Here are some more pictures from the water park...
	
		
			
			Great Wolf Lodge Water Park
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			Tara helping hold the lily pads as Jayden makes her crossing.
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			After successfully crossing with a life jacket on, Jayden 
			decided that she could go across the lily pads without it - as long 
			as Tara was in the water and Samantha was watching her back!
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			Jayden got a little off balance from time to time, but managed 
			to hand on to the ropes.
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			Jayden taking a big step across the lily pads.
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			Sam holding the lily pad steady as Jay stands on it.
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			Drew playing with one of the many water toys surrounding the 
			climbing structure...
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			...before moving in for the big bucket dump of water on the kids 
			below.
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			Drew moving away from the bucket dump area.
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			Here is Sam after climbing out of a water slide.
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			All those feet pictures on the beach? Here is Rodney's in the 
			hot tub!
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			Drew took this picture of Tara & Rod in the hot tub together...
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			...and this one too.
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			Tyler did his best to protect Jayden from the 5,000 gallons of 
			water falling on them from above!
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			Rodney was beat by the end of the day and ready to find 
			something to eat!
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	    We headed upstairs to change into dry 
	clothes and pajamas (depending on the age and the mood) before figuring out 
	what it was that everyone wanted to eat. We were split 50-50 on Pizza Hut 
	versus KFC, so we decided to compromise and do both. Once everyone had 
	placed their orders with me, Tara took Sam downstairs to the spa store so 
	that Sam could do some window shopping before it closed. Although she found 
	a bottle of lotion that she really wanted, Sam’s budget was tapped out 
	thanks to a prior purchase of makeup and a Maroon5 concert t-shirt that she 
	needed to save money for. She was upset that we wouldn’t buy it for her, but 
	it was a lesson learned about wise use of our money.
	    When the girls returned to the room, 
	Tara, Drew, Jayden, and I headed out to pick up the meal. We drove to KFC 
	first, picked up the food for those three, and then stopped at Pizza Hut to 
	pick up our online order of pizza, breadsticks, and a P’zone for Tyler, Sam, 
	and I. We “enjoyed” the Red Wings game and the Michigan basketball game (in 
	quotes because both teams lost) while we ate.
	    It had been a long day, and we had an 
	early morning tomorrow, so we turned the lights off by 10:00pm.