So the Sunday after school got out we had some company come into town – Merrick’s family! Everyone except Taryn and Brian came. Lindsey flew in first from DC and everyone else was supposed to be here Sunday afternoon but on Saturday night we got a phone call saying they checked their tickets and they weren’t until Monday, haha! So we just went with it and it all worked out!
Lindsey helped us pack up Monday morning and we drove up to our condo we stayed at on Lake Delton. It was fabulous. This is the view from our deck! I highly recommend this place (here’s the vrbo listing). It fit us great and even had a couple huge walk-in closets for the kids to sleep in. Plus we got to enjoy that little beach with only a few other people every day.
The first night we were there we hung out on the beach, most everyone went swimming and then Merrick took his siblings to the Tommy Bartlett Waterski Show. They said it was really cool. 
Tuesday we went over to the Wilderness Resort to go on waterslides. It was kind of a chilly day to be wet outside (about 70 for the high) but there were tons of indoor rides so we rode those too. These two new slides were unanimously the scariest and I did not attempt them!
The red one has a plate you stand on and then the plate drops out from underneath you and you free fall down 3-4 stories high. The blue one is the same deal but you do a big loop too. I didn’t try that one either!
I actually didn’t take any pictures at the waterparks because I never had my camera with me. But we had a great time. Everyone went back Wednesday morning but I stayed back with Lily and Brett. By lunchtime they were all tired and came back to chill with us at the condo.
In the afternoon all the men went to Noah’s Ark Waterpark, which is the biggest waterpark in the Dells (and actually in America). They wanted to check it out and try all the big rides. They said it was pretty awesome!
Thursday we had to check out of our condo but we stayed up in the Dells checking out some of the other things to do for a few hours after that. Lindsey, Lily, Merrick’s parents, and I went on the Upper Dells Boat Tour. It was a cool tour that taught us why the Dells are so famous.
There are only three places in the world that have these kind of flat stacked rocks (called Dells) and Wisconsin has the greatest deposit of them.
It was a pretty neat tour, although a little long for Lily. She did great most of the way, just got a little antsy after a couple hours.
While we were doing that Merrick took his brothers and the girls to Pirates Cove to go miniature golfing and over to Timber Falls Adventure Park to ride the Hellcat roller coaster. We got to do a lot of these fun things because of these 4 Season Opener cards we got from the radio station. They gave us free or $3 admission per person to all these things. I think we spent about $58 doing all these things (Noah’s Ark, Waterski show, boat tours, mini golf, and roller coaster) whereas normally we would have paid about $300. Not bad!
So then we drove back to our house (less than a 2 hour drive) and everyone was pretty tired so some people read books, other took naps. We had to squeeze in a family picture of course!
For dinner we just went over to Culvers. It was a good choice though because we ran into Donald Driver (Green Bay Packer and winner of Dancing With the Stars!). Merrick was a little ashamed that I didn’t know who he was. Brett, Tanner, and Lindsey got a picture with him.
And then all the Utah family had an early flight the next morning, but Lindsey got to stay with us until Saturday evening.
She took the girls shopping for a swimming pool and enjoyed the really hot day outside with them. She even braved the slip n slide with them. What a great aunt!
So all in all, we had a fabulous week with great company! Thanks to everyone for making the trip out to Wisconsin to visit and have fun with us! It was a perfect transition into summer for my girls too. They weren’t bored for one second all week!
And Lily got to show off her walking skills! Yep, at 10 1/2 months she can take about 5-6 steps and is getting more brave every day! What a sweetie pie.
3 comments:
You took great pictures. Glad you guys had such a fun vacation.
Love that picture of Lily trying to walk. She's growing up too fast!
Your girls are growing up so fast! They are so adorable and Vanessa you look SO good! It looks like you guys had a lot of fun. You guys are always doing fun things. We need to be more like you guys and do fun things! I wish we lived closer!
I had no idea you had this fun family reunion planned. It sounded like a blast. What a pretty area too.
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