Labor Day Weekend in Arkansas

We were lucky enough to travel to Arkansas over the long Labor Day weekend to visit with both of our extended families.  

My mom moved back to Bella Vista and Max's family rented a lake house in the same town for a family reunion.  

We spent the first day with my mom and dad and had a lazy day at their new house.  The kids played in the sprinklers and on the swing set in their back yard while we caught up and grilled out.   

We spent the next day at Silver Dollar City in the Ozarks.  

Savannah was uncertain about the carousel....

But very clear about her detest for the bouncing frogs.  

Chance discovered his new love for roller coasters and yelled AGAIN at the end of every ride!

We all enjoyed our day walking around and seeing the sights together.  

My dad is recovering very well from his surgery and was really glad to be moving around.  

It was really fun to take Chance on some of the bigger thrill rides.  

He loved getting wet.  

We ended the day at the build a bear workshop where both Chance and Savannah got a little reward for being so amazing all day.  

We spent most of Saturday and Sunday with the McKennedy family at the lake house.  The family reunion was a huge success and almost all of the cousins were able to be there.  

The littlest cousins loved carrying Savannah around and they took care of her the entire weekend like she was a little doll.  Savannah loved all of the attention.  

Carol rented us a boat for an afternoon and we got to drive around and swim on the lake.  

It was a lot of fun to be with everyone. 

Sunday was a lazy lake day and we just rafted and swam off of the dock of the house.  

Max finally convinced Chance to get in the water after I accidentally dunked him the day before.  Oops.  

It was so amazing to be surrounded by all of our family for talks, support, swim time, sun time, dinners, and more.  We were so sad to see everyone go home.  All of the McKennedy cousins agreed that a reunion needs to happen every other year.  I hope that they really stick to that because we loved the weekend with everyone!

We spent our last day with my mom at a little drive through Safari.  I could not believe how many crazy animals there were on this one property.  

Savannah loved the walk around petting zoo at the end.  

My mom loved feeding the camels, 

and the highlight for Chance was getting to ride a pony.  

Thanks to everyone for making the weekend so special.  We love you all!