The Love of a Mother

This story is long over due. Kirsi bought a Webkinz Blue Jay a few weeks ago. She pulls the tag off in the car (a practice that she has been discouraged from engaging in MANY times). When we get home, I remind the kids that they need to clean out their trash, etc. A little while later Kirsi is distraught because she can't find the tag to her Blue Jay so she can get online and adopt it. We looked everywhere we could think of. You can read the whole story about saying prayers and stuff on Kirsi's blog. I wanted to talk about the trash that I dug through to find the tag! Only a mother would do this! And the tag was not on top! It was completely and totally repulsive...but I love my kids that much!

This is the bird that I saved from being an orphan...The love of a mother!

Shanghai Circus

We always try to take in a show when we go to Branson. This time we went to see The New Shanghai Circus. It was so completely amazing!!! It is mind boggling the things those acrobats could do! Every time they would do something, I could here Nathan next to me, "Ohhhhh!" It was a great show! This is the only picture I took. You can't take pictures during the show.

Go-Carts

This is Kirsi driving a go cart by herself for the first time. Doesn't she look like she is having fun? Nathan is behind her pretending to have fun, even though the go carts only go 10 mph and his knees are almost touching his chin.

This is Kirsi after she had warmed up some. She came around one time and said, "How much longer?" In other words, "Get me out of this thing!" She came in, watched Nathan go around several more times, and then decided she wanted to give it another try. From then on there was no stopping her.

Then we tried the BIG wooden go carts. Nathan got to drive himself for the first time. He tried the whole time to catch up with Jamie and Kirsi, but never made it.

Look at Nathan give the evil eye to the people behind him..."Don't even think about it!"

Glow in the Dark Golf

We also golfed in the dark while we were in Branson. We found this place where we could play glow in the dark miniature golf and laser tag for $11.00 a piece. Not too bad...and we had a blast! The only downfall was that the golf room was full of black lights and I realized that my shirt was a little see through, so my chest was glowing. Kind of embarassing!

It was hard to get good pictures in the dark, but you get the point.

Bumper Boats

So I finally got back here to finish our Branson trip. Here are the children enjoying the Bumper Boats at The Track. I have a thing about paying so much money to walk around in wet clothes the rest of the day, so I settled on being the photographer.

Jamie definitely had the upper hand. Nathan and Kirsi were soaked!

Nathan's tongue always hangs out when he is determined...kind of like Michael Jordan.

Splash Country

We recently took a trip to Branson and stayed at Grand Country Inn. This particular hotel has an indoor water park that all guests get into for free. It was fun enough for our kids. I think teenagers and adults would get bored with it pretty quick.
Jamie on the Lazy River
(Note of caution...if you are tall and lay back you might hit your head on the concrete walls, hence Jamie scrunched up in his inner tube.)

There are pipes dripping and pouring water everywhere.

This 1,000 gallon bucket dumps water every eight minutes. When the bell rings everyone comes running to get DRENCHED!