to have another boy to raise! I pray God gives us the wisdom and strength to raise him well!
Start of the game, Caden probably taking it away from his teammate
Caden is actually pretty good defensively, here he is heading off the ball and getting it back for his team.
Got the ball and taking it in for a...
GOAL!!!!!!!
On Friday we wanted to go to the mall for a bit. Cory needed some new shoes and pants, and I needed a few things from Motherhood. Since we were right by Grapevine Mills Mall...why not! We spent a few hours there that morning, then came back to the water park for more fun! I finally remembered to take pics, but didn't get a ton of great ones.
Cole getting sprayed by the water.
My two big boys riding the waves together.
Carter loved riding down the slides in the Fort, but he was so stinking quick to get off, I could never get a good shot of him coming down.
Snack break for Cole. He wasn't 100% himself all weekend and was so thirsty all the time!
Momma and Carter having a granola bar.
We got him to wake up long enough to finish his dessert and then take a few quick pics with the group!
Another great family vacation! Can't wait for the next one, but we will have to get a bigger room:)
Go over to the BLOG and read more...Ryan is doing an amazing job of journaling their trial and God's hand in ALL of it! Their faith is so inspiring and encouraging! I even read one of the comments that a mom was able to share this story with her two daughters and they ended up accepting Jesus into their hearts! WOW!!! God uses us just where we are to plant seeds we are totally unaware of! 
