Busy Weeks!

Kallie and Isaac
Grandpa Moore with some grandkids
Grandma Moore with some grandkids
Kallie feeding a deer at deer park
Liam talking to his toys while at the deer park
Cousin Micah feeding a deer with Uncle Stan
In front of a big buffalo statue at the deer park
Uncle Stan and Micah

Rooster at deer park
Aunt Heather and Cousin Olivia on the duck ride
Grandma Moore and Kallie on the duck ride
An example of the duck boat we rode in
Crevace created by the draining of Lake Delton during the flooding. The lake took 2 1/2 to 3 hours to completely drain. It was crazy to see what the bottom of the lake looked like without the water!

Some of us waiting for the horseback trail ride.
Sights from our Lost Canyon tours
Another sight from the tour.
Grandma, Olivia, and Kallie enjoying a paddleboat ride at the resort.
Kallie's first fish! Thanks Grandpa!

Liam's first bike trailer ride!
Grandma Mitchell meeting Liam for the first time.
Playing mini golf at the resort
Jim catching some time to read on a beautiful day
Jim catching some time to fish with his daughter.

Greetings! The Mitchells have been a busy bunch the past couple of weeks. A couple weeks ago we had fun watching a boy named Isaac, son of some friends of ours, for a few days. Our friends watched Kallie a year and a half ago when we went on our cruise, so it was nice to be able to pay them back. Kallie enjoyed having someone to play with. She learned though that he couldn't quite play like she can, as he is only 20 months old! Liam had his 4 month check up on the 13th. Hard to believe we've hit that point. He's definitely kept us on our toes. We've started adding a little cereal to his soy in continued attempts to reduce spit up. It seems to help a little bit. I'm looking forward to him outgrowing this stage. His pediatrician also ordered a skull xray on him. I have been concerned about the flat spot he has formed on the back of his head. She wanted an xray to make sure it was just the way he was sleeping and not the way his skull had fused. Thankfully it is just the way he sleeps. I am going to try and start doing some exercises with him in attempts to help it. He also has started rolling onto his side when he sleeps so that should help. Other than those things, he has started to develop a really fun personality. He's got such a great big smile and has really started doing lots of giggling! So cute! It sure makes my day!

In addition to those activities, we just spent last week up at Wisonsin Dells. I've never been there before so it was pretty fun. We stayed at Christmas Mountain Village, a resort associated with our vacation club. We loved our accomodations and also our company as my parents and younger brother and his family and also one of my sister's daughters joined us for the week. I must say that our drive up there could have been a little better. The trip was supposed to take us about 6 1/2 to 7 hours, but instead it took us 9 1/2. This was due to part of an interstate being closed down because of flooding. Not exactly what I would prefer with a 3 1/2 year old and a 4 month old stuck in a van. Plus, the highway they detoured us on went down to 1 lane because it was also under construction. I think the most frustrating part though was that we were like 15-20 miles from the Dells when the major delay happened. I felt like jumping out of the van with the kids and just walking there! In the long run it was worth it though because we did lots of fun things and saw some beautiful scenery. We did a duck boat ride, went to a deer park, went to Timbavati Wildlife Center, visited Lost Canyon on a horse-drawn carriage, went horseback riding, braved Noah's Ark waterpark, and played and fished around at the resort. It's amazing how quickly a week goes when you get to do so much fun stuff! On our way home we stopped for a night in Milwaukee to quick see Grandma Mitchell and let her meet Liam for the first time. She unfortunately had injured her back right around the time Liam was born. We also saw Great Grandpa and Great Grandma while we were there. Now we're back to reality and back to trying to put away all the vacation things(my least favorite part). Enjoy the pics of our recent adventures!