Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Wisconsin Dells

We traveled to the Dells over the weekend to attend the wedding of a friend's son. The wedding was at Devil's Lake State Park near Baraboo, so we made a weekend of it at the Great Wolf Lodge with grandkids Collin and Hayley. Lots of waterpark fun!


Hayley and Collin in the lobby at Great Wolf Lodge.

Waterpark time!

It's fun to squirt water.

Mike and Hayley in the big wave pool; Collin's in the background behind them.

Collin in the wave pool.

Collin playing in Fort Mackenzie, a four-story treehouse-type water play area. 

Collin's in there; that's a big splash from the thousand-gallon bucket dump at Fort Mackenzie.

Hayley comes down a water slide.

Collin's favorite place -- the hot tub.

Trick or treating in the lobby.

No trip to the Dells is complete without a visit to Moose Butt Pizza. (Actually, it's Moosejaw Pizza, but you see why we call it what we do...)

Hayley waits for her pizza.

Collin's excited.

Mike wears a moose hat.

As does Hayley.

Hayley after story time in the lobby.

Collin likes the sweet shop.

Back in the hot tub with Hayley, Collin, and Mike.

Collin's second-favorite place -- on the log in the big activity pool.

Hayley and Sherry come down the Lookout Mountain water slide.

And after the water slide, the lazy river.

Collin makes a splash.

The kid's a natural swimmer.

Hayley traipses across the lily pads.

Back in the hot tub again.

Mike waiting for lunch.

Collin at lunch.

Actually, Collin's most favorite thing was the arcade -- and playing ski ball.

Hayley at the arcade.

Collin won over a 1000 tickets in the arcade.

At Devil's Lake State Park for the wedding.

Collin stakes out his seat.

Mike and his old friend Beth Ogren, the mother of the groom.

Sherry and Hayley.

Paul, Beth, and Peter Ogren.

The wedding.

Everybody, meet Ben and Sara Ogren.

Collin and Hayley in the lazy river.

The kids on the big water slide.

They can do it by themselves.

Hayley goes solo.

Playing at Fort Mackenzie.

Hayley gets a manicure at Scooops Kid Spa.

Hayley shows off her nails. (And her tierra.)

Part of the spa experience -- free ice cream!

End of the weekend, time to check out and go home.

Monday, October 21, 2013

School Pics (and More)

Here are the official school pictures for grandkids Collin (first grade) and Hayley (kindergarten), plus some great pro pics with their mom. They are two very, very cute kids.