Sheboygan, WI
Friday 8/7/09 we packed up the van and drove up to Sheboygan, WI to stay at a place called Blue Harbor. It took about 2 1/2 hours to get there (it's about an hour north of Milwaukee). We met my cousin, Jackie, her husband and 4 kids up there. They had rented a beautiful 4 bedroom "villa" right on Lake Michigan! We got up there around 8:30, so after a little time for the kids to play and interact with each other, we put pajamas on and went to bed. That night it stormed all night long with some good thunder booms!! The next morning it was very foggy, but we went to the indoor water park as soon as it opened at 9am! The kids had a BLAST there! Loren could go down all the slides herself and Kaylynn could go down most of them herself. Loren needed help carrying the tubes up to the tube slides but could go down herself. Kaylynn could go down all the body slides herself, and went down the tube slides with Daddy!!
Around noon we went back to the condo for lunch. By then the fog had lifted a bit and the kids could all go out to the beach and play in the sand and freezing cold water! They didn't care though, they thought it was GREAT fun!!! After that we attempted to take a nap, but the kids had other ideas! We went back to the water park around 4ish and played for another hour and a half or so, this is where Kaylynn decided to nap! Then went back to the condo to change for dinner. The kids were all getting a little crabby, so dinner was interesting. Despite horrible service and probably at least one or two kids melting-down at any given time, the food was pretty good!! After dinner we went back to the condo, gave all the kids a bath/shower and they went to their various rooms for a movie and bed. Loren fell right to sleep, Kaylynn (after getting her beauty rest at the water park) was up until almost midnight!!
Sunday was a much nicer day! We woke up and played in the condo a little bit before going down to the beach and then water park. We went back to the condo around noon for lunch and then headed home around 2.
The weekend was a lot of fun! It was so nice for the kids to all play! They are various ages (Miller - 8, Grant - 6, Cole - 3, Kate - 2 and Loren - 4, Kaylynn - 2) and they would play with each other in various groups! These "cousins" don't get to see each other often, so there really wasn't much fighting between them! It was interesting to see how much Kaylynn and Kate looked alike! We kept mixing them up all weekend!
Here are a few pictures from the weekend:
Around noon we went back to the condo for lunch. By then the fog had lifted a bit and the kids could all go out to the beach and play in the sand and freezing cold water! They didn't care though, they thought it was GREAT fun!!! After that we attempted to take a nap, but the kids had other ideas! We went back to the water park around 4ish and played for another hour and a half or so, this is where Kaylynn decided to nap! Then went back to the condo to change for dinner. The kids were all getting a little crabby, so dinner was interesting. Despite horrible service and probably at least one or two kids melting-down at any given time, the food was pretty good!! After dinner we went back to the condo, gave all the kids a bath/shower and they went to their various rooms for a movie and bed. Loren fell right to sleep, Kaylynn (after getting her beauty rest at the water park) was up until almost midnight!!
Sunday was a much nicer day! We woke up and played in the condo a little bit before going down to the beach and then water park. We went back to the condo around noon for lunch and then headed home around 2.
The weekend was a lot of fun! It was so nice for the kids to all play! They are various ages (Miller - 8, Grant - 6, Cole - 3, Kate - 2 and Loren - 4, Kaylynn - 2) and they would play with each other in various groups! These "cousins" don't get to see each other often, so there really wasn't much fighting between them! It was interesting to see how much Kaylynn and Kate looked alike! We kept mixing them up all weekend!
Here are a few pictures from the weekend:
The view from the balcony (you can see Joe by the lake in the blue shirt)
Loren loving the lake even though it was soooo cold!!
Kaylynn also loving the lake!
Kaylynn, Loren and Grant playing with the sand and water!
Grant, Loren, Kaylynn and even Joe playing in the water!
Flying the most complicated kite ever!
Loren and Grant playing in a big puddle of water! Loren eventually went into thebig puddle and could lay in it!
Kaylynn, putting feathers into her castles!
Grant and Loren walking back to our "villa" (ours were the top two floors, you can see thedoor open to our balcony)
Loren, movie star, on the balcony!
Kate and Kaylynn playing together!
Joe with the girls and Cole at the water park
These green and blue slides are the "body" slide and Kaylynn could go
Loren, movie star, on the balcony!
Kate and Kaylynn playing together!
Joe with the girls and Cole at the water park
These green and blue slides are the "body" slide and Kaylynn could godown them herself!
Loren and Joe getting dumped with water from the big boat!
Loren playing with some of the water features
Kaylynn taking her nap at the water park!
Kaylynn and Kate playing stickers
5 out of 6 of the kids!
All 6 kids (Loren, Kaylynn, Miller, Cole, Grant and Kate)
Kaylynn passed out in the car on the way home before we even left
Loren and Joe getting dumped with water from the big boat!
Loren playing with some of the water features
Kaylynn taking her nap at the water park!
Kaylynn and Kate playing stickers
5 out of 6 of the kids!
All 6 kids (Loren, Kaylynn, Miller, Cole, Grant and Kate)
Kaylynn passed out in the car on the way home before we even leftthe resort grounds!
