Avery and Annalise: November 2012

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Halloween

This is the first year in a long time that we didn't make it to the pumpkin patch.

But...our trip to Great Wolf Lodge was pretty fun, too!

So, we bought our pumpkins at the store this year.

Once the pumpkins were gutted, we got down to business....

Avery was quite serious about her shooting star.....

So was Mark....he did a Seahawks helmet.

Annalise and I worked on her masterpieces....

A cat with a moon and a scary face.

Voila.....

Avery's shooting star actually had a strobe light in it...hard to get a good picture though.

It was a wet and windy Halloween.

The girls were still determined to go out and trick-or-treat in the neighborhood.

Our Greek Goddess and Pink Samurai Power Ranger....

Happy Halloween!!!

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Great Wolf Lodge

For our friend Camryn's 10th birthday, a big group of us went to Great Wolf Lodge for the weekend.

Mark had been there for a conference a couple of times before and had told us girls how cool it was. He was right. This place is AMAZING!!!!!! We had a BLAST!!!!!!

We reserved a "Wolf Den" room....

The girls LOVED the bunk beds!!! It was like a room within the room!! :)

We immediately hit the water park! I only took a few pictures...missed getting pictures of the wave pool, most of the big slides AND the HOWLING TORNADO! :0 BUT...I did get a couple....


Mark and I


Pete and Kim

Carter

Annalise

People arrived at staggered times on Friday, so we took a break when Geoff and Robin got there!!!

Then we headed to dinner....cool cabin-themed restaurant...

During dinner we realized that in order to go to the bathroom, you had to walk through the convention area where they were having a "private" party. Turns out it was a Boys and Girls Club Auction....luckily they really liked kids. (Even Uncle Geoff!)

After dinner, we headed out to the lobby for the show and some ice cream.....

There was also a dance party!!!

Photo Bomb! :)

After a good night's sleep, the girls were ready to start the MagicQuest. It's a series of things that kids have to find and wave their magic wand in front of. It's a seriously crazy thing in the hotel. There are kids running up and down the hotel halls and staircases madly trying to solve these "quests". Avery, Camryn and Carter were ready for the challenge!!

They were soooo excited about their quest! They were sweating each time they came back to meet us and were ready for a break! Annalise was happy to hang with us in the arcade. Not sure who had more fun....her or the Dads! :)