After Great Wolf lodge it was time to live the country life for a while. Drinking coffee on the front porch, riding the four wheeler, driving the tractor, playing in the mud, and shooting guns (yes, we teach them young) just to name a few of the things we did this week. Jason even shot a wild hog to put more meat in our freezer.
Wow, what a place! They definitely got the kid friendly idea perfected. Indoor waterpark, bedtime story at the clock tower, Magiquest interactive game, candy shop, and arcade. The lodge scored big points with me by having a Starbucks on location, it helped ease the pain of enduring the waterpark for 4 days. While we were there they evacuated the entire hotel down into the waterpark level and stairwells for a tornado warning, ahhh the smell of hundreds of chlorine drenched bodies squeezed together, good times. If you look close, in the first picture you can see the bucket that dumps 1,000 gallons of water every 10 minutes. Rachel got her picture taken with Wylie, after the bedtime story. Highly recommended hotel, no need to stay any longer than a couple of days. After Sea World and Great Wolf, I'm good to go with anything to do with water. Next stop, the ranch, also known as Pawpaw and Nana's.
We started our 3 week adventure at Sea World San Antonio. Shamu still gives me chills. We got to hand feed dolphins, which was totally awesome. Did I mention we got to hand feed dolphins. Next stop, Great Wolf Lodge Grapevine (insert your own wolf howl here).
We are headed to the great Lone Star State for 3 weeks. I don't plan on updating our blog until we get back. See y'all later!
Rachel had a wonderful dance recital! Enjoy the shared video (thanks to the Canlas') and more pictures coming soon. In the video, Rachel is front and center, just in case you couldn't find her in the group, haha. Don't forget to pause the music at the bottom of the blog before playing the video.
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Rachel Ann turned 5 today and you would think she is 13; oh what we have to look forward too. Here she is rocking out in her Hannah Montana outfit and her new ride. We had cupcakes with all her school friends at lunch and more princess cakes this evening. Part of her birthday present was eating lunch with the princesses at Disney World, so that is why we didn't have a big party here.
We have a very popular bird feeder in our front yard. I was able to catch a squirrel enjoying the sunflower seeds, which is what we put in the feeder. I was trying to be sneaky and the picture I wanted was of the squirrel sitting balanced perfectly on top of the feeder, maybe next time. He caught me poking my camera around the corner of the garage. From the time I took the first picture to the time I took the last picture was all of like 5 seconds, fast little sucker! I did not know squirrels could climb such small poles.
