Wisconsin Dells

It is very cold here in Chicago right now!!! So we were very excited to skip out of town and go to a waterpark for a few days!  We had heard lots of fun things about the Wisconsin Dells and neither Brett nor I had been to Wisconsin before so we headed over.  The wind was fierce but we got there and WOW was it cold.  The wilderness resort was huge and it was fun to see all the other resorts all around the area. The first picture is us in a shuttle heading to one of the 4 indoor waterparks. There was lots of fun rides for all of us to ride. Especially the fun family raft rides. Even Jacob and Giselle could ride those. Giselle would go from hating it to loving it. It was so fun to hold her on the tube.  

 The only hard thing was that it was still kinda chilly in the waterpark too! So the kids wanted to go in the hot tub a lot...ok, the adults too!

 They had warm towels to use..so that was very nice.  Giselle is being held by her friend's mom Jacquie.  They stayed with us.

 the second night the kids REALLY wanted to try some of the fun stuff out of the waterpark.  They had an indoor ropes course that looked really cool.  Jacquie and I took the kiddos while Brett and Travis kept the little ones at the condo to watch the football game.  It was a win/win situation.  Jacob was VERY excited UNTIL he got on the course.  He was so cute and brave but terrified out of his mind.  When we got back to where you could get off he yelled " I see the way out!" over and over.  He slipped once and the harness caught him but from then on he was so scared.  To be honest it really was a little freaky being up that high and walking on tiny ropes and boards, but we all did it and survived!
*** you can see in this picture Jacob was a little freaked out..this was right after we finished.

 after the ropes course they had a giant indoor play place that had 100's of balls all over that you can vacuum up and then shoot out. They had so much fun and got very sweaty doing it.

 This is inside the condo.  There was a bedroom and loft on the top floor. The big kids loved it.

                                                            Us with the Korella's!

 We could NOT be in Wisconsin and not get cheese. So we stopped at the cheese market and got sharp cheddar and bacon flavored cheddar.  They both are so good.