After our trip to Riviera Maya, Mexico last October, we decided every other year we would have a kids+adults trip alternating with an adults only trip. So this October we all met in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. It was about a 7-hour drive for us but we drove to Denton one night to stay with the Burkes and then the rest of the way the next day. All in all, it was really easy.
The house we rented was amazing! It had 7 bedroom and 7 bathrooms and was really beautiful. Red, Anna, me, Al and Mandy each took a meal or two to prepare which made it really easy. There is a National Park just a few miles down the road where we went hiking and fishing. We also took a neat canoe ride down a beautiful river. It was really fun to catch up and re-connect and let the kids play with each other. They all get along so well. It was a nice change from our lakehouse as well.
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| The Girls! Anna has had that sweatshirt since college! |
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| Jackson and John |
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| Playing pool on the downstairs covered deck |
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| Alison and Jason |
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| Alivia and Mollie Jane |
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| Anna and Red |
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| Red and Brian sitting on the front steps of the house |
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| Cute Matthew posing for his Daddy |
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| Shane and Stoke |
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| The boys! Samuel, Will, Baker and John - they all got whittling knives |
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| Anna and Catherine ("CC") |
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| Name of our cabin - Trout Creek Lodge in Broken Bow, OK |
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| Bestie whittling. Samuel is Will's closest friend in this group. |
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| John |
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| Front of the cabin! |
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| Me and Alison |
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| Mama and Son - he is as tall as she is now! |
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| Mollie Jane and Alivia |
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| John and Smith - they really enjoy playing together |
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| Birdie |
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| Cooking dinner for the crew - 10 adults and 13 kids! |
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| Mandy brought a cookie decorating kit - it was really fun |
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| Elle |
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| Mollie Jane |
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| Matthew |
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| Red, Samuel, Anna and me |
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| Our friendship goes WAY back to when I was a sophomore in high school in 1989! |
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| Some of the kids after a hike in the forest |
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| Enjoying our time on the upper deck - the weather was perfect |
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| Matthew and Elle while we were fishing |
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| The kids loved watching "Cupcake Wars" on TV |
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| Horseback riding! This was a highlight for Will |
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| Swimming in COOOOLD water |
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| Catherine was a great mother's helper |
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| Canoeing down the beautiful river |
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| Sam Burke |
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| Risinger canoe! |
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| Baker and Brian |
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| I was the only one who caught a fish! |
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| 13 kids! I don't think anyone is planning on having any more at this point. . . |
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| The WHOLE gang - minus Matthew who slipped away |
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| Will and Samuel had their own canoe! |
