Bikini and Boots

Instead of presents in the Schuett house this year, we took a trip to Wisconsin Dells over New Year's.  So there we were, in one truck with the bed full of stuff, one Equinox, filled with stuff, and 8 people ready for water parks, and just getting away from it all.

Monday morning when I woke up with an even stuffier nose than the day before and a sorer throat, I warned Dustin that I was going to be miserable in Wisconsin.  And to an extent, it did hinder some of my fun, but I still had a blast on my first trip to the Dells.

When we got there, it took us three trolleys to get all of our stuff up to our condo.  There is no other way I would want to do this with 8 people!  We all had our own space with loads of extra!  It never once felt like we were on top of each other.  We had 2 bathrooms, a hot tub, kitchen, a dining room table, a home away from home.

We got suited up and headed to the main resort with all the water parks.  Ashley and Cory made Dustin and I go down the Black Hole.  Free fall in the dark?  Check.  Water squirted into your face?  Check.  Huge toilet bowl like swirl?  Check.  Getting turned around backwards in your tube?  Check.  Loads of fun?  CHECK!  I was a little scared at first, and I was the last to go down, but I got over it!  Next we went to the wave pool.  Those waves could have knocked us flat.  At another point, I took out a guy on a giant wave!  You get exhausted floating in that pool.  They also had a swim up margarita bar that had my fancy!  Walking to the next pool, I only had my boots.  You bet I rocked that bikini and boots as much as I could!  The next day Dustin wore his boots (with flames), camo swim trucks, and a cut off American flag shirt.  He's my Redneck Romeo!  :)

The boys stayed up and played cards.  On New Year's Eve, I went to bed shortly after 10.  That cold really sucked the party right out of me.

The next morning we hit up the antique stores.  The Schuett family is big into old crocks.  And basically, if you want to get along with the Schuett family, you better like antiques!  I love not knowing what you could find in antique stores!  I found a Cooking with F.R.I.E.N.D.S cookbook!  And I could not pass that up!  :)  We spent the rest of the afternoon in the water parks before heading to supper at a local bar.  We had one of the best waitresses ever!  She was hysterical with her Polish accent, sarcasm and wit.  There was also some of the best steak eaten there!  So thick and juicy and at 32 oz., seemingly endless!

Yesterday, we headed off to do Lazer Tag and Go-Karts.  Lazer Tag was hysterical!  I've never been before and about 2 steps into the room, Ashley fell face first on the ramp!  I almost fell over laughing at her and Dustin made sure she was okay before shooting her!  I laughed so hard at shooting someone and then getting shot from behind by one of my brother-in-laws!  After that we hit the Go-Karts.  That proved to be full of laughs too!  We were all hitting each other and passing like crazy!

We did the pool a while more before getting some appetizers and drinks and chatting with a couple of guys that we made friends with.  This family is full of extroverts, and I'm still adjusting to that fact!  We headed back to the room, ordered food and half of us went to bed early and the other half went down to the pool.

Today, we made the decision to come home early with a normal time length rather than tomorrow, through a snowstorm.  It was a very fun trip, and I am very glad we came home today safe rather than sorry tomorrow.

And after being gone for 3 days, Bonnie seems to have forgotten everything that we have taught her...or she is still mad at us for leaving!  :)