Wisconsin Dells Vacation

We recently went to Wisconsin Dells for a little family vacation. We stayed at the Kalahari for a couple nights and visited some of the attractions around the Dells. We saw the Tommy Bartlet show and visited a little zoo (they called it a "Safari Park") and took a ride on the Dells Army Ducks, but mostly we spent our time at the indoor and outdoor water park at the Kalahari. The boys had a blast and were brave enough to try some of the bigger rides that they had previously been too small for.

Army Ducks tour around the Dells

View from the other side of the Ducks boat

The food is served on a remote control train.

Sam enjoyed his lunch too.

Having fun at the outdoor water park

At the Tommy Bartlet Show

Feeding the Giraffes at the "Safari Park"

The boys enjoyed ice cream before we drove home

Max's 3rd Birthday Party

This past Saturday we had family and friends over to celebrate Max's 3rd birthday. We busted out the water slide and had 2 small pools for all the kids to stay cool. Max chose a pirate theme for his party and we had a couple games for them to play, a treasure hunt that had them running all over the yard to find a treasure chest filled with all sorts of goodies, and then we had them dig for real gold coins in the sand (they were gold dollar coins from the bank).

Max was very excited about all the gifts he received.

4th of July Weekend

We held our annual 4th of July party and had a great turnout with lots of friends and family enjoying the nice weather and fireworks.

The next day we gathered up the boys and drove to the Manitowoc Maritime Museum where we toured a submarine that sits on the river. We also found a play area in the museum (not the submarine) where the boys could get creative with water...and a little wet.

Later that day we went to the Manitowoc Zoo and checked out the animals and ended the day with a trip to a very cool park.

Bookworm Gardens

We enjoyed an afternoon at Bookworm Gardens with friends.

Sam's First Race

This past Saturday Sam ran in his first race (under 9 minutes), a 1 mile that took him around Kohler School. He came in right behind the boy who took fist place in his age group...which by all accounts would mean that Sam took second place in his age group. Not to bad for his first time!

Mark ran the 5k this year (official time: 23.39) and was able to shave an entire minute off of his time from his last race in 2011.

Before the race.

The "micro" cheering section.

Sam was super proud of finishing and getting his medal.