Monday, March 16, 2009

Weekend With The Family At The Dells

This last weekend we met up with our families in the Wisconsin Dells. The resort we stayed at (The Wilderness) was HUGE! I had no idea they were that large. The Wilderness had 4 indoor water parks, all connected by walkways. It was nuts with all the kids. We all hung out in our room, which we shared with Chris, Shell & Jackson. It was a 2 bedroom suite with a full kitchen and a huge living room. We were able to cram Mara and I and Rohan, Chris, Shell & Jackson, Jen, Taylor & Kaylee, Dan & Holly, Larry, Deb, & Grandma, Scott, Sally, & Sam, and Cari, Elyse, and Erik! Did I forget anyone?!?!? It was a blast to see the 3 two-year-olds (Erik, Sam & Jackson) all playing together, and they all played so good. The water parks were a riot too. We got Rohan in the water a little and he seems to like it (once he warmed up to it). They had a bucket that dumped 1000 gallons of water every couple of minutes and all the kids seemed all geeked up whenever the bell sounded before it dumped.
They also had a "dry park" which was more or less a net maze & crazy town for kids. Needless to say, I had a blast! :) Mara and I had wanted to take Rohan down a slide sometime, so we figured, why shouldn't the 2 story triple tornado slide be his first?! He slept the whole way, but I had a ton of fun getting up there. Thanks to Kaylee for being my guide through the craziness.We ate well as always. Deb brought Maidrites and Holly brought a taco dip for a snack, and of course, we never ran out of food! Chris & Shell hooked us up with enough bread & butter pickles to bury a small village... It was great to see everyone. Hopefully we'll see them before we go, but with Mara and I's hectic run to the end of May; we may not get the chance so we were really glad everyone could make it! Mara has a week off, but I wouldn't quite call it a "Spring Break". Mara is using the time to study for boards in between trying to find some down time. Unfortunately I'll be heading to Phoenix this weekend for a job interview with a company called TGEN. I'll let you know how it goes! Hope you enjoy the photos and short videos! There are a TON of pictures!






Rohan's First Glimpse At 1000 Gallons of Water:


Mara Almost Gets Her & Rohan Soaked:


Grandma Debbie Shows Her Elephant Calling Skillz:


Jackson Drools On Michelle:

3 comments:

Cari said...

Great to see you guys. Good luck with the job interview, Mike!

Gatfly said...

I love all the pictures - it was a great, unforgettable weekend! We will miss having you within a day's drive, but appreciate all the baby-time we got in.
Good luck at the interview Mike - wow them!

Michelle Stokes said...

Love the photos and video. Wish we were all still there....

Get my stomach off the web : )