First stop was to pickup Tom, Sue, and Alicia from home. Then the 5 hour road trip began. But before we even made it to Tom and Sue's we were blessed with a nice rock chip in our windshield. Now we have one on each side to match. Thankfully our trip got better from this point though.
When we made it to Tom & Sue's I was stunned by all the stuff they had packed. I thought Caleb and I over packed until I pulled in there driveway and was stunned even more when I walked into their kitchen. Of course we weren't able to pack everything into our van and had to call for reinforcements. Luckily we were the first to leave and the others following could help us out. Thanks everyone!
Once we got to Branson it was a relief. Being almost seven months pregnant with only one stop in between really played a number on my lower back. Caleb was a trooper and took a nap and watched a few movies and never once asked the famous words "Are we there yet?" He's a good little traveler.
The Resort was very nice. They had a couple of pools, one which was indoor in case of bad weather. Plus a nice recreational room which entailed pool tables, ping pong, checkers and chess tables, a big screen t.v. with nice comfy furniture to lounge in while everyone else was playing, and finally a game room equipped with air hockey and many others. Caleb was very happy with all of this!
Matt & Tommy weren't able to join us until LATE Thursday evening because of work and heavy traffic. So on Friday we headed up to the main attractions and found a go-cart track that everyone would enjoy. I think Matt was the biggest kid of them all. Everyone had a great time there. Matt, Caleb, and Alicia all had nerve enough to try the Skycoaster. This was Caleb's first trip on something like this and Alicia wanted to tackle a fear of heights. Mission accomplished! They were raised 100 feet on their chest then dropped a whopping 70 foot free fall until the straps swung them up like a swing. All we heard were scream but all we saw were smiles and thumbs up gestures. Although Caleb seemed to be hanging on to his dad for dear life at first :-)
Afterward we went back for a few more go-cart rides and took a walk over to the Titantic Museum. It was full of lots of information and artifacts that were all very interesting but just wasn't what we all were expecting.
Then on Saturday we headed for the lake to do a little boating. Tom rented a pontoon boat for four hours of fun in the sun. I was a good time but I never got in the water so when the four hours were up I was definitely ready for dry land and A/C. Matt and Caleb and the rest of the family had a ball.
When evening fell we all got ready and headed off to the Landing te eat dinner. Everyone chose a Mexican restaurant but Caleb and I were ready for steak and potato's. Oh, well it was good and we had some leftovers because their plates were huge. After dinner there was no time for shopping and we headed back to the condo to get a good nights rest before checking out then next morning by 10am.
A great big Thank You goes out to my in-laws, Tom and Sue, for putting together this wonderful trip. We really appreciated the time with family. Hopefully we can look forward to them for years to come.
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