Vacation at the Lake!

So we went on vacation to the lake last week.  We rented a boat for several days and just enjoyed playing in the water.  Here are some photos of our fun trip!

My Drew.

Addie singing on the boat!!!  

Nick loading up our equipment

The big tube!  

Nick got thrown off and was swimming to the tube.

Avery being a ham!!!

Mark driving the boat...not the best picture but its all I had.

Nick driving the boat while dad took a turn riding the tube!

Dad, Drew & Jack on the tube!

Addie did not like the big waves and the boat rocking around!!!

This was the view from the balcony at our condo.

When the girls got tired of the boat and needed a break, we went to the pool at our condo so they could enjoy some low-key swimming & playing.

Avery is such a clown!!!  She always wants to make people laugh!   :)

The girls eating cotton candy at the pool!

We took a day off from the lake (we were tired, sore and little sunburned) and went to the play "Jonah" at the Sight & Sound theater in Branson.  It was a great play and VERY well done!  We were quite impressed.  Here are the girls outside of theater.

Here they are inside the theater.

A view of Table Rock Lake...such blue clear water!

More clowning around with Avery.

The boys tried knee-boarding which they all really enjoyed.

Nick up on the knee board.

Jack waiting to knee board.

Avery putting on sunscreen on our balcony.  (Posing of course)

The girls are ready for a day on the lake!!

The first time we put the girls in the lake they were not really too sure about it.  Avery immediately warmed up to floating around in the water, but Addie was a little more timid.   After they finally went in and realized their life jackets would indeed keep them afloat, they loved it!  (I have video of the first time they floated in the lake with their life jackets...it funny!)

After they swam in the lake they snuggled up with me!

I really enjoyed watching the sunrise from our balcony.  It was beautiful to watch as I did my devotions.

The girls on the tube!!!

Having so much fun!

We found some cliffs and the boys swam ashore so they could jump off of them.  There was a lower cliff and a higher one.  You can see them in the following pictures.

Nick jumping off the higher cliff!  

The girls watching the boys jump off the cliffs.  

This first video is when the girls were first put in the lake with their life jackets.  They were a little unsure but soon realized they were safe!   The second video is just the boys tubing behind the boat.