Month: July 2016
We went to our neighbor’s tonight for s’mores. Before long the kids were in the pool and Kaitlyn had discovered the slip ‘n slide. She was pretty quick to figure out how it worked!
Obviously this particularly activity is awesome because I have pictures of both boys (on separate trips) trying to fly the plane.
(see Alex here)
Accidents happen. It turns out all the adults make a little mistake in reading the fine print on our rental agreement. Wade found the house we are renting for our vacation week. Judy and Jerry make the actual reservations. They then sent a copy of the reservations to Emily, Wade, and myself. Of all five adults, no one realized that the reservations ended today (and not tomorrow as we had meant to reserve). Thankfully a man showed up to service the hot tub and was surprised to still find us in the house. He questioned that we were there enough that we called the owner and realized our mistake. You have never seen a group of people pack up so quickly. Within an hour, we were all packed and the house was cleaned – still a few hours past when we were supposed to have left. Nothing was organized and in the end we forgot two of the bowls Jerry had made for Kaitlyn (but we did eventually get them back). Instead of the birthday dinner out we had planned we headed out to a birthday lunch.
Birthday breakfast celebration for Granny!
(The only picture of the kids taken today. The full story on my blog – here)
Wade’s research landed us at a hidden stream behind some ballfields. It was fabulous. The water was cool. The kids could wade or swim and the adults could get their feet wet.
Other than the last walk across the rocks (the ones under the water are insanely slippery) where Wade slipped and got his phone wet it was an excellent morning.
Wade is a researcher – both by nature and job. He spent time before the trip and after we arrived researching all the local activities, reading reviews, calculating distances, and creating a schedule for us. On today’s agenda was the fish hatchery. I wasn’t sure what to expect but it was actually pretty cool. There were huge tanks of fish and the kids loved feeding them. It was insanely hot! The fact that we went early in the morning didn’t provide much relief so we were all ready to go before too long, but it was a fun morning activity.
Most of the planned afternoon activities are all indoor – due to the predicted insane temperatures this week. Today a car museum was on the agenda. Initially just the guys were going to go, but Judy and Emily offered to stay with Kaitlyn. I decided getting out of the house sounded like fun and off we went!
The plan was to find a place to meet Wade’s family halfway between us all. We finally settled on Branson, Missouri. We all arrived yesterday at various times and settled into the house we rented. The kids loved the amenities – a pool table, toys, Granny, Pop, and Aunt Emmy. Wade and I were just happy to finally unload and set everyone up into a semi-permanent location for a little while!