Mini vacay to Cincinnati, OH

Jeremy and I took a two day trip to Cincinnati for a little mini vacation with the kids. We also brought my sister in law, Dori because she has done so much for us with helping babysit the kids. Jeremy and I wanted to treat her as well. We started our trip at the Cincinnati Zoo. This was a really nice zoo and had TONS of animals. Unlike our zoo, there were LOTS of monkeys! I did get a nice workout pushing the double stroller up the hills. They had many hills at this zoo and there were times when my legs were burning! I am glad we got there right when they opened in the morning because the temps got up to 97 degrees! We were done by 1:30pm and then headed to our hotel.

Family pic at the zoo.

This gorilla was a BEAST!
Jordan's wingspan compared to a bald eagle.

Jalen was obsessed with the baby goats. He took a few steps here and little did we know this was the beginning. Yes I know he did not his sandels on, I washed his feet afterwards. :-)


After the zoo, we headed to the Great Wolf Lodge. This hotel was HUGE and super nice. We stayed in the family cabin suite. This room holds 6 people. The waterpark was very clean and so much fun! They had water slides for all ages! Jalen and Landon actually rode their first family raft ride. They actually enjoyed it! I really liked how clean the hotel was and everyone was super friendly! The food was actually pretty good too! We did buffets for both dinner and breakfast. We got Jordan the paw pass package and he loved it! He was able to get souvenirs from all over the hotel. He also enjoyed the arcade room they had. It was also HUGE!

The highlight of our trip was Jalen taking more than 2 steps! He has been so afraid to walk the last couple of months and only have taken 2 steps. Now he is walking across the room and thinks it is fun!

view of waterpark from glass window in hotel lobby. There was still lots of the park on the left and right side of the picture.


View walking in hotel room. Jalen and Landon looking out the cabin window.

Jordan's bunk. There was a bed on the right side too.

Daddy and Jalen in the pool.

Boys sitting on the steps about to go in the pool.
We had a great trip and looking foward to our next one again at this hotel.