On the way to GWL, we stopped at Callie's Pretzel Factory (and then Callie's Candy Factory) for a quick tour and snack. Yumm! They had fresh made soft pretzels in lots of shapes and flavors. Kendyl got one on a stick, I had an everything pretzel, Tim went traditional, Andrew picked a dollar sign, and Steven had a cinnamon sugar. We also got some bags of hard pretzels for snacks later.
Once at GWL, we headed straight for the waterpark (our room wasn't ready yet). Kendyl loved the wave pool (the boys took off for the water slides). She loved the little fountains, and the waves! 
She even got into the kiddie slides. Her big brothers were big helpers taking turns taking her up or catching her if Daddy or I weren't around (if were were off riding with someone!). Actually, Steven was the first one to take her up to put her on the slide.
I love this shot.
I think all of the more fun shots must be on the water camera (I hope so). It's hard to take pictures at a water park. We did have an amazing time though. It was so nice to just let the boys go do whatever and not worry (they would usually come back and check in every few slides or so). Tim and I would take turns riding with them or playing with Kendyl together. We all rode all of the slides at least once, with Andrew riding each at least 3x if not many, many more. Walking up the 3-4 flights of stairs for each slide got old real quick, luckily the slides were fun! No lines or very, very short lines made it even better.
We surprised the boys with a special room....the Kid Kamp room. A little room within our room designed to look like a tent that had bunkbeds (so they didn't have to share a bed). They were thrilled! They also had there own TV which was nice after Kendyl went to bed. Bonus....we put Kendyl's bed in there for naptime so I could have the main room to myself.
Kendyl climbing on the bottom bunk and peeking out.
Before the waves would start in the wave pool, the wolf would howl. Kendyl quickly learned to howl! Here are Tim and Kendyl practicing their howl.
Monday night while Andrew and I showered (we stayed at the park a little later) Tim, Kendyl and Steven went to story hour in the lobby and met Wiley the Wolf! Luckily we made it down with the camera just before he left and got a picture....then we went for ice cream.
Unfortunately we didn't get to go back to the park on Tuesday morning as planned. While loading up the car, we discovered the car wouldn't start. Our mechanic thought it was a dead battery, but could have been the alternator so we had to get a jump ASAP to see what was what. We missed the last couple hours of play time we had planned for the kids (Tim and I had enough) and all of the pictures I wanted to take of them :-(
Thankfully, I think they would have only lasted 1-2 more hours anyway, so not too much was lost. It was nice to come home, eat a home cooked meal and get Kendyl a good nap. It was only the battery and after the GWL gave us a jump, we made it home, Tim got us a new battery and installed it.
Now to develop the water camera to see what we captured (and to see the video).
Next on the summer agenda....Andrew goes to Boy Scout Camp.
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