Thanksgiving week

Matt had some vacation days to use up so he took the entire week of Thanksgiving off. We decided it would be fun to spend some time at my dad's house in Spring Green so Matt could do some deer hunting and then we would take the boys to the Wisconsin Dells for a couple of days. To make the trip even more fun we brought Casey's favorite person, cousin Hannah.

Matt and my dad got the opportunity to hunt both Sunday and Monday morning. Although they didn't shoot one, they had a good time. Matt came awful close to shooting a 10 pointer!

While they were out hunting Sheryl and I had a chance to play with the kids. My parents have so many toys! Sheryl is a bargain hunter and finds a lot at second hand shops and rummage sales. Here is Caleb playing with one of the favorites...a bus.


By Monday morning the kids were getting a bit stir crazy so we decided to get them out of the house and head to the park. It was a beautiful day and the kids enjoyed the fun new equipment. While we were at the park we could hear gun shots in the distance...that is as close to the hunting fun as I need to be!


On Tuesday we packed up the kids and headed to Wisconsin Dells for a couple of days. We got a great deal on a room at the Polynesian Resort which is one of the oldest water parks. Nobody else must have thought it was a great deal though because we were the only ones at the resort! We had the pools to ourselves which was great. The kids enjoyed going between the small pool, the big pool and the hot pool. The hot tub being the favorite.




Our favorite part of the trip (our meaning Matt and Joy) was our adventure at Knuckleheads. It is an arcade similar to Chuck E Cheeses. Matt and I had as much fun as the kids playing the games. At the end the kids got to cash in their tickets for prizes and then we enjoyed a yummy pizza buffet. That afternoon the boys slept awesome and Hannah and I went to the Outlet Mall to do some shopping. That was fun too. She got to pick out her birthday present (princess pajamas). It's hard to believe she'll be 5 at the end of December!

Here you can see Hannah and Caleb playing ski ball.Wednesday we headed back to my dad's house to help them prepare for our big Thanksgiving feast. This year there were 15 adults and 7 little ones. What a group! We all had such a fun time of fellowship and food. My dad and Sheryl really know how to put on a feast!

The kids had their feast a bit early.
Casey is thankful for his brother...awe.


I am thankful for my amazing man!