Northern Bay

HI!  I LOVE vacations!  :)  We just got back from a FABULOUS time at Northern Bay  - an awesome resort 45 minutes west of the Dells.  We vacationed with the Otten family - who Ryan grew up vacationing with..and who are our great friends!  We had a blast relaxing by the pool, trying to make it across the "log" on the lake, golfing, walking, playing tennis, games at night, eating together, renting a pontoon boat, etc. It was such a treat! 

Here we are on our wild adventure on the pontoon boat.  Notice how we are all very dry and relaxed looking...  Well, a few minutes after this pic was taken, our boat SERIOUSLY started to go under, front first.  We were SO scared!  We probably had too many people on the boat....and then we slowed down really quickly...and the boat tipped forward - a lot.  I have never seen so many people RUN so quickly to the back of the boat.  I honestly thought we were going down and I think I squeezed the life out of Hailey I was holding on to her so tightly.  We managed to survive....but then, since we didn't know the lake well, we hit THREE tree stumps that weren't marked!  I thought we were for sure never going to make it back to land.  Needless to say, our relaxing boat ride wasn't so relaxing.... but now we have MANY laughs about how scared we all were.  
Here we are, later in the day, on the boat again after we learned we weren't supposed to go on the right side of the lake.  :)  Much more enjoyable.... :) 
Our family pic by the island hole. 
The Grandma's!!!
Emily loved splashing in the "sink" bathtub. :) 
All the kiddos - from left to right Emily, Addy, Braden, Hailey, Tyler
Sitting by the baby pool.  The kids loved this!  I'd say Addison is definitely our little fish though.  She loved the water!  
The whole gang.  

They HATED their life jackets. :)  I think I would too. :) But it's a good thing they had them on.... :)

 

I just had to put this video on here.  :)  We had MANY laughs when we challenged Kathy and Dawn to see if they could make it across the "log."  Here is Kathy's attempt.  What do you think? :)