Sunday, July 27, 2008

Vacation!




We made it to Wisconsin! The drive was long, and I'm really glad we did it in two days. We drove to St. Louis on Friday. We ate a great place in Laclede's Landing downtown (Old Spaghetti Factory) which is wonderful because you get dessert (ice cream or spumoni) included with every meal. Then we went to City Museum for a few hours. The kids loved it! Unfortunately, it's not air conditioned through most of the museum, so it was pretty hot. Of course, the kids had to climb through all the outside stuff too, which was very hot and humid. (City Museum isn't an ordinary museum; it's like a giant art deco playland.) Hannah's favorite was the three-story slide. The boys just loved it all. If we lived in St. Louis, it would definitely be the place to have a birthday party.

We drove the rest of the way to Wisconsin Dells on Saturday. Our condo here is incredible! By far the nicest we've stayed at anywhere. It's huge, new, very posh. Thanks Mom & Dad!! There are six different water parks here at the resort, and all are included for guests and can only be used by guests. Some things were crowded by afternoon, but never too crowded. Some of the water parks are inside which is nice since I can't be in the sun for too long. We did an outside park this morning and an inside one this afternoon. I only had to apply sunscreen to everyone once - nice. Last night and tonight, we let the kids play in a giant indoor playland (no water). It's wonderful just to let them go and sit and watch. (Yes, I did climb through lots but am sore and bruised from City Museum!)

We plan to drive in to Madison tomorrow. The zoo there is free, so we'll probably do that and go to see the capital building. There's a free ferry across the Wisconsin River that is supposed to be really neat. We also want to tour a cheese factory.

Please keep praying for John. His hearing is ever so slightly better, but he's experience extreme tenitis (sp?). That's a reverberation/whoosing sound in his good ear (trying to compensate for the bad ear). It's driving him nuts. He isn't having any bad side effects from the prednisone, so that's a praise. He is still really anxious about whether his hearing will come back. He's being a trooper, though. We're still all having a great time. I've included some trip pictures. I don't have many water pictures yet, so more of those later.

4 comments:

Katie said...

What a fun vacation! Sounds like you are finding some really neat places. Wish I was there. I bet Wisconsin isn't nearly as hot as Oklahoma right now. And this 8 month pregnant body could use some cooler air right about now! I got in my vehicle today and the temperature said 111 degrees! Of course that's always a bit inaccurate at first. It did drop down pretty quickly to 106. HA! Not funny...

Reba said...

So glad to hear from you. I had been wondering, especially about John. Sounds like you are having a fun time. I am hoping maybe next year we will hit St. Louis for a vacation. We have been before but it has ben a while...so many cheap/free things for kids to do there. The waterparks in Wisconsin sound fun...let us know about the zoo. We will continue to pray for John.
Reba

Susan Seaman said...

Glad you got a chance to get on the computer and give us an update. We're praying for John.

Unknown said...

We got home about 5:00 this afternoon. It was a wonderful trip. I'm so sorry to hear about John's hearing problem. We'll both be praying for him. I'm glad you like the condo and are having a good time.We'll be glad when we can see you again.
Love, Mother