Great Wolf Lodge

September 21st we headed down to Colorado Springs to spend Thursday and Friday at Great Wolf Lodge. I picked up Wyatt at 11:30 as usual and then grabbed Ethan as well. Ethan was super sad because later that day he was supposed to have a read aloud cuddle time in class and he was super excited for it. So when we pulled him out early he started crying a little. He wasnt even super excited when we told them where we were going. He did eventually cheer up when we got to our destination. Then he said it was better than doing his read aloud at school. We were glad he was finally happy about it. They gave us wolf ears and the boys were so excited about that too.

We got a suite this time that had bunk beds and another twin bed as well as our bed. Our bed was in its own separated bedroom.

Emmett was terrified of the wave pool at first. Which I believe was because of his experience at the beach in California when he and Brandon were taken down by a wave. So at first he was super scared of the wave pool and didn't want to go in farther than his ankles. haha After a while of trying to get him to conquer his fear he was less scared and had more fun with it. Still didn't really want to go very far unless he was being held but at least he wasn't crying when we went in by the time we left. haha

The most ginormous ice cream Sunday ever!! haha We barely ate any of it. The kids didn't care to eat it they just wanted to play. Brandon and I ate some of it but man we are lightweights. haha We didn't even eat down to the cup. It was pretty funny! Oh well.. It was fun and the kids thought it was awesome except for not really wanting to eat it. haha










Wyatt was super excited to do some rock climbing.

I love Emmetts nervous face. He gets so shy and when the guy was putting on his harness he was super nervous. 

Look at that cutie pie!

They had a lot of fun. Emmett got higher than I anticipated him going. Wyatt was not going to give up.

After climbing that rock wall a ton of times Wyatt was getting pretty tired! haha

Ethan loved the ropes course. He wanted to keep doing it over and over again. He like the ropes course way better than the rock wall.

Wyatt almost didn't get to do the ropes course. The first night he tried it the person working it said he was too little. One of the guys that worked there told us to try again the next day when someone else was working the station. So we tried the next day and they let him off no questions asked. He was so happy to get to go on the ropes course. He had been super bummed the night before because he wasn't able to. So we were happy someone new was running it.




So much fun bowling! 

We all had a blast. The boys had so much fun and we got an adventure pass this time which gave us unlimited bowling, rock climbing, ropes course and mini golf. It was a lot of fun and Wyatt had a blast climbing the rock wall. He was very persistent and wouldn't give up till he made it to the top. Then he would do it all over again. Emmett even tried it once. Ethan liked the ropes course better then the rock wall. Ethan also got brave and tried out the wolf tail slide which is a drop off in the very beginning. After going on it one time he wanted to keep going on it. Wyatt had fun going on the slides that he was big enough to. Next time we will have to go when Emmett is tall enough to go on the bigger slides too. By the time we left the kids were all tired and ready to sleep in the car on the way home. We had a ton of fun as a family and were able to spend some time with the Willey's. It was a great weekend.

Starting off September right

September was a good month. We had lots of fun being outside and spending time with our crazy kids.

Emmett loves to do the mini bowling at Scheels. He makes some pretty good faces too! haha

Emmett took some pictures of me on my phone. haha

Then he wanted me to take pictures of him. haha

In cub scouts we took the boys to the firestation. (I am a den leader) The kids had a blast and we had one of our ward members who is a fireman to give us the tour. It was great!

Ethan thought it was pretty awesome to sit in the firetruck and get the fireman suite on.

We decided to take advantage of the nice weather and go golfing with the boys. We figured it would be a good idea to walk the 9 holes with the boys.

It was not a good idea. They complained the whole time. haha So we decided that it was not worth saving the money on carts with these kids. They were way too whiny.

After golfing we went to lunch with the boys at firehouse. It was delicious as usual.

Then later that day Brandon and I took off to go to a basketball game with a bunch of friends.

It was a fun evening. We dont really enjoy watching basketball but it was fun with all of our friends.

Emmett has been obsessed with sticking his belly out and saying there is a baby inside. Pretty funny! haha

Now that the kids are in school I have been able to take Emmett out on some good one on one time. So we went to the library for some story time.

Ethan and Wyatt were able to take part in fun runs for school this year. They started with a 1k and Wyatt and Ethan were super excited to do it. Of course it was the hottest day of the week and in the high 80's. So the kids were super hot by the end.

They did a great job and were excited to do the next one.

Then a little more park time with just Emmett. Emmett loves going to the twin silos park so when we go to a park that is the one we go to.

It was super hot this particular day so after the park we grabbed some blended cream drinks from starbucks before heading to pick up Wyatt from school.