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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Wisconsin Dells Summer Vacation-Part 1 with the Bratrud's

This year we enjoyed our summer family vacation in Wisconsin Dells.  We spent Sunday, August 12-Friday, August 17 at Christmas Mountain Village with our friends Will & Addie & their two girls, Ezri & Violet.   Our friends left on Thursday night, then we spent Friday, Aug. 17-Tuesday, August 21 at Odyssey Dells/Mount Olympus Water & Theme Park.  We had such a great time & did so many fun things!

 Mikayla

 Violet & Ezri

 Violet, Nolan, Mikayla & Ezri enjoying some finger painting at the clubhouse



 Alaina having fun


 Anderson's in the canoe & Bratrud's in the pedal boat

At Christmas Mountain, there's a place for you to check out canoe's or pedal boats, play volleyball, play mini golf or horseshoes.  Our families enjoyed the boats & mini golf.  Although, Nolan didn't quite have the patience to make it through a game of mini golf, so I took him & Alaina back to the cabin early. 









 The next few photos are of us & the Bratrud's at the new Timbavati Wildlife Park that just opened in the dells.  Although the park wasn't finished yet, there were a lot of animals to look at. 

 
 the kids petting a skunk











 For future reference, kids are NOT allowed to stand or sit on this ledge.  I think as I was taking this picture, one of the park employees was yelling at the guys to get the kids down. Maybe they should have reconsidered this type of enclosure for the giraffes.








 porcupine sitting pretty


 Mikayla practicing her photography skills & taking a picture of us

 This is a picture of the cabin we stayed in at Christmas Mountain Village.

 Will & Addie were nice enough to babysit for a night so Randall & I could have a date.  This opportunity doesn't happen very often, so it was VERY much appreciated.  I feel like we fit about a year's worth of date's in one night.  We went on a jet boat ride & while we waited had a drink at the bar.  Afterwards we went to a couple gift shops, then out to dinner at one of our favorite restaurants in the dells, House of Embers.  After dinner we checked out the Ghost Outpost which, for me, was more entertaining than scary.  Then, when we got back to the cabin we went & sat in the hot tub.  It was a fun night & in the dells there's always something fun to do.

 The girls enjoying the tub of bubbles

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