More Vacation Fun....

Here are a few random shots of vacation fun and things we did and saw... notice Gid stuffing his face... he was so funny... he would grunt every time his plate got empty... Misty was like... use your words... funny, funny. The center shot is a picture of Dad and Phyl; Uncle Bobbie and Aunt Elsie; Misty, Jake and Gid... and then Me... I tried to cut me out but Misty got cranky... she said I was not allowed to delete all photos of me... I don't know why not. It's a cute picture in spite of me. Then we have Jake and Uncle Bobbie with the boat "The River King" which he designed and built from scratch. He has a boat manufacturer interested in his unique design. He is quite brilliant. Notice Jake admiring Uncle Bobbie's Mustang Shelby. Misty drools over it. Gotta love the family picture of the kids enjoying the breakfast the Grandpa Skip made for them. Oh, and then we have the fruits of Misty and my shopping expedition for the Gidmeister... score one for the Gid... we had a blast and the prices were great. The center picture at the top, is a picture of Brent's mom's grave with the flowers we took her. I think that pretty much covers it.

Fantastic Cavern...

This was pretty much the only shots of Fantastic Cavern that turned out. It was pretty cool. Fantastic Cavern is one of only 4 caves in the world where you ride through the cave on cars. It is the only cave in the United States that you can ride through. It was very pretty and interesting... at least to me.

After we finished at Fantastic Cavern we went to some wildlife aquarium thing... I liked the aquarium part... not so fond of the stuffed dead things though. Everyone enjoyed it... even our Gid. He was such a good boy for the entire vacation.

Have to add a special thanks to the Springfield Chamber of Commerce for all the neat free tickets. Bj scammed some free stuff again... yeah for Bj Scott... isn't he neat?

Time out for story time...

Here are some sweet shots of G.G.'Pa and G'Ma Phyllis reading to the little guys. This is a shot of Phyllis' grandson, Spencer, with our Gideon. What cute photos they made... isn't it neat that both boys love books so much? We start them young in our family.

Poor Miss Phyllis became a grandma for the first time and a great-grandma barely a year a part. That just almost doesn't seem right. I teased her when dad asked her to marry him if that would scare her off... she said it was a close call... jk... gosh we love her.

Aren't They Beautiful!?!

I love these shots of Misty and her sweet Gideon... they are so beautiful together. I love to see the sweet tender moments.... had to share.

Senior Tubin'

This shows what sports... and really how athletic Dad and Phyllis are. Some of the shots of dad are a bit blurred, but he and Phyl did great. She looks pretty dang good too! They are a pretty cute couple. We had so much fun with them. They were pretty much up for anything. Gotta love 'em!

More Tubin'

Alex did pretty great... he hung in there even when dad was tryin' to lose him. He looks pretty dang cute too!

This was as close as he got to standing up like the Jake and Zach... I thought he did awesome!

Then we have me... I know for a fact that Brent was tryin' to dump me... I could hear them laughing... oh, maybe that was me... what a hoot. Never dreamed it would make you so tired hangin' on for dear life. Sure didn't want to be the only one that got dumped.

I had a blast, held on to the bitter end too. Pretty much had numb arms when I was through.

Tubin'

So Jake and Zach were the first up for tubin'... it was kinda funny... no one wanted to be first... so the guys decided they could go together.... what a hoot!

You can tell they were really getting in to it... They were pretty much the bravest all around.

Then we have Miss Misty... she even looks great tubin'... what is that all about?

I loved this shot... she was having a blast... I love the water shot.

Day 3... Lake of the Ozark

On Friday, day two, we just did a little site seeing in and around the Lebanon area... a little shopping thrown in for good measure. Misty, Jake, and Gid joined us on day three... Brent rented a boat at Lake of the Ozark, we had a great time. Here are a few random shots through out the day. The weather was PERFECT! We could not have asked for better. Everyone seemed to really enjoy the day.

1st Day at Silver Dollar City

Silver Dollar City.... or as Brent likes to say... steal your dollar city.... was lovely. The weather was perfect, we went on a Thursday and there were no lines... yeah for no lines... it was a great day!

You can see Alex was way excited to have his picture taken.... I almost cut him out and then I thought.... no this is life.

Ok... they loved this ride... I tried to get the picture of Brent and dad, but couldn't get is snapped in time.

I had to put this in... Phyllis is such a good sport.... as you can see, she got totally drenched. All in all it was a great day... if you take out the yucky food.

Family Vacation...

We have had such a great time on our summer vacation.... I have so many fun pictures to add when we get home... can't wait to get home... I am pretty sure I am in deep doo doo with my dogs though.... oh well... We had fun and that's the important part. I am so glad Misty, Jake and Gideon were able to come join us. It has been great and Jake's a good sport to come. We love him... in spite of him... I mean because of who he is.... He is so much fun... even when he is making fun of me... which is pretty much all the time.... and I can never tell when he is having me on.... maybe I should say... I can rarely tell.... he thinks he is sooooo funny... and you know what, he is. Too bad Zach thinks it is ok to make fun of mom too.... I guess that's what moms are for. Pictures will follow soon... I have missed everyone.... ps.... will someone please tell me how to get my times to post correctly... It is really six something.... not four.