Great Wolf Lodge

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:)

Praise Report

Check out this pic I stole from Ryan and Kaci's blog! Doesn't she look wonderful! She is feeling better and got to go to a regular room last night! Praise God for his goodness! She is apparently being sarcastic again, so the typical Reid is coming out of her, thank God for that!
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!

We had a hard time going on vacation while the family was hurting, but we know that we will all get to go one day soon! The 5 of us had a great time and I will post pics of the trip soon!

Continue to pray for Kaci and Ryan, the kids, John and Deena, etc. If you want to send them a card or something, Ryan posted their church address, or you can send it to me and I will get it to her! Thanks to so many of you who are checking on them, us, etc. Your comments, fb posts, texts, emails, etc. are appreciated!

Keep Praying for Kaci

Kaci has had a really rough week! Please pray for her healing, but also pray for strength for Ryan as he helps care for her in the hospital, patience for him and John and Deena as they are at home caring for the kids (all 3). Most importantly pray for the doctors for wisdom and guidance! Thank you for caring for our family! Check out their BLOG for updates!

Easter 2010

"He is not here, He has risen!" Luke 24:6

Thank you LORD!

"We believe that Jesus died and rose again so we belive that God will bring with Jesus thos who have fallen asleep in him." 1Thessalonians 4:14

Happy Easter from the Reid Family

Play Park

It finally got warm last week so we got to go to the park! So for those who say I never blog anymore, here a few pics of the kids at the park!

Why I Now Gate Off the Kitchen

Cole is seriously now the biggest menace of all! He is into EVERYTHING and I do mean EVERYTHING! You all have seen the make up incident, but it just keeps getting messier! I now have to gate off the kitchen because he helps himself to whatever he wants! On this particular day, he got staples out of the desk drawer, paper from the printer, pot holders from the drawer, climbed onto the island and bit into every apple in the fruit bowl, and finally helped himself to these crackers.

Look what I got momma!

Busted son...but yet he is so proud!

Spring Break Fun

Finally on Friday of Spring Break, I got the kids out of the house for some fun. We met my dad at the Omniplex, or Science Museum, whatever it is called! The big boys loved it! I really didn't get to take them around too much, they were glued to my dad's hip! I was so glad he joined us because that allowed me to just chase Cole around for the day! It was so much fun and we really only went to three of the main areas, so we will be going back soon!

The boys just had to be astronauts! They are now obsessed with space stuff and we didn't even hit all the space areas.

This was most likely the favorite spot. We easily spent 45 minutes total in the train area. They watched the electric trains go around and around. Caden demanded he get one for the house immediately and was quite ticked when I told him no!

They loved the freedom to run, climb, and play. Here is Caden up high in the tree house.

In this area Cole was able to run free and mostly stay out of trouble!

Carter didn't want me taking his picture, so I had to sneak this one in.

We got creative with the face paint! Caden was impressed he drew a train track on his head!

While Carter wanted to look like Daddy!

Prayers for Kaci

Just in case you haven't heard, Cory's sister, Kaci needs our prayers! She is going in today for a brain biopsy. They found a mass in her brain last week and they believe it is cancer. They aren't 100% sure what type so we don't know much about treatment options until then. Click on over to their BLOG and leave them some encouragement and watch for updates. We will also be updating on facebook so you can check there too! Thanks prayer warriors!

UPDATES: Ryan is posting updates today so click on over to read them!