Wisconsin: An Idyllic Vacation in 4 Parts

My best friend Jenny has a couple family cabins in Wisconsin on Lake Eau Claire. She's been inviting us for years, but the timing's never worked out. This year we decided to make it work out, so the 3 of us joined Jenny, her husband Chad, and their daughter Addie (who is 2 today...Happy Birthday, Addie!) for an 8 day vacation last week. IT WAS SO FANTASTIC!
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The weather was beautiful: crisp & cool mornings, sunny & warm days, chilly & snuggly nights. A typical day went like this: lazy morning breakfast and coffee, outdoor playtime for the girls, naptime for the girls while we took the baby monitors down to the dock to get some sun & drink a few beers, get the girls up from naptime and spend the rest of the day playing in the water or on the boat. Delicious dinner at night, a little more outdoor playtime for the girls before putting them to bed, then hang out by the campfire and play some cards. One of the best parts was that there was no cell phone service in the town...ahhhh....to be unplugged for a week!!
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We took a lot of pictures, so I've decided to break the Wisconsin trip into 4 blog entries that I will post throughout the week. I'm not presuming that anyone will actually want to pore over all our vacation pics; I just want everything recorded for us since I don't do scrapbooks or photo albums. :) This first entry focuses on outdoor playtime...enjoy!

Here's Addie on her tricycle chasing Delilah up the front walk of the cabin. Delilah also had a trike that she loved riding and the two girls spent hours that week chasing each other around.
Delilah strutting down the ramp

Delilah deciding she would rather be in Daddy's arms than on her trike
Running in a field of clover surrounded by Christmas trees

My angel in clover
A couple pics with Mom during a sunset

Chris and Chad went on a bike ride one morning. The bikes hadn't been ridden in awhile, so they did a little inspecting before taking off. Here's Delilah showing them where the problem is. :)
On another morning, Chris, Jenny, Addie, Delilah, and I went for a walk in the woods. I hung back and caught a few pics.

A view of the cabin from the lake. GORGEOUS!!

If you made it this far, be sure to check back in a couple days for Part Two: the Wilderness Walk Petting Zoo!