Fun in the Ozarks

This past weekend our family and the Butterfields rented a house in the Ozark mountains. It was a perfect little vacation. The house was so cute and having it set right on a private lake didn't hurt much either. It was nice to get away after a hectic week of finals. I say that like I was the one taking them but listen, finals week takes a toll on the wives too. Yes, I'm sure the boys have it harder but being a single parents is hard :) Either way it was nice to get away and spend some time as a family and not worrying about anything. **Tons of Pictures** The view from the back of the house

Our first day there were so many big birds flying around the lake.

Jackson's pointing at the birds. We took a little boat ride over so he could see them closer. He loved it

For the fist little bit Jackson was scared to go over the cracks on the dock. (I know mom, he doesn't have his life jacket on.. Ross and I were right behind him with it.)

Family canoe ride.

The boys going out on a ride on the paddle boat.

I guess the whole time they were on the ride Jackson wanted to play in the water so when they got close BreeAnn was swimming and he jumped in with her. He was ok for a little bit but then got scared or didn't like the coldness of the water.

Jackson and I swimming. He was scared and held onto my life jacket for dear life. We got him out quick but he always wanted to get back in and hated it as soon as he was in. After the first day it was to cold to go swimming but Jackson loved to stick his hands and feet in while we were on the boat. Jackson could have spent the whole trip out by the lake and if it was warmer we would have.

They had a little telescope so the first night we went out and tried to look at the moon/stars but there wasn't much to see and the telescope wasn't the best.

So while Bret tried to get a good pictures of the moon on the telescope I had fun taking pictures of the moon lol

The view from the kitchen.

Another great thing this house had was fully screened in balconies. Jackson and I spent a lot of time out there playing

The boys fishing together.

This is my favorite picture of the trip. Jackson and Ross throwing rocks in the lake

Jackson spent all his time by the lake throwing rocks into it.

All the boys fishing our last day! Well I'm pretty sure the guys were trying to fish and Jackson was scaring them all away by throwing rocks into the lake haha