Operation Working Vacation

This past week I had the opportunity to go to Wisconsin Dells for a Social Work conference- and I got to take the family with me for free! I was super excited to go- especially since the day we left was Quinn's 1st birthday and I was nervous that I would have to miss it (luckily I didn't have to). We left Wednesday afternoon and made it down in time to have some supper, open gifts and have some cupcakes. We stopped at Target on the way down and Ry picked out some "baby" cupcakes to have. They were the perfect size, but had bright red frosting. I was a little nervous but we went with it anyways.

We stayed at the Glacier Canyon Lodge at Wilderness Resort. The place was HUGE! It took forever to walk anywhere- so they recommended using the free shuttle. Of course, that was too easy for us so we walked, and walked and walked to get to the water parks. Oh well, it was good exercise for us all-except Quinnie who got to ride in the stroller.

It was a great conference, got to hang out with my friend Christine who I went to Scholastica with and have fun with the family. The girls had a blast, spent most of the time in the water and were exhausted every night to prove it. It was nice to get away but it was also very nice to get home and back to the normal routines.

Opening presents- Quinn didn't want to do much of this at her party but really got into now

She got a drum set with cymbals and shakers- I know, what the heck was I thinking? She LOVES it, and so does her big sister.

One of the rare pictures that I am in- proof I actually was there!

MMM, birthday cupcakes with BRIGHT RED FROSTING!

Rylee in the wave pool and loving every minute of it! The waves got pretty big at times but she showed no fear!

Just too cute not to include! Quinn liked the pool but not a huge fan of the big waves.

Ry heading down the slides- this is a little one but she spent much of her time riding the "big kid" slide as she called it. It was big, purple and curly. She must have gone down it 50 times each day.

Look at me!!!

Just so tired after swimming all day.

She didn't move a bit when I changed her into her jammies.

Ry and Daddy in the wave pool- they spent a lot of time together in there.