Little Vacation

We just got back from a fun little trip to the new Great Wolf Lodge down in Centralia. It's about 1.5 hours from Seattle and is a giant indoor waterpark. Needless to say, the kids had a blast and it was fun having Grams there, too, to help out. On the first day, before Matt arrived, I ventured into the wave pool with both kids (in life vests) -- as we tackled the waves, Daniel's noggin knocked me in the face resulting in the lovely purple bruise below my eye. The kids really did enjoy the slides, water play, and wave pool throughout. Matt and I rode the Howling Tornado twice -- a great water slide! The place also has a game called MagiQuest where you buy a wand and do quests and adventures throughout the lodge. Daniel and Matt probably hiked about 5 miles through the lodge, up and down stairs, etc. trying to complete all the quests and adventures to make Daniel a Master Magi. He did it - with a bit of help from Daddy with the Dragon Adventure and Bear Adventure.

The house is coming along very quickly -- they expect to have all the framing done by Saturday. The new windows have been installed throughout. It's looking great!