Oklahoma Vacation

The day after the school year ended, Travis and I headed out of town to spend some time with our families. We spent a week in Dallas and Oklahoma with his family, enjoying some time at the cabin in Oklahoma that his brother just finished building.

The cabin really is amazing! It has three bedrooms and 2.5 baths, with a big open living area that included a dining area and kitchen. There is a HUGE back porch with a great hot tub, and it is surrounded by trees. It's a quick five minute drive to the lake just down the road!

Here's a view of half of the inside living area:

I couldn't believe how big the twins are getting! They are so cute, and it was fun to spend some time with them. Avery was very excited about pointing out JJ's baby and giving him kisses...she's going to be such a great cousin!!

Carson and Avery playing on their new slide

As always, they loved playing in the dog crates. Shane told them to go nite-nite, and they both crawled into the crates, closed the door, and laid down to sleep!!

Travis and I brought our dogs and our boat all the way up to Oklahoma from Del Rio in order to enjoy the nearby lake. We had such a fun time taking everyone out on the lake!! The puppies loved swimming and playing in the water about as much as the twins did. Everyone had a chance to ski or wakeboard, and wow, we have a lot of talent in this family! :-)

Carson was really excited about helping to drive the boat!

Howard and Dolores (Travis' grandma and grandpa) enjoyed their ride at the back of the boat. We were also celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary with them this week!

Upper left: Diane on skis... Lower left: Kelly on a single ski... Right: Shane on skis...

Travis made some awesome jumps on his wakeboard,

and Diane caught some amazing pictures on her camera!!

Enjoying some swimming in the lake!

I love the float that Travis bought for me! It's great for lounging comfortably in the lake, and I can easily get back into the boat once I'm tired of floating around. :-)

Our champion Bulldog swimmer, complete with life jacket and tongue. He was just as excited about fetching sticks in the water as Rio was about fetching her ball!

The lake was beautiful and we had some great weather while we were there!

(It reminded me a lot of the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri.)

Percy is getting really comfortable about hanging out on the boat!!

We also spent some time at the river, which was just a two minute drive away from the cabin in the other direction. Rio LOVED playing in the water there! The twins also really enjoyed digging rocks out of the bank and throwing them into the river.

Avery and her Uncle Travis admiring the beautiful river

Rio literally played fetch with her ball for about an hour. She jumped in over and over and over again. The water was pretty cold, and she was shivering and shaking with cold, but she didn't want to stop! We took her out to a dry field doused in sunlight to run her around later to help her warm up and dry off!

This was a great vacation, and everybody had a lot of fun!! We even built a campfire and made s'mores one night:

And, we had some pretty pooped puppies by the end of the week!! :-)

Let the summer begin!!