We packed up the family (minus Hunter- Thanks Aho Grandparents for watching him!) and headed to Wisconsin Dells to meet our nephew Rohan and spend time with his family. The Wilderness Lodge where we stayed was awesome- though we joked that our room was about a mile away from Mara & Mike's... :) We got to spend lots of time cuddling little Rohan and watching the little boys play- Mara's sister-in-law has a little guy Jackson who is two months older than Sam and Cousin Cari brought Elyse and Erik on Saturday- he's four months older than Sam. Lots of little boy-ness going on, but no major injuries. Sam played so hard at the waterpark- he loved the giant bucket that would tip and splash the kids area every few minutes, the warning bell would ding and he would look right up there- "wow." Scott was the brave one of the family and went on several of the water slides- go daddy! And we all loved the "lazy-river" water-tube path and Sam cracked up after the waterfalls. Unfortunately he swallowed a good deal of water and we fear that is what may have contributed to a very upset stomach today. But we won't dwell on that- we had a great weekend!!! SO good to see everyone and get my Rohan fix as it's hard to predict when we'll see them again with VERY busy schedules- go Mara go! Oh, and we played at the dry-park- climbing, running, jumping, sliding, falling area which Momma decided she is too (pick your descriptor- old, out-of-shape, slow, lazy, tired, etc.)for but the kids loved it! Thanks to the Syring family for hosting several meals in Mara & Mike and Chris and Michelle's suite! And for the awesome taco dip Gatfly brought- have to get that recipe! We'll have to plan this again in a year or two so Rohan can enjoy it more!!
Checking out the bunks in Mara & Mike and Chris and Michelle's suite (there was another bedroom for Mara and Mike, and no, Jackson did not sleep on the bunk...)
Wanna count my teeth?
No one in this group can make a straight face!
Learning to climb a ladder...thanks Auntie Mara! ;)
Hello there cousin!!
Hi Uncle Mike!
Pucker up!
Uncle Scott bonding...
Fits right on my shoulder!
On one of our three 'fun' stops on the way back home we saw these real life TowMater and Lightening McQueen (from the movie Cars) Sam was impressed.
Sleeping off the weekend...
*Sorry there's no pictures from in the water-park, check out my parents or possibly Mara's blog.
