Great Wolf Lodge

July 2nd-3rd. Kaelyn sold so many cookies again this year that she was #2 in her troop and won a trip to Great Wolf lodge again with her scout friend Ashley. This year there were so many scouts going that they ran out of room and offered to those that wanted to go on their own a gift card that they could use. We opted for this because the trip was originally planned on the first weekend in June when I was gone and KK had her gym banquette. We decided to go on the 2nd option which was July 2nd weekend. I decided that I would take Jake and Jessie with me as well. Jake has never been and so we turned it into a mini vacation. We got a room with Ashley and her mom and us. We had enough money from the 2 gift cards to not only get entrance into the water park but also to do several other activities. Each of the kids was able to build an animal at the build a wolf store. Jake chose a dragon, Jessie a horse and Kaelyn and Ashley chose a wolf. they each picked out an outfit. They also decorated t-shirts or bags, and did the quest game, which we ran out of time to complete. So they can take their wands with us next time we go and try to finish it then. We were in and out of the water park and all the kids had a blast. we even got Jake to go down the twister slide 2. He was pretty freaked out after the first time but I told him it was always better the 2nd time because you knew what to expect. so he tried it again and still did not like it, although he did finish with a smile on his face. We could have totally stayed another day to play but needed to head home on Sunday evening. On our way home we stopped and picked up some fireworks. Traffic was terrible and it took us a while to get home. We had a great trip.