VaCAtiOn!...Devil's Lake State park, Wisconsin

So we took a week vacation that went a little something like this, drive to niece's graduation, drive to in-laws house in Wisconsin for a couple days, go camping up by the Dells a couple days, drive to Minnesota to visit Justin's sister for a couple days, head back to in-laws in Wisconsin for a few days, then head back home.  Sounds like a lot, but it really was AMAZING!  It's always great to be around family, and throw in some camping and we're in heaven.  The driving wasn't too bad, could have done without me locking the keys in the car in the middle of nowhere Wisconsin, but besides that...a wonderful vacation.  Here are some pics from our camping trip at Devil's Lake State Park in Wisconsin.  It was gorgeous...definitely recommend it to anyone who loves to camp and hike.

setting up camp

Claire helping to set up camp

caught Ethan eating dirt.  can someone please explain to me the boy fascination with eating dirt :)

making foil dinners

yum...way to go justin

hiking

hiking

Good Morning!  Ethan with cousin Ki in the background

Cousin Chase and Claire.  Love this pic!

Ethan and Ki

Crazy Camping Hair Claire and Daddy

This is the "trail" we hiked the next morning with Justin's brother and nephews.

Made it to the top!

Ki at "Balanced Rock" at the top of the trail

The view from the top...definitely worth it!

Devil's Doorway

Coming back down the trail.  Brittney, Claire, Forrest, Chase.

After our hike we headed to the beach for some swimming and guess what showed up in the parking lot.

We drove in the Wisconsin Dells one evening and played a round of Mini-golf...apparently Justin has some mad mini-golf skills...I had no idea :)

Ethan LOVED the golfing

At the putt putt place, after our game...it was a pirate-themed course

After wrapping up our camping trip, we headed to a railway museum on our way to Minnesota...since Ethan LOVES trains.  We even took an hour long train ride in some 100 year old train cars with their original windows, lights, etc.  It was really neat...of course Ethan was just excited to be on the train.