The Howells : Branson vacation 2013

We decided several months ago to take a family vacation to Branson with the Chartons and the Bennetts - 6 adults and 7 kids, and we had the best time! It was crazy at times, but all of the kids had so much fun together and they were all so good. The adults had adult time once the kids went to bed, and we all stayed up way too late every night! One thing vacation is NOT - restful! It is totally worth it though - we made great memories and had such an awesome time!

The girls and kids went up on Wednesday and the boys came after work on Thursday. I will admit it was a little easier once we got some help!

They had a great park at our resort...

Brody loved this thing - it was his "riding lawnmower"! He is such a pretender right now! It is so sweet!

Jumping on the bed! Brody had to sleep on a blow up mattress, but it worked out really well!

Ready for a day at the lake!!

Daddy with Emery and Brody! We had a great day on the lake. The kids loved to tube and swim and ride. Emery did really well for about 3 hours, and once she was done - it was over! I ended up taking her back early for a nap. She did have a cold and a little fever though, so she did really well!

Brody jumped off the boat 100 times!!

The pools at our resort were awesome! They had places for all ages to play and have a good time. I don't have pictures of the water slide, but both Brody and Emery loved it so much!

Sweet Emery!

Brody didn't want his picture taken!

Shelley and Meg sun bathing!

Ready for a night out! The last night we went to the Landing and had a nice dinner on the water. It was a perfect place for the kids and we had a great time!

All the kids except Brody!

After dinner, we walked down to some fountains. They had a light, fire and water show to music. It was really neat, and when the kids got bored, we got ice cream!