Devil's Den

Skipping rocks

Look at those eyes
Cason
Welcome to Arkansas
Every other summer James' mom's family has a big reunion out of state at a state park. The last time James went was the summer we got engaged, 1997. Since then we either had jobs that would not allow us to take off or we had a new baby or it was just way too far for us to go with the boys. This year it was in Arkansas. We thought that was very doable and were very excited about going. It would not be too long of a trip, about 7 hours total. And we knew we could stop on the way and spend the night and take enough stuff in the car to keep the boys busy. We left on Sunday night July 5th and traveled to McKinney to spend the night at James' aunt. This knocked 2 1/2 hours off our trip for Monday. Monday we got up and headed out made stops along the way to eat and such but all in all it was a great day of travel and the boys did awesome. We stayed in a cabin with James parents, as well as his sisters. It was a great little 3 bedroom cabin with 2 bathrooms. It was located in Devil's Den State Park and I highly recommend a visit. It was beautiful. The weather was perfect. There are numerous hiking trails, beautiful scenery, and they have a pool which worked great for the boys. It was really fun to see the boys in this atmosphere. They've never really been anywhere like that. They got to go "hiking" and learn(try) to skip rocks. Everyone had a fabulous time. I can't say enough good things about the week. We were there for 3 nights before we headed back home. I have almost 400 pictures. So obviously you'll only see a few.