Great Wolf Lodge

A couple of weekends ago, we went to Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, VA with Wes' mom and brother. It took us about 3 hours to get there and the kiddos were super excited when we arrived. 

If you haven't been to one of these yet (they are all over the country), you should. They're awesome. There is so much to do and the rooms are really nice. We had a GREAT time. 

We started off on Saturday by having a lunch in the room before heading down to the indoor/outdoor water park (which is HUGE and AH-mazing!) for the rest of the afternoon.

Sorry, but we didn't get any pics the first day in the water park, but we did later on that evening at Story Time, which is done in the lobby each night and tons of kids head down in their PJs with their parents to listen.

Then, it was off to sleep in our king sized, log bed. G and V loved it.
Sunday morning, we walked around and explored the resort before grabbing some coffee and muffins and heading back up to the room.

We swam for about an hour in the morning.

One of cutest activities there was a kid-sized bowling alley. The balls were extra small (smaller than duckpin) and the lanes were shorter with bumpers on the gutters. It was awesome. See videos of them bowling HERE.

 

 We ate lunch upstairs and then got ready for an afternoon of water park fun!

Paxton was out of the water for the most part (he went in a few times for a few minutes).

We ended our Great Wolf Lodge stay by getting balloon animals in the lobby (which both popped by the time we made it to the car).

Before we got back on the road, we ate at one of my fav breakfast spots- IHOP.

 

 The twins were terribly worn out and fell asleep about 3.5 minutes after we got in the car. It was an incredibly fun weekend and we will definitely be going again!

Today

Today, the twins went to school and Wes and I took Pax down to my sister and her fiancé's house in Roanoke, VA. My mom was already down visiting my sister, so we got to see her, too. We hung out at their house and then drove up to Valhalla Winery for a picnic overlooking the mountains.

Daddy-Daughter Date

Also before we left for our lake vacation, Wes had the pleasure of taking Miss Vivian out on a Daddy-Daughter date all by themselves. They went to the movies and had "a really good time," according to Vivi.

They even got popcorn (a first for Vivian)!

 

1st Barber's Shop Trip

Before we left for our Smith Mountain Lake vacation, Wes took Gavin to the barber's shop for the first time. He loved every second of it (which is odd because he hates it when we cut his hair).

He even got some red dye sprayed in his hair, which he loved.

He thought he was a "cool dude!

A Sneak Peek

 

 

I'll be back to blogging on Sunday!

The Start of Our Vacay

We headed out to Smith Mountain Lake this morning for our Second Annual (hopefully) Family Lake Vacation. After we packed and loaded the car (how do people with more kids do it?), we were on our way!

Pax fell asleep first (no big surprise). In fact, he's been such an AMAZING traveler with us this summer.

G & V swore that they were NOT going to take a nap. They both were unable to stay awake for the whole drive (which was only about 2.5 hours, by the way).

We made it to the rental property office in record time, picked up the keys, and drove over to our house.

So excited about this week! Let the vacation begin!

Little Shoppers

Gavin and Vivian love to play anything and everything having to do with pretending to be in the real world. Dressing up, putting on pretend make up, filling up his fire truck at the gas station (i.e. the dresser in the living room), and playing mail carrier are all some of their favorite things to do. Lately, we've been playing "taxi and store." I drive a taxi with two seats in the back and take them to the store, where Wes works. They give him their money and buy things from him and then get back in the taxi to either go home for a nap or go to a different store. They will play this game FOR HOURS. The other night, Gavin decided to "get a job" at Wes' store while Vivian shopped. 

 I just love these kids.

Grandparent Eye Candy

Paxton Marshall

August 1, 2012

10 weeks old