Saturday night

Since this was our last night here we went back out before dinner. 

Nicolle just loved being around Olivia. I enjoyed the little break it gave me.

                     Ryan, and I.

                            Drew

Charlie had this idea of getting all the guys up on different skis behind one boat. And they made it happen. Drew was on the wake skate, cook was on two skis, Charlie slalom, Jimmy on the knee board, and Ryan on the wake board. I have to say it was pretty fun and they did great. Only took about two tries. While they were playing around we hung out on our boat and let the kids swim some more. 

On our way back in Ryan and I wake boarded one last time.

We went back in, showered, and started getting dinner together. We made chicken and beef fajitas with homemade hot sauce, pico de gallo, guacamole, peppers, and chips. Another fantastic meal without pics. I was in our room straightening up and pre packing when Ryan came to me to take a picture of Drew and the kids.

Is this not the sweetest picture ever?

Saturday day 3

Saturday morning I got up and made sausage balls, and pigs in a blanket for breakfast. I did a horrible job at taking pictures of all our food. We ate good for every meal. After breakfast we went out for some more swimming.

Carson said he was doing canyon balls. I love the things he comes up with.

I think he's the best looking boat captain.

Miss priss. She wasn't much of a swimmer. She rather be playing in the boat or splashing on the swim deck. She liked pouring her water can on my legs while I tried to get some sun. I didn't mind. 

       Both kids fell asleep on the boat. 

Before we went in for lunch Ryan's friends unhooked flem from the boats while he was sleeping. It took him a bit to figure it out. Don't worry, we didn't leave him. For lunch this day I made pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans, and chips for lunch. 

Last Friday night

Friday was our first full day. Most people slept in, so we got a little bit of a late start. Lauren and I made breakfast casserole for breakfast. She made more of a Mexican version of mine. Hers was so good!!! I forgot to take a picture. After everyone got up and around we went out to swim. 

          

             Miss piggy got hungry.

              A view of the marina.

We came back and the kids had some ice pops as a snack. (I had one, too) 😀

Then that night Jimmy fried us up some crappie, homemade french fries, and hush puppies. It was delicious!! Everyone went to bed pretty early this night. The sun wore us out.

First night swim

I went a little out of order and forgot to post our first night on the boat. Since it was just us and Charlie's family we all went out in our boat. 

            Olivia was saying, "go!"

                  My handsome boy.

    Olivia was being a little grumpy at first, so daddy let her drive the boat. The water was so calm this night. We swam a little then Ryan, and I wake boarded. 

The cutest St. John cousins minus Olivia.

Night of arrival

The boys were just so sweet when they first walked in. "They both said, this.is.awesome!!!" They were so excited. After checking everything out they played some cars and dirt bikes.

These two are so much alike. I hope they can grow up to be best cousin/friends like their daddy's are. Once Lauren and I got everything unpacked and put up we made the kids dinner.

They had fish sticks, Mac n cheese, and fruit. Olivia was being stubborn and didn't want to take a picture. My little drama queen. After dinner we got the kids in their pjs and let them watch some Disney jr. as they winded down.

Once they were in bed we cooked our meal and waited around until the rest of our group showed up. 

 This was the best picture I got of Ryan and Charlie. They never act serious.

We made hot n spicy brats, hot links, potato salad, chips. I had never had the hot n spicy brats before. They were ahhhhmazing!!! 

My mouth is watering posting these pictures! After we ate Lauren and I sat in the hot tub for awhile. I didn't take any pics I didn't want to chance my camera getting ruined.

The cabin

We've been to these cabins a couple other times with Ryan's family. We all love coming here. 

                 Our cabin was c4

The cabin has a stocked kitchen so we just bring our food and cook there. Most of it I did cook at home and froze it. Just to make it a little easier. 

I have a big sweet tooth and was on vacation so calories definitely were not be counted.

Here's a look at what our room we stayed in looked like. 

We had a king size bed, but I was still not going to share it with my kids. I worried about how Olivia would sleep. She's never been awesome at sleeping in her pack n play. This time I think she was just so worn out she slept great. Even great naps! 

Our view from the back porch. You could walk down to the lake, but we never did. We enjoyed our trip so much we're already planning our next one for next month.

The start to a great weekend

Thursday we headed out to a tiny town in Arkansas. 

We had a little bit of a rough start. First our cousins Charlie, and Lauren had a blow out on their boat trailer before they even made it to Plano. About 40 minutes after we left we got a blow out. 

My husband who has every tool there is to have didn't bring any with him. Really?? There just happened to be a lowes across the highway. So, he unhooked the boat and the kids and I stayed there while he went to lowes.

Carson throwing rocks while we waited on daddy. 

In about 10 minutes we were fixed and back on our way. By this time Charlie, and Lauren had caught up to us. Good thing because about a half mile down the road it happened again. 

We couldn't believe it! Once we got this fixed we were good to go and made it into one of my top five favorite states!