Wisconsin Dells

We had a chance to take a little family vacation so the Wisconsin Dells a few days ago. My brother, Shawn had mentioned a good deal going on at the Wilderness Resort up there. So we looked into it and we ended up going with my sister and her family too. Salli and I and our families were able to stay together in a 2 bedroom suite with a full kitchen so we could cook our own meals. The room was wonderful! The 3 older kids (Natalie, Jack, and Hannah) were able to sleep in bunk beds in the 2nd bedroom. Aaron and Salli had the master bedroom with Katie in a crib next to the bed. Joel and I slept in the living room on a Murphy bed (the ones that come down from the wall...surprisingly comfortable). Noah got stuck in a crib shoved in the 1/2 bath. It worked though!

We were there Sunday through Tuesday. The resort has 3 HUGE indoor water parks. They have outdoor ones too but in March, not so tempting. Because all the different wings of the resort are connected, we could walk around in flip-flops and t-shirts and be just fine. The kids LOVED all the swimming and playing. They had a big wavepool, inner tube rides, and lots of "small children friendly" areas. Even Noah had a great time as I ran through shooting water with him. There was also a "dry play" area for the kids to spend some time letting their skin un-prune itself.

Some weird ice hanging off the cliffs of the Mississippi River

Hannah "sleeping" on the way

Siblings

Shawn kinda looks like he's going to whack me upside the head.

I think Salli was laughing at Shawn's nose hairs

Hannah's first time bowling. Look how straight that is!

Winding up for the throw

Hannah was "helping" Noah get through the tunnel because he was going too slowly. What a good big sister!

My nephew, Jack

Trying to crawl UP the slide.

He's super excited and happy about something. Probably that he had gone more than 10 minutes without hitting his head and getting yet another bruise on his forehead

Cousins Natalie (5) and Hannah (3)

Cousins Katie (2 months) and Noah (11 months). Notice the enormous bruise above Noah's right eye. How pretty

Joel taking Noah down a slide. He was not a fan

Why does she have more hair than me? I'll just steal some

Noah and Katie playing so nicely!

It's like a giant swimming pool!

Hannah LOVED swimming!

Noah is happy to be wet and 1/2 naked

We will probably make this a yearly tradition in our family to take the kids to the indoor waterpark. It was so nice to spend time with them away from all the chaos of life.