great wolf lodge

What a summer it has been! We've been home together all summer and it's been great! This summer was so much fun because, rather than going on a week-long vacation, we went on a ton of day-trips, nearly one every week! Since it's back-to-school time and our schedules will be changing soon, we wanted to get 'away' and do one more thing together as a family.

We decided on booking a couple days at Great Wolf Lodge in Sandusky! Our boys had never really been to a water park and we thought it would be a great time, not to mention, very kid-friendly! We were definitely not disappointed and the boys loved every minute of it. It was so nice to get away for a couple days and watch the excitement of the boys as they experienced something brand new. Hudson shocked us by going down all of the big slides all by himself (remember, he's our thrill-seeker)!

The best part of the whole thing was that the whole place was so kid-friendly. They were not only able to play in the water-park, but they got to watch a show in the evening, have story-time, get ice cream, make a craft and play games in the 'Cub Club' and play in a the arcade. They loved it.

It was sooooo hard to get pictures in the water-park area since there was (literally) water flying everywhere, all the time, but CLICK HERE to see the ones that we got! We had a great time and can't wait to go back again in the future!

bike ride

For some reason or another, we forgot to include these pictures in our last post. Several weeks ago we rented bikes and went on a bike ride on the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath. It was so much fun and we ended up riding over 8 miles together. Hudson loved riding on the back "hook-on" part of the bike and Greyson loved getting to sit back and relax in his trailer. Afterwards, we cooled off by having ice cream at the Blue Heron Deli right the path. Thank you, Aunt Leanne, this was a wonderful birthday gift idea and we had a blast!! We'll definitely be doing this again! :-)

lake

We had a great time spending last weekend down at Atwood Lake with Mimi & Papa Snavely! We enjoyed a beautiful evening boat ride, the park, had a campfire, enjoyed a whole day swimming at "boater's beach" and Hudson (our thrill-seeker) even enjoyed tubing for the first time! It was great and he had a blast, in fact, he kept telling us he wanted to go all by himself! It's great to be able to spend time down there and this time was no different. Thanks for a great weekend! :-)

CLICK HERE to see some pics from our time at Atwood!

balloons

We had such a great time with our family at the annual Hall of Fame Balloonfest, especially since we were given tickets (thanks Grandpa!) to be in a tent right on the field! We had so much fun being able to eat all the food/drinks we wanted and watch the balloons up close. The boys had a blast and to make it even more special, we got to watch Grandma as she took off up in one of the balloons! So much fun!!! :-)

CLICK HERE to see some pics from the Balloonfest!

pool time

his glory

For everything comes from him

and exists by his power

and is intended for his glory.

All glory to him forever!

Amen.

{Romans 11:36}