Table Rockin' Lake

I love vacations. I especially love vacations that our whole family can enjoy. That's why I love going to Table Rock...there is something for everyone.

The kids really had a blast this year. They had so much more freedom to run around and play with their cousins and swimming everyday was like a dream come true. Even Laney seemed to enjoy the daily activities.

Highlights include:

* My cousin Todd got engaged to his girlfriend Katie.
*We celebrated Marsha's 50th birthday belated with a heated jeopardy game that Amy created. (oh yeah, our family won!)

*Camden came a long way with his swimming and swam in the lake without holding my hand. He really loved the pool because he could touch and he did the zipsled and skimmer! But his favorite was the Sea-doo (accent on the doo)

*We played the annual beer pong tournament where Megan and Greg won for the 3rd time! (Amy I apologize for my sucky playing)

*Makenna had an amazing time! Anytime she can swim, its a good day...and she swam like 3 times a day! She loved the slide at the pool, jumping in at the swim dock, skimming and she even tried wakesurfing and wakeboarding! I was so proud of her for trying! The only bad moment was getting swim ear half-way through.

*We took a day to visit Branson. the five of us and Nana and Papa went through a mirror maze.
Then we went miniature golfing with neon lights.
*Delaney wouldn't let anyone hold her, but she loved repeating everyone's names, swimming in the pool, exploring our cabin, and having more freedom than she's used to.

*4 visits to urgent care (a record I think) Matt's head, Grandma's foot, Ben's rash and Makenna's swim ear. I did not include a picture of Matt's head because some people may not want to see the blood streaming down after the wakeboard hit him in the head. (The dart Christian threw in Matt's leg didn't send him to urgent care, but I though I'd throw it in).

*Celebrated Niki's 16th birthday, which is next month.

*Had margaritas to celebrate an upcoming birthday of mine. (age not needing to be mentioned here)

*Met our newest family members, Blake and Roman.


*Watched 10 of our group wakeboard at the same time (some random people watching asked if it was a traveling group!)


*And saw a lot of family members.

I was sad we could not get a group picture but here are all the people in attendance (I think I remembered us all)
Grandma, Grandpa, David, Debra, Marty, Candy, Jenny, Joe, Ben, Maddie, Leslie, Matt, Roman, Cliff, Mark, Kelly, Kerry, Christian, Makenna, Camden, Delaney, Megan, Greg, Julia, Riley, Morgan, Marsha, Neil, Amy, Blake, Michael, Allison, Todd, Katie, Kathy, Niki, Dennis, Joanna, Kristin

There are so many more pictures and stories I could share, but I thought this really captured the trip from my family's perspective. Thanks to all the pictures from the THOUSANDS we all took. What a great week...only 355 days until next year!