New Year's Weekend

We started off our New Year's Weekend with a trip to Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells for some swimming! Instead of a bday party this year, Abigail wanted to go swimming!  We had such great family time up there that we planned a family vacation this summer while we were there...we are headed to Sesame Place outside Philly and I'm so excited!!!!!  Anyways, back to our weekend...

We got up there a little late and went right to dinner!

They had our favorite Wisconsin beer and cheese curds, so the vacation began perfect!

After dinner, we headed for some swimming!

While we had fun, the waterpark was FREEZING (go figure)...so our swimming was short lived.  Oh, and not to mention there was a MAJOR injury on the slide that involved Abigail's knee and a band-aid....that was it for the night!  :)

The next morning we got up really early, had breakfast in our room, and were ready to go again!

This day we headed to 2 different parks in the resort that then "cold" one the night before.  These were much warmer!  Daddy decided the whole family should go on a raft waterslide!  Mommy was "ruining" the fun by saying it wasn't a good idea.  We went down....and I think 1 second into it I heard Rob say "This might not have the been a good idea!"  A little dark and scary...and lots of crying...but at the bottom everyone was laughing so it was fun!  We also did the wavepool and Daddy did the big slides.  We had a really great day!

On the walk back, we passed the candy store and let Abigail pick out something for her bday!  A kid's heaven!

We had to shower and be out by checkout...and headed on our way to MooseJaw (brewery in the dells) to meet the Hackneys for lunch!  It was time to begin the second half of our weekend away!!!

A HUGE thank you to Grandma and Grandpa Muskovich!  The day we were leaving we received a surprise phone call that they had picked up our hotel room for the night so we could just go up there and enjoy our night!  It was such a great surprise...Thank you so much!!!

After pizza, beers, and games at MooseJaw, we headed to the Janik (Renee's family) cabin for the next 2 days!  Their cabin is in the dells, but in the middle of nowhere.  They have 7 acres of woods, ponds, and FUN!  The kids got suited up to head outside to play!

All the kids playing (Abigail, Caitlin, Luke, Jake, Alex)

The Daddy's built a sledding hill and it was time to head down!  Abigail had a blast and went down with all the big kids!  (This hill would later become the adults' entertainment after midnight when I got the great idea to go down it..we ALL paid for that idea the next day).

New Year's Eve the adults were mostly outside by the fire.  The kids stayed inside and played lots of games (hide n seek, monopoly, etc).  They had so much fun staying up late and being kids.  Abigail was really social...and had a bff, Olivia, who helped her out and was the sweetest girl ever!

Random sledding picture out of place!  Abigail and Uncle Jay

The next day was a LATE LATE start that involved Daddy taking the girls out for breakfast so the rest of the house (and mommy) could sleep.  Then, the mommies took the kids back into the Dells for more swimming.  We ended the night with another great bonfire!  It was a great weekend!!!!  Thank you so much Hackney/Janik family for everything!!!!!! 

The Wennerstroms started 2011 with a bang!  We can't wait to see what the rest of the year holds for us!!!

Happy New Year!