New Years Celebration

JoHanna, Samantha, Adelynn, Seth & Mustache Josh

A few months ago the Taylor family invited us to join them at Metropolis Resort in Eau Claire, Wisconsin to ring in the new year. How could I say no?! Our only other option would be hanging out at home watching movies or playing Wii.

On one end of the hotel was a nice waterpark with a few slides, lazy river, pool, hot tub and a kiddie area for the little ones. We spent the first day of our arrival there. Addy wasn't too interested in playing in her gigantic bathtub. I'm sure the chlorine was a bit much for her.

On the other end of the hotel is Action City. This is where we spent much of our time. There was so much to do. We purchased unlimited bracelets that were to be good until 11pm, at which point their "Lock-in" Event would begin and run until 2am. We had rock walls to climb, go-carts to drive, bumber cars to spin on, mini-bowling, laser tag, batting cages, arcade games that didn't give tickets were free, and those that gave tickets would cost money. We were the 'no fun' parents and had the kids do things their wrist band would allow. If you want something from the Reward Store, I'll buy it for you rather than spending twice as much in the hopes to win tickets.

At 11pm we were planning to head back to the room and play the Wii since Addy took a three hour nap around 6pm. Instead we realized that our wrist bands were still good. What did that mean? We were going to soak it up and see if their computer glitch would stop our bracelets at midnight. Which they did. We grabbed some free pizza and the unlimited beverages and watched our clocks flip to midnight. There were TVs all over the place. I was disappointed that they didn't have any of the local stations on to watch the ball drop. Instead I pulled up someone YouTube video that they posted ridiculously fast and let the kids watch that.

Happy New Years!!!

We all made it to midnight - yes ALL.

Sam made it three feet from the top. I'm sure her fuzzy
boots didn't offer the best support climbing walls.

Addy was obsessed with this train!

Our hotel room - gotta have a picture of the room.

Addy was helping her dah bowl on the mini
bowling lanes. The pins were supported by strings
which was pretty neat.
She also learned to say "Go" when her dah would say
"Ready? Set? ___" where she'd fill in "GO!"

Addy stood next to the height stick to see if she was tall
enough to ride. We learned that she is as tall as the
shortest woman.

Nick and Sam racing one another. Sam's pink sports car could
bust through any obstacle in the road. Unfortunatly,
she didn't have the driving experience that Nick does.

Go Seth Go!

Nick and Sam trying to stay
in the lead.