Last Summer Vacation Part 1

We took this year's last summer vacation/3rd anniversary trip the first week of August. We left on a Saturday and spent the night with Mark's aunt and uncle in Springfield, MO.

We got up on Sunday morning and went to Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. It was the last day of kids fest. That was a long day, lots of walking! We walked around checking everything out, saw a Veggie Tale show, and took Madison over to the kid rides, but she was still just a little to small and had fallen asleep anyway. So we went to the "resort" about 4:30 that afternoon - relaxed and grilled dinner. Mark took Madison to one of the pools at 9 pm. She LOVED it.

Playing with the foam at Kids Fest.



Coloring on the giant board they had at Kids Fest.



Wearing a princess hat.

"Fishing" for a stuffed animal with Daddy.

On a train ride, trying to cool off and relax for a minute.

Poor Madison was sleepy after that train ride!

Monday we slept in - went to the Toy Musesum, the Titanic, and had lunch and played at Grand Country. The toy museum had an insane number of toys, Madison wasn't to interested in just looking at them, she'd rather play with it all. The Titanic was really cool!! I wish Madison was in a better mood for that. At Grand Country, we just got pizza for lunch and took Madison up to the toddler play area, we had to drag her out of that - and we tried to get her to play glow-in-the-dark mini golf. She did good the first half, but after that lost interest, plus waiting on other families is hard for a two year old to do. We just went back and relaxed after that and Mark grilled dinner for us!

Playing at the Toy Museum.

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Toddler area at Grand Country...



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Glow-in-the-dark mini golf.



Mommy helping Madison.

At the end of the golf course.

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