A Mini-Vacation

Last weekend we decided to take a mini-vacation as the Red Sox were up in Seattle (the only time this season). Ed took the boys out of school on Friday and headed up north. They stopped off at a sporting goods store and drooled at all the gear they wished they had. Then the went to the XXX Root Bear restuarant Guy Feitti (sp?) talked about in Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. From there they went to the game. Red Sox were winning up until the last, and just missed a winning home run by mere inches. They then drove south to join Jennifer and I at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, Washington.

Aaron had been wanting to stay here for some time, since it has something to do with his favorite animal - the wolf. Jennifer and I arrived after 5pm since she couldn't skip school like the boys. We arranged to her get an upper body massage - her first ever. She said she liked it even though it wasn't given by the cute guy she had imagined. We then spent the remaining hours in the lodge's water park and eating at the buffet. The boys arrived sometime after midnight.

The next day we spent several hours in the water park enjoying the wave pool and slides. Jennifer still is not the adventurous one and didn't really enjoy the slides much at all. Aaron wanted to participate in the lodge's Quest adventure, so we all called it quits early to help him run around the place finding the mysterious items. Ed and I were amazed as to how many people were staying at Great Wolf Lodge in today's economy. It was fun, but it is not anything that we will be doing again for the price.

Jennifer and I headed home for Stake Conference and a Stake Dance. The boys headed back north for the second Red Sox/Mariners game. This time the outcome was much better. Even more so after the game when they got to give Brad Penny (a starting pitcher for the Red Sox) a ride with a couple of his friends to a restuarant in downtown Seattle. The boys were a bit star struck, but they all got autographs and memories to last forever. Unfortunately, they didn't have the camera with them, so no photos.