We break up our journey from Zeeland to Branson into two days. We stayed at a hotel in St. Louis and enjoyed time with my best friend Karen and her fabulous family. The coolest part of the hotel was. . . everything! Pool, room, dinner, breakfast, pop. . . .what a great place! After visiting the zoo in the morning, we mosey on through the Ozarks to see Grandpa Larry and Grandma Karen!!!
The kids were so great and we enjoy lots of eating out, two days at Silver Dollar City, Kung Fu, dancing to the music on the jukebox, sleeping in the Coca-Cola bedroom, playing with the cool toys in Grandma Karen's closet, amazing views, and being tucked into bed by doting Grandparents (just the kids, although they may have tucked in Gary and me if we had asked).
The trip back was done all in one day. All. In. One. Day. We did remarkably well. I did learn some things on the ride back. I'd like to share, after all, it is my blog. :)
1. A lunch stop will take at least forty-five minutes no matter what you do to try and speed things up.
2. When you need a play place, you will not find one.
3. Kids who can normally ride for an hour in the car without a dvd player can not go for more than ten minutes before asking for a video.
4. Even if they say they don't have to go potty at the gas station, they must go potty at the gas station.
5. You can fit five nuggets and three M&M's into your snack bowl. That is dinner. Let's keep going!
6. If you say "no video for the next twenty minutes", someone will fall asleep.
7. If Penny cries a lot, she probably has a dirty pants. Stop soon or we'll all be sorry.
8. After 10 hours on the road, the driver and the front seat passenger think even the stupidest things are funny.
9. Hot Tamales (the candy) are a must for any road trip over five hours.
10. If you are allergic to beans, don't order the Pintos and cheese and then eat them all.
11. Where did all that trash come from?
Pictures (hopefully) sometime this week.
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