I'm on a ROLL!!! Warning: This is a long one

I guess I am making up for lost time! Here are a pics from our trip to the Wisconsin Dells a while back. As I looked through the pictures I thought of how lucky we are to be able to make such fun memories with our boys! We had a blast.

We spent a lot of time in the various hot tubs. We would go on the lazy river or hit the wave pool and then come back and warm up. I especially enjoyed seeing how fast my crazy boys could clear a hot tub of adults looking to relax!


When we weren't at the pool, you could find us at the indoor amusement park. The first night we were there John had some work obligations. The boys and I decided to peruse the hotel. The one thing Jack HAD to do was to climb this 3 story rope maze thingy. (that is the technical term) I was so impressed with how he went on his own. No baby mamas aloud.This boy has no fear.


To illustrate my point on how scary this thing looks, here is a picture of Max the next day going up with the help of John. The first picture is him at the end of the course. Once you start, there is no turning back. By the time he reached the end, his lips were blue from crying.



This is what Max looked like when he started out with John.



We ate a little too good this weekend if you ask me. They had so many restaurants inside the hotel, we didn't have to go outside into the frozen tundra all weekend! Now that makes the 4 hour drive worth it.

As many of you know, my kids wake up at the crack of dawn. Well this doesn't exactly fit waterpark hours. We were up for 4 hours before it opened. We filled our time painting and riding silly rides.

Overall we had a awesome time. Hopefully John can plan another business trip next winter so we can go again.

Anyone notice there are no hot pics of me in here? Orca Fat Prego's in swimsuits are the only thing not aloud on my blog.

Glass 1/2 full or 1/2 empty??

I am now officially 20 weeks prego (as of yesterday)! Yippee! To celebrate I did what any other preggers would do with both kids at school......went back to bed. :)


Self portrait of the baby belly. Although it appears that I am also pregnant in my buttocks, I will not be posting any pictures of that any time soon.

Sarah...this one's for you!

I guess you know you've dropped the ball when friends and family are emailing you asking if you are OK because you haven't posted in a while! I had no idea I had such a following that people would be begging for more. The truth is....I'm a slacker. John can attest to this simple and honest fact. Whew, I'm glad I got that off my chest. I know people hate excuses, so I'm going to stick with that. Slacker=Jamie.

Our winter so far has been packed with fun. To name a few of our adventures: we've gone sledding, tubing, visited the Science and Children's Museum, crashed a few parties and had a weekend of fun at the Dells. That doesn't even cover the big stuff like Christmas, winter break, New Year's and that Max started at a new Deaf/Hard of Hearing preschool. (we are super stoked about that one)




The boys enjoying some snow that is actually snowman compatible. (usually the snow is so dry here, it is hard to even make a snowball)



Max loving the wave pool at the indoor waterpark at the Dells. (a full post of all our fun there will come soon)


Jackson "surfing." The picture is pretty blurry, but you get the gist.

Some dive in Wisconsin that had the best fresh Strawberry milkshakes!