Family Vacation, July 2012

In the midst of our move and getting settled here at the new house, we took a week long family vacation! Haha - wouldn't you?! We knew that with taking the kids, we wanted to go somewhere close, so we traded our timeshare in at the Silverleaf Villages Resort on Lake Palestine, just outside of Tyler, TX. Here are some pictures of our week! Don't laugh, they are all with my cell phone because in the stress of packing for a week long vacation before we even got our house unpacked, I totally forgot our good camera. Oops! Thank goodness for our half-descent cameras on our phones, or we would have ZERO pictures to remember our first vacation as a family of 4 by!!

We spent LOTS of time at the pool. Each pool had such a great kid area with a beach style entry, which was perfect for Ella! 

 Nana, Grandad and Uncle Andrew came out and spent one day with us. Fun!

 The only picture of the 4 of us from the whole trip :)

 Big girl walking around in the water

 HA! Carter grabbed my hat when we were getting the kids ready for a bath, and this just cracked me up! 

 Day 1 - white booty! 

 Snack time poolside....

 Ella eating, AGAIN. She was a little piglet this trip!

 Exploring at the second pool. These pools were nearly empty in the mornings. So perfect!! 

 Eric inflating the world's smallest beach ball! 

 We rented a pontoon boat for a half day... Carter was on cloud 9!

 First time on a boat for this girl... and she isn't loving the life jacket!

 My two handsome guys :)

 Check out Carter's hook 'em..... HA!

 We filled a baby pool on the floor of the boat.... best idea ever for Ella! 

 Dinner on the boat!

 Naked baby!

 Mini golf at the resort.... Carter got not one, but TWO holes in one!! Impressive! He may or may not have had a little help from Daddy ;)

 Ella slept great in her pack and play, so grateful for that! 

 Carter and Eric took a paddle boat out on the lake. 

 They came back to the dock all sweaty, and Eric's legs were hurting..... ha! 

Great accommodations, great time away from everything, and great first family vacation for the 4 of us!