5 YEARS

Brian and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary this past weekend in Wisconsin Dells! (Our anniversary is this Friday 6/11....but we are having Kelly's 4th birthday party on Saturday 6/12). We dropped the girls off at Grandma and Papa Mulgrew's on Saturday morning. They had a great time! Kelly didn't miss us at all...she loved having a sleepover at Grandma and Papa's house and got to play with some of her cousins on Saturday and Sunday too. This was Molly's first night away from Mommy and Daddy.....and she did great during the days....but woke up twice during the night (which she rarely does at home). Back to our trip....we got to the Dells around 11:30am and went to the downtown area and walked around the shops and found an AMAZING place for lunch! I highly recommend the High Rock Cafe, if you are in the area. We sat at a table upstairs that overlooked the entire Downtown Dells shopping area. The food was amazing, the price was good, and the atmosphere was amazing! After a few hours downtown, we checked into our hotel. It was raining by that point, so we spent a few hours just doing normal things - reading the paper, playing on the computer, watching TV, etc. - WITHOUT GETTING INTERRUPTED! It was great! I LOVE my girls...but it was nice to read the paper in ONE sitting! Since the weather was yucky we decided to go to the hottub....which was relaxing! We then ordered calzones and got them delivered to our room! It was supposed to stop raining in the evening, so we got tickets to the Tommy Bartlett Show at 8:30pm. The weather was a little cold (we were covered up with beach towels, since I didn't think we needed warm clothes for a one day trip), but it didn't rain and the show was great! After the show....another trip to the hot tub!!! On Sunday, we rode the Original Wisconsin Ducks....the weather was perfect, and it was a fun ride! We finished our trip with a few hours at the Tanger Outlets.....where we finished Kelly's birthday present and had lunch. It was a wonderful, short weekend. I look forward to another trip in 5 years!!!

A postcard of the Ducks we rode on Sunday.

(The one down side of our trip was our camera broke! The screen doesn't work....but the camera still takes pictures....you just can't see what you're taking! We bought a disposable camera....but we haven't gotten them developed yet.)

We are researching cameras now....if anyone has any suggestions....please send them my way. We want a point and shoot, not an SLR, with a large screen, and minimal delay. It needs to be small to fit in my purse, diaper bag, etc. I need to get one soon....since Kelly's birthday party is THIS WEEKEND!