Yankton Vacation 2010

The Yankton vacation has been a tradition in Robb's family for 23 years. It is a fun and crazy mix of 3 families. The Lutz's, Lunds, and the Gaines. Now that all the kids have gotten older it has evolved into more and more people every year which is fun. We have in the last couple of years had to add a cabin, 10+ people in the cabin was a bit too cozy. We have went the last 3 years with the kids. Bryce and Caleb look forward to this vacation all year. It involves all of their favorite things. Swimming, boating, parks, grandparents, Andy, John and Megan.
We had so much fun this year! The boys have reached an age where they aren't as hard to watch and Abby was a little older this year so we didn't have to worry so much about her being in the sun. We spent a lot of time in the resort pool. Our children have zero fear of water which is good but makes me nervous at times. We always have life jackets on, so they were jumping in, doing flips and having people throw them in the air. Even Abby loved the water. However, she didn't so much love the infant life jacket that has the pillow that goes behind thier head and tips them on thier back the second they get in the water. Abby's favorite thing was yelling "UMP" and jumping off the side. We did go to the beach a couple of times but they don't really have a nice beach. It is kinda muddy and rocking so the boys weren't so sure about that. They did have fun, on one of the windy days, when the waves would splash them. We took our boat up there this year and as always it let us down. I am pretty sure our boat is allergic to water. Robb had it running in Lincoln but the second you put it in the water it always has something wrong with it. Luckily John's boat worked and we got some wakeboarding and skiing in. I must say I was a little disappointed in myself I didn't slalom ski this year. I feel like I am too out of practice when I only get to do it 1-2 times a year. However we did have quite the accomplishment this year, we managed to get 4 people up on wakeboards/skis behind the boat at the same time. This was very cool to watch. For those of you that aren't boating savvy, usually only one person is pulled behind the boat at a time.
As always, the food was delicious! Over the years traditions have developed so you pretty much know what the menu will be for most of the trip. Wonderful job on the food and snacks everyone.
This year was especially fun because our niece Brook came for a couple of days. The boys had a wonderful time playing with her. Ginger and Aaron also came for one evening. Thanks for braving the heat to come see us Ginge. We can't wait to meet baby AJ! Also my sister Steph and her son Draven came up for a day and went swimming and boating with us. All in all the vacation was wonderful. We did have some rough nights with Abby who thinks she doesn't need to sleep, but we had grandparents there to help us and I even got a couple of naps in.