Dale Hollow 2012

At the beginning of August, we went on a family vacation to Dale Hollow in Tennessee.  The kids did great with traveling, took their naps in the car, and had little whining.  We had a great week spent with lots of family.  The weather wasn't extremely ideal all week long, but we did have some nice days.  Elli loved being around all the other kids and swimming in the water.  She even tried tubbing and riding on the jet ski.  On the other hand, it was a little rougher of a vacation for Connor.  He was a overwhelmed by the water and hated wearing the lifejacket.  Because of going on the boat in the mornings, his morning naps were often much shorter than usual which resulted in him being fussy!  Next year will be a lot more enjoyable for him, as he'll be nearing 2 years old.

Here are some many pictures of our trip....

All the kids....

Riding on the boat....

Me swinging off the rope

Christy and Kayla swimming

Heath and Kayla

Practicing walking....

Christy and I getting the girls ready for manicures

Some of the kids....

Elli was obsessed with Kayla the whole week.  She still has the bracelet on that Kayla made her that week.

 Going on a boat ride.  She was a little apprehensive of going fast in the boat initially, but by the end of the week she was loving it.

 Scott knee boarded....

Elli and her best friend, Kayla

One of the few pictures of Connor in the water :)  He is wearing his new lifejacket that Nana and Papa L. got him there.  It worked out MUCH better than the other ones.

One of the many poker games that happened that week....

I got up on skied 

 Scott, Heath, and Ross were crazy enough to jump off the cliffs.  This is a picture of Scott jumping....

 Elli would run around the whole room repeatedly, cracking up while she did it.

The pontoon boat and some people swimming

Elli's first time on the jet ski.  She kept saying "I wanna go reallll slow"

We even celebrated Connor's birthday a week early

Swimming in the water....

This girl did great swimming

Some picture of Connor hanging out on the boat

Taking a chilly boat ride back to the cabin

 Daddy and Elli swimming....

Pictures of the cousins

 Seriously, Elli loved hanging out with Kayla

I love this picture of Connor

Connor and Uncle Ross

She even twirls her hair on boat rides....

Connor and Daddy take a ride on the boat....

Another big hit of the week was feeding the fish!

We had a great week and are looking forward to next year where we will only have to worry about 1 nap a day....no bottles....no pacifiers....and no pregnancy.  (The last 4 times this trip has happened, I've either been pregnant where I can't do a lot of the activities, been about to deliver where we couldn't go, or had babies with us on the trip).