Britney's Babbles: Morgan Family Vacation!

So, now that us Morgan girls are official adults with families we thought it was high time to start a new Morgan family tradition (amongst many). Every June we take a family vacation with all the kids and parents and grandparents and cousins and toys and germs and fun. It's a lot of work but so worth it for all the memories we make together. Last year was our official first year and we decided to do a 'Staycation' to plan our next official vacation...because that's the way us Morgan girls roll. We are organized, efficient and were made for planning and coordinating things. :)

This year (June 2014) we went to Lake Palestine in Flint, Texas and stayed at a RCI resort called The Villages (A Silverleaf Resort). We had a blast of fun! Unfortunately my older and wiser (but with less gray hair...not sure how that worked out - I'm the youngest with the most gray...hmmm) sister, Ashley, and her family (Justin, Avery and Ella) couldn't make it because...well, they were in the middle of adopting our newest addition, Ella Rae - that is another post entirely! We were so sad that they couldn't be there but we still had so much fun. There were bugs, bikinis, Texas sheet cake, cousin bubble baths, dance parties, Texas sheet cake heated up with ice cream on top, card games, Sangria, playing toy shop, a sad moment when we realized all the Texas sheet cake had been devoured by my Dad (who struggles with Diabetes, go figure!), being chased by geese, heat and just tons of family time.

The resort was decked out with an indoor water park with arcade, movies - tons of stuff. Declan and Mairen had the most fun splashing around in the shallow water and jumping into Mommy and Daddy's arms. We went fishing off the boat pier, went paddle boating and also went to a wildlife reserve for wildcats of all species. Here are all the pics!

Cousin Caden and Declan - more than likely hunting dinos.

Sweet Mairen having fun at the water park.

Keely and Kallyn

Grammy and Declan

I LOVE my moms face in this picture - having so much fun!

Declan and me sliding down the slides

Declan is a PRO

Daniel kayaking - glad this was a lake and not the ocean otherwise his watercraft would have been mistaken as a seal and he'd have been eaten by a shark - now, that would have made for an interesting family vacation story...