A few days after Christmas, we loaded up, and headed to Branson for a Christmas break getaway! When we don't have bowl games, we travel to see family, but back in November, DJ and I thought it would be fun to take a family vacation and have his family meet us in Branson, which is pretty much halfway for both of us. Plus, I wanted to get away, so I didn't feel like I needed to do laundry, clean and declutter.... I wanted to relax and just be with family.
Our car was packed! We had a few presents, lots of toys, two suitcases, and a duffle bag, and some food. We were like a can of sardines.
We met DJ's dad and stepmom, and had lunch, and then headed to Ripley's Believe It or Not. I haven't been here since middle school, and I knew that the girls would enjoy it. We also couldn't check in to our condo, and this got us out of the cold ;)
We had lots of fun exploring.
Do you remember those "nail" things, where you can stick your hand or face in, and it presses outward? Ripleys had a giant one, and the girls basically stuck their entire body through it!
We saw miniature heads, statues, and more.
And then we walked around the corner, to find these mannequins that appeared to be taking pictures. It was quite funny watching people jump backwards because they didn't want to get in the way of a picture.
We found a gigantic ball of twine.
And then headed outside to see the ferris wheel that was relocated from Navy Pier. We have plans to ride this summer!
The girls had a blast at Ripleys!
We checked in to the condo, ran to the grocery store, had dinner, opened presents from the grandparents, and then headed out to see the lights at Shepherd of the Hills, and I have zero pictures from our lights trip!
The next morning, we headed out to play mini golf! I had found a groupon for an indoor putt putt place, and I was so thankful for groupon, because putt putt is expensive for 7 people! I miss the days of our kids being small enough where we don't actually have to pay for them! Ha!
But seriously, I need to remember to check groupon more often, because there are some deals!
Also, Addy Pearl made a hole in one on the 2nd hole!!!! We were all impressed!
Later, Megan made a hole in one!
We've taken the girls to play putt putt before, but this time, I think they understood it better!
And we were thankful that the grandparents could tag along!
We headed to our favorite pizza place (Mr. G's) for lunch, and then went back to the condo and took the girls swimming.
It was 19 degrees outside, so we were thankful for an indoor pool!
The girls played Marco Polo and had some fun doing back flips underwater, and having their daddy throw them.
We wrapped up our night with dinner at the condo restaurant, and sometimes, when you get so sleepy, and delirious, you make little hats out of take out boxes.
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