Yankton Vacation

Yankton Vacation, one of the most looked forward to weeks in the summer. Good friends, good food and great company! I really can't say how much this vacation has come to mean to the kids every year. It is a time where they get more freedom than usual to be with friends, cousins and to explore. Now that the kids are older it is also fun for Robb and I! Don't get me wrong, it's always been fun but at one point when the kids were little it was just watching kids in a place that wasn't baby proofed. Thank goodness they are older now! We know that Megan and her family is currently in that stage of life that is hard, so we try to help out. Abby is a kid whisperer and Emmy, and Harper are inseparable for the week. 

This is also the one time of year that Robb gets to spend an extended amount of time with John and Andy. Not to mention his very favorite activity of boating.

It is fun to see all my "big kids" get along so well with all Megan's "little kids"!

AJ got to spend his birthday at the lake this year. Happy Birthday AJ!

Family volleyball tournament.

Aaron brought his drone and took this picture of the marina at sunset. Can you blame us for loving this place? It is beautiful!

Baby Zander joined us this year. He is incredible chill, and we all love him to death.

Pat is the forever activity coordinator and entertains these kids with her "special supper drinks, endless games, crafts and patience for their clinginess to her.

Cooper is getting so big! No longer the baby of Yankton anymore.

Ginger and Brook brought metal cut outs for us to paint. We all loved this.

Lucy loves everything about Yankton! The people, the food and getting to be a part of everything and her very favorite is the ground squirrel hunting.

This is Scout's first year at Yankton. She loves it but she is a lot more work than Lucy. She is more time demanding, because she is a puppy and can't be left unattended in the cabin without eating things. She did go to the Yankton kennel a couple days when we were on the boat a lot that day.

We rented the pontoon boat again and spent the day cruising around while the boys wake boarded.

Captain Bob is always a good sport at keeping about 20 people on the boat happy.

Steph and Lester came up for a day. It was fun to see them.

Yankton in a way marks the end of summer for us most years. When we get home from this vacation we start school shopping, the boys start attending camps for school. Yankton is our last Hoorah before we know a school schedule is coming.