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The Dells

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For Spring Break, we went on a short, last minute trip to Wisconsin Dells!! If you live in the Midwest, then you know that The Dells is a hoppin' vacation place for families. We had been hearing a lot about it ever since we moved here, but decided to wait until our kids got a little older to try it out. Well, now they were older! And with Jeremy actively looking for a new job, we figured this might be one of our last chances to see what the hype was all about there. I found some last minute deals online for Wilderness Resort and got us booked for 2 nights and 3 days during our spring break week. The drive from our home is only 2 hrs and 45 minutes. We headed out right after church on Sunday March 17. We had fun on the drive there playing car games, calling family, and drawing/writing. When we arrived in the town, we were in for some surprises. Huge resorts with themes like Mt Olympus and Noah's Ark, murder mystery restaurants, escape rooms, magic shows, theatres, ziplines, laze...

March Photo Journal

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March was such a fun month for us this year. We did a good job keeping things from getting too busy, just enjoying the simple things in life. Here's a bunch of photos we took, with the exception of our Spring Break, which I will post about later. I hosted another Kids Music in Motion event at the HHH. The featured music group was the Austin Ecumenical Bell Choir. The kids did a scavenger hunt in the home that was bell-themed. Then we enjoyed an interactive performance with the bell choir. I led the family audience in different dances and beat games while the bell choir played. We learned all about hand bells and the different techniques used to play them! I figured out how to make bell props for all the kids from some items that were given to me, and the kiddos had a lot of fun with them. This turned out to be one of my favorite music groups to host at the HHH. As you can see, the boys had a fun time, too. Dallin was excited to use his tool set that he got for Christmas to install ...