Surprise Trip to Seattle

We recently went up to Seattle to surprise Drew's dad for his birthday. Drew's siblings were all able to come as well and his dad was really surprised. It was a lot of fun! Our first night there we all went to a hotel called the Great Wolf Lodge. It has a pretty big indoor water park which was the highlight of our stay there. They had a pretty large infant/toddler area which Kathryn LOVED. The rooms were also nice and when we first went into our room, Kathryn just kept walking around exploring everything and saying "Oh!" "Wow!" in the cutest little voice over and over again. It was so funny. Anyway, we all had a great time there. Here are some pictures from our time there...

Two of our nephews in the top bunk of their little kid cabin area...
The huge fireplace in the lobby...
A view of the water park from the lobby...
Part of the water park...
If you look closely at the above picture, you'll see a big bucket (top center of picture). It was constantly being filled with water and when it was full (it holds 1,000 gallons), it would tip over and drench everything under it. It was actually really fun to wait under it and then watch all that water coming toward you right before getting soaked.

Here's Kat playing in the kiddie area. She loved it.

The day before we left Seattle, we took the new dog, Hugo, to an off-leash dog park. It was a lot of fun and Kathryn was in heaven with all the other dogs around. She was just sad that none of them wanted to let her play with them for very long (they were all pretty distracted by all the other dogs). Here are some pictures from that day...
Kathryn giving Hugo a hug...At least one dog payed a little attention to her. He was just her size...
It was a great little trip and fun to be with family again.