Wilderness Wedding

We had so much fun at my cousin Jay's wedding at the golf course at the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells on August 4th! 

(I do have to say though that we really missed my dad.  We had multiple family weddings that day so he couldn't make this one.  There were definitely moments of our trip where all of us girls mentioned we wished he were there or we were missing his dance moves :)  Love ya Dad!  We can all dance together on September 15th!)

It was small wedding that unfortunately had to be held inside due to rain that came and went too late in the day to set up outside.  But it was a beautiful ceremony.  I didn't take any pictures of the ceremony mostly because I picked the wrong seat to sit in!  We purposely sat on the end in case we needed to make a bee-line with Paige, but I sat right next to the kitchen entrance which had a cart full of cupcakes sitting there.  And guess who LOVES cupcakes???  Miss Paige tried so so hard to reach those cupcakes and would get angry when I would pull her away.  Needless to say she was removed from the cupcakes and sent to the back with her Daddy :) 

After the ceremony, I pulled out the camera and was able to get some pictures of a lot of family.  Wouldn't you know that the 2 pictures I really really wanted I didn't take - one of all of my cousins and one of my babies and cousin Fiona.  I guess we will all just have to get dressed up again sometime soon!  Who is next to be married????

The Original Kohr Kids (Laurie, Jack, Kathy & Tom)


Standard pic of us two, but one of our best :)


Godmother and Godchild - another standard!




The groom with his Godmother!




Paige and her crazy stickers and a photo bomb from Carly!




Casey & Jack!










Us and our Momma!


Oh Ben :)


Super cute!


Love this one of Aunt Katie and the girls!


An attempt at a picture of these two!


Uh oh!  Everybody wants Grammy!




Missing Fiona!


There she is but now Paige just wants to go!  (I actually have some really fun outtakes of these pictures that  will have to post sometime!)


We had some dinner and Paige was able to finally enjoy a cupcake!




So silly!


And then the dancing started and let me tell you, the Kohr's, we like to dance!  And so do my kids :)  Paige was right up there next to the speaker bobbing her little head around!  And Luke, well, he had his cousins Maddie & Sophie to dance with, but I think he had 2 girlfriends that night.  I caught him holding hands with both of them!  If he keeps on dancing the way he does, I will have to fight those girls off of him - ha!






















Nice!






Paige was getting pretty sleepy so we did a little stroller pushing for her and finally after just putting her in the corner, she gave in!  Luke seemed to be wearing down a bit too so I made a little "bed" for him with the chairs.  But then "Sexy and I Know It" came on and this kid went flying out onto the dance floor. LOL!  He definitely got a second wind after that!







After Luke got his second wind, he and Sophie gathered all of the flower petals from the tables and decorated the dance floor!


3 people were missing for a large part of the night...."brotherly" bonding (aka "how to put up with a Swanson girl") with scotch and cigars!


Wally & Michael took the kids back to the villa, but my sisters and I stuck around for awhile longer. 

Everyone was really getting down now :)






We had a really great time and are so very happy for Jay & Elaina!  Congats! 

The Wilderness

My cousin Jay got married on August 4th at a golf course at The Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells.  Since we didn't take a vacation this year, we decided to extend our stay!  And let me tell you, this place is huge so 2 days is definitely not enough time anyways!  4 indoor waterparks, 4 outdoor waterparks, 3 miniature golf courses, arcades in every hotel, zip lining, laser tag, bumper boats, pottery, horse drawn carriage rides, go-carts, pontoon rides - seriously, you never have to leave!  We had plans to visit the Wildlife Zoo in the Dells and go see the Tommy Bartlett Water Show, but we never made it back to our room until after 6 and by the time we had dinner, the kids were pretty much wiped.  The easiest bedtimes ever :)  The majority of our trip was spent at the waterparks, but I think if we keep going back and as the kids get older, they will eventually want to do some of the other stuff too!

We arrived on Wednesday around 11.  We checked-in, ate some lunch, and changed into our swimsuits!  Immediately, Luke was in heaven!  What a difference 6 months has made for him when it comes to water.  During our trip to Key Lime Cove in February, he had fun, but was still very hesitant around water and hated having water splashed on his face.  And now, he was going down all of the big slides and loving it!

This was Luke within minutes of our arrival at the waterpark!








My lazy river buddy!


Paige was great the whole trip. She could give or take the water most of the time, but she was happy and napped great in her stroller.









Of course she found a chair that is just her size!




Wally and Luke are there somewhere!


And here they come (I think I took a picture of about 10 people before them since I couldn't tell when it was their turn).  Luke loved it!




Sleepy girl!


I think Luke went down these 2 slides no less than 50 times throughout our whole stay.  And he was so cute because he absolutely would not go down until the lifeguard would tell him to go.  He would stand their waiting for a good minute sometimes (who knows what the lifeguard was thinking about) and I would be yelling for him to go ahead.





This was a BIG waterslide and pitch black the whole way down (I rode it with Luke once - it was dark!) and he loved it!!! (Phone pic, but I promise he has a huge smile on his face!)


Once we were able to get into our room, both kids thought the luggage cart was a stage!


We did hit up the arcade that night after dinner.


Thursday morning and early afternoon was a little chilly and it was raining a bit.  So we hit up the indoor waterpark first and then Luke wanted to go outside.  He was getting wet anyways so he didn't care about the rain and the lines are short on the outdoor waterslides when it is cold and rainy! 

Baby girl thought it was good napping weather!


Carly and Ben started their weekend a little early and joined us that day and night too.  Our room had a privacy wall and pull-out couch and extra tv so that we could hang out for a bit after the kids went to bed.





One of the fun parts of this day was taking a pontoon ride over to another hotel on the property - Wilderness on the Lake. 




The indoor and outdoor waterpark at this hotel was much smaller than the others, but the pool was gorgeous with the infinity wall.  Luke was nervous at first thinking he was going to fall over, but then he saw the wall and all was good!


After our boat ride back and while waiting for the shuttle, we hung out with some ducks!




We did venture away from the resort that night for dinner.  We drove to the downtown part of the Dells and realized how much other stuff there is to do up there!  (Neither Wally nor I have ever been there.)  The 6 of us had dinner at a nice Italian restaurant, but we didn't do anything else since the kids were pretty much done - both were having a hard time staying awake at dinner!  After they were asleep in the room, we played some euchre, drank some beers and watched the Olympics!

Friday we checked out of our room and joined the rest of the Kohr family that was arriving that day in a villa.  It was so fun to have everyone together!

Miss Fi was all ready!






Madalyn, Luke and Sophia - they had so much fun together!








Boat rides given by Yak and Wally!






Friday night everyone came over to the villa.  We ordered pizza, visited, played some spoons and euchre and a select few played a game of beer pong!  (Do you all know the card game Spoons?  If not, you should!  So fun!  We played this all of the time when we were younger and would all vacation to Florida together!)



This girl loved climbing in the cupboards, and this mama was glad they were empty!


Saturday morning we were off to the waterpark again.  Wally and Luke headed out earlier to meet Maddie and Sophie while Paige was taking her morning nap.  And then just as we were headed out, Wally and Luke were back.  Apparently, someone was crabby and said he wanted to take a nap.  (I guess 3 days at a waterpark with no naps will catch up to you eventually!)  This was a good thing though since the wedding was that night and it was bound to be a late one!  So my mom, Kathy, and I took Paige to the waterpark for a bit where we hit up the lazy river and pool.  When we got back, Luke was still sleeping - I think he took a 3 hour nap - awesome!  Paige took a great afternoon nap too so we were ready to party the night away!  More to come on the wedding and reception itself!



A little Saturday afternoon uncle and niece bonding!




Sunday morning we packed up and spent about an hour or so at one of the indoor waterparks.  Of course, this was when Paige finally seemed to really enjoy herself.  We grabbed some lunch and gas and hit the road.  It was such a fun time, and we have definitely discussed going back again!



She was finally digging her little slide!








Here is a video reel of our waterpark fun!

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