Thursday, April 29, 2010

Mini Vacation

Last week we took a rather spur of the moment mini-vacation to Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City. The kids LOVED it. Day one was a much more joyous occasion than day 2, but that's how it goes when traveling with children. As Liz would say, we were building memories. Our kids had never stayed in a hotel before, so it was thrilling to say the least. I was afraid I'd lose my camera in the water area, so there are no awesome shots of the big bucket dumping on Rachel or of Adam trying to run laps in the "lazy river".


We believe that ice cream and vacations go hand in hand.


Abby started snooping through drawers but went right to work on her bible studies as soon as she found the Gideon bible.


The kids had their own little "cabin" in our room. They didn't fight as much as I thought they would over the top bunk (Adam ended up getting it for the night).


Adam thanked Casey about 100 times for planning this trip for them. It was so sweet. :)


Adam's was extremely excited when we told him we were going to find a beach somewhere so he could look for shells. We ventured up through Mission Point to see what we could find. We found a light house, some bear tracks, and cooooold wind. Abby was not happy about that OR the sand in her shoes.


I was hoping we could go in the lighthouse, but it was closed.


Well I guess Abby is ready to go. Grump.

7 comments:

Liz K said...

what a great trip! Glad it went well! And that you built memories!:) And that lighthouse, yeah, Noah was babysat there as a kid! It was a private residence then!

Pam said...

Looks like fun! I'm with you on the ice cream thing. It's a MUST on vacation.
I really am so glad you guys got away. It really does build some awesome memories for the kiddos, even though it's tons of work for us parents.
Abby girl - I hate sand in my shoes too.

Unknown said...

That would be a great trip. When are family is a little bigger we may have to go and do that.

Laura Wells said...

Oh good memories. I've taken in my camera inside the water parks....it made it out safely....

Amanda said...

thats fantastic!

Jackie said...

Those cabin rooms looked so cool. When we went we got a regular room and I slept with earplugs to ensure a few minutes of sleep. Walking the beach looked beautiful (even if it was a little cold).

The Talberts said...

What a fun trip and a great room! Bunk beds in a hotel room?! How great.