We normally go to Lake Lawn in Delavan, Wisconsin for Easter weekend. It has been a family tradition since before I was born. This year we decided to do go someplace different. A few years ago, Lake Lawn was sold to a group of investors who had an ambitious plan to sell the individual hotel rooms, renovate them, and then rent them out. I don’t know where I heard or read it, but the word condotels was mentioned. I guess this would be a cross between a condo and a hotel, where somebody would own the room similar to owning a condo, and the room would be rented out like a hotel room. I remember looking over the price list for the rooms and thinking “who in their right mind would pay that much for a hotel room?” Looking back now, this was during the runup to the financial crisis when real estate was on fire. And I guess people were actually buying the rooms hoping to make enough off the rental to pay the mortgage. As a family that had been going to Lake Lawn for many generations, we did not like the way things were headed. And the fact that the room prices went up significantly, we decided to try out another resort. Maybe we’ll go back to Lake Lawn someday, but really, as long as we’re together as a family, that’s all that really matters, right?
We knew that our room only had one bed, so we brought a blowup mattress for me to sleep on. Unfortunately, the mattress must have had a hole in it. When I woke up Saturday morning, it was completely deflated! I ended up running out to the local Walmart to buy another one so I’d have something to sleep on Saturday night.
My grandma always liked to dress my cousin and I in matching outfits for Easter dinner. My mom wanted to carry on that tradition. Here is James and his cousin in their matching outfits:
Here’s me and James all ready for Easter dinner:
And here’s the beautiful Stacy and the handsome James:
James went swimming for the first time and got a chance to test out the neck ring that Nana and Papa got him for Christmas. It worked out really well.
Here are a couple of videos I took of James in the pool with his neck ring. It’s from a company called Water Way Babies. Click on the link to be redirected to their website.
Here are a couple of videos I took of James in the pool with his neck ring. In the first video, Stacy is putting on the neck ring. It’s really easy. Just slip it around his neck and fasten the clips on the top and bottom to hold it closed around his neck. In the second video below, they are in the pool.
After James was done swimming, he dried off in his hooded towel. This is something new that Stacy started making. If you’re interested, check out her Facebook page, Stacy Rae Creations.
I didn’t take a picture before we left, but here is how full our car was when we got home from our weekend trip:
Can you see James?
Even though we weren’t at Lake Lawn this year, it was still a good weekend, minus the mattress incident. It’s the one time a year I get to see my aunt, uncle, cousins, and their kids. It’s always nice to catch up.
