Winter Vacation in the Dells

First, some pictures from before our vacation.  The boys were looking cute in their Cardinals sweatshirts the other day, so I took some pictures of them.  They get along pretty well most of the time.  Jack especially enjoys making Patrick laugh.

Bedtime stories with Daddy:

Jack wanted to wear one of Daddy's ties.

When I take Patrick's picture, he says "Cheese!"

Last weekend, we met my brother and his family at an indoor waterpark in the Dells.  On our way to Wisconsin, we stayed in Illinois one night with Amy, my college roommate.  Actually, we stayed with her parents who have a little more room at their house since they don't already have 3 little ones.

Aurelia is just a few months younger than Patrick.

Patrick was intrigued.

Bo is just a month older than Jack.  These boys got along really well.  They had fun playing badmitton and chasing each other around.  Hopefully we can visit them again soon!

We arrived in Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon and went straight to one of the three indoor waterparks at our hotel.  The boys had a blast!  I didn't take any pictures the first day, but here are some of the 4 older boys getting ready to go swimming on Sunday.

I brought my old camera to the waterpark on Sunday.  It's hard to tell, but Jack is coming down the orange slide on the right.

Really?  Is it necessary to point out that there is no water, and that you shouldn't dive here?

Jack was in heaven and can't wait to go back.

Patrick liked the water, too.  He just enjoyed playing in the shallow water, but did not like the water slides.

We planned to come home on Monday, but due to the "Storm of the Century" that was supposed to hit Monday morning, we left after dinner on Sunday and drove through the night.  We got home by 1:30 in the morning and avoided the bad weather.  Right now it has been sleeting for hours and we are under a Blizzard warning.  Fun.  Jim will probably just spend the night at work tonight instead of driving home and then driving back in the morning.  We have plenty of food and hot chocolate, so we're good.  :)