Bishop Family Vacation

We took our annual Bishop Family vacation this past weekend and we went to Arrowwood in Alexandria, MN this year! It was the perfect spot for our family--with lots of room in the cabin for the kids to play.....and plenty to do outside to keep everyone happy!

On Thursday afternoon I got a call from daycare that Nora had a fever. :( I took her in to the Dr right away to make sure she didn't have anything contagious. By the time I got there her temp was back to normal and the Dr checked her for strep (negative) and determined she was fine to go on vacation. Whew! The Bormann's woke up Friday morning and Jack had gotten sick in his crib overnight. Thankfully it was just a fluke, as he was acting fine and was fine all weekend. Never a dull moment! Nora had a great time--although I could tell she got tired and nighttime was tough for her as her fever would come back...she didn't nap and I know that didn't help, but she had fun and recovered within a few days!

Friday was a beautiful day, so we swam in the outdoor pool-it was perfect!! The kids had a blast--and Papa and Bishop had quite the water gun fight!

 It was family weekend and they had a number of activities for the kids--one was cookie decorating--so the big kids went and decorated their cookies (while Jack napped)!

There was a LOT of frog catching that occurred throughout the weekend. There were many ponds by our place with LOTS of frogs in them. We were here last year for the Froehle Family Reunion and 2 of Luke's cousins kids, Nate and Ben, took Bishop frog hunting...so he calls Arrowwood, Nate and Ben's! He would get so excited to catch a frog--and he told me many times that that's all he wanted to do and it's what made him happy. My dad, Luke and I all took turns taking him out--it's fun to see him get so excited!

Saturday was a little dreary--so we spent the morning playing inside our condo and playing at the waterpark.  We played some mini golf in the afternoon and the kids went on the zip line. We ended the day with another trip to the outdoor pool!

 

These 2 girls had so much fun together! 

Nora getting her nails painted for the first time by Auntie Shelly! 

Nora LOVES holding the frogs!

Bishop LOVED the waterslides and even went on the big ones with his dad!

Going down the waterslide with Madelyn!

Still not 100%-getting some love from nana

 Playing mini golf was quite the adventure with 4 kids, 4 and under. It was hard to keep track of your ball--and oftentimes it was picked up shortly after being hit! Bishop was distracted by the frogs, of course!

Our final morning of frog hunting--we caught 8!

This cracks me up! 

It was such a fun weekend and I love our family time so much! The girls had so much fun together--they just adored each other! Every year gets a little easier! Thanks mom and dad for such a fun weekend--we really appreciated it!