turkey creek ranch

This is way overdue... but here is comes.  Back in July right before we moved into our new place we had one last glorious moment of summer.  When I was in middle school and high school the Meyer family used to take an annual summer trip to Turkey Creek Ranch.  TCR is located on Bull Shoals Lake which is in south central Missouri on the Arkansas boarder.  

Not only did we get to spend a week there with my siblings and dad but almost all of my moms siblings and their kids were there with us.  It was an amazing time and a spectacular finish to the summer.  

Since TCR is on a lake my dad brought his boat and we enjoyed all of the typical lake fun.  Here are some pics from the week to highlight our time.

Cousin Mo's hair whipping in the wind.

There was also some cuddle time with Everett's great-grandma.

Lots of fun on the playground!

Sharing a cabin with my sister Jill, her husband Eli, and E's cousin Leo was a big treat.

Leo even fed E some Cheerios.

My sister Lori and her son Mo came over a lot to play.

Getting a pic of the three cousins together was a challenge.

We had a couple of big whole family dinners throughout the week.

One morning Bonnie and I took E and Leo for a walk down to the lake.  The walk back up the gravel hill was not as fun.

There was also a ton of good pool time!

Not only did we get to have all of this family fun but we got to celebrate Everett's first birthday while there. 

We went with a sports theme for our little bubs.

E looks a little tired from a hard day of playing and celebrating...

He also got lots of great gifts from the family.  Including some puzzles...

a sweet dump truck...

and some rockin' Mizzou trunks among other things.

Needless to say after such an awesome week we all needed a little rest...

but instead we moved into our new house the next day.  Now it is mid-October.  Where has the time gone?  Thanks TCR for a fantastic trip!  I hope we get to gather there again sometime soon!