We packed a ton of fun stuff into about 4 days! On Sunday, we headed to the City Museum, which was so much fun. It was not at all what I expected though. I don't know what I was expecting, but crawling on my stomach through tight holes wasn't on that list. We got there, paid, took the kids to the bathroom and my brother goes, "Are you really ready for this?". That should have been our first clue. He then points to a metal, spiral, enclosed staircase deal that lead somewhere upwards and was like - "Climb in that hole and let's go!" To say that I was nervous and to say that Macie was crying would be an understatement. So, up we all go - into the hole that lead to nowhere and found ourselves sliding backwards, head first, on our backs down another tunnel that led to nowhere. Sounds fun, right?! HAHA!!! Seriously it was a blast - we laughed SO hard at each other and especially at poor Mike who was our guinea pig on some of the scarier things. We figured that since he was the biggest one there (and NO that's not a fat joke or anything) if he could fit, then so could the rest of us. We then took an apprehensive Macie and all the other kids up 10 flights of stairs and dark caves to a 10 story dark, enclosed, spiral slide. And to make it worse - you HAD to go down one at a time. We convinced her that she would live to tell the tale and sent her down this slide where daddy was waiting at the bottom. Nothing like kicking off the vacation terrorizing one of your children, huh?! We then moved to areas that we a lot less adventurous and really had a great time. One tip though - if you do go to the City Museum, wear tennis shoes. We quickly realized that flip flops weren't the ideal shoe at a place like this. Duh!
On Monday, we took the kids to a fun pool in my mom and dad's town and played for a couple of hours. The weather was super nice and they had a ball. That afternoon, my cousin and his wife flew in and we all went to the Elephant Bar for dinner and then to the mall next door to let the kids do Build A Bear.
Tuesday was the girls shopping day. Mike took the big girls to a movie while we were gone and we went to Chesterfield Mall to see my cousin, Angie's new store. It's called Apricot Lane and she has some of the cutest clothes, jeans, shoes and jewelry! If you are in the STL area - you HAVE to check it out! She would love to meet you! That night, we headed to a quick dinner at Culver's and then downtown for the Cardinals game. We had awesome seats and had a great time, despite the terrible loss! Beat by the Phillies 10-2. BOO!
Wednesday my sister took Macie and Kara along with my cousin's wife, Rhonda back to the mall to shop for a while and then get the girl's toenails painted while my mom and I did some shopping closer to home. I dropped my mom off at her house with Mabrie and Maddie and I went to get our toenails painted. Too fun! She picked neon green and then they did a black crackle finish of her toes and she just loved it! We headed home and got everyone cleaned up for a big family dinner out that evening. It was so much fun seeing family that I hadn't seen in years. Some of them had never met any of my girls! We had a great time together.
On Thursday, we packed up and headed home, stopping in Joplin on the way to see the tornado damage. It was just awful. So sad to see a place we lived and ran around absolutely destroyed. It was a good reminder of how blessed we are and how we should hold loosely to the things of this world because they can all be gone in an instant!
Thank you, mom and dad, for such a fun vacation. We enjoyed every minute and appreciate all you did to make it fun for all of us! Looking forward to next summer already!
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