We spent the last week of summer break in Branson with my side of the family. Our first night there, we got to see my friend Julie and her family and go swimming with them. Joshua is adorable!
My dad brought his boat and we spent 8/11 on Table Rock lake.
Jason and I got to ski, Josiah got to try out knee boarding, and so did 2 of his cousins. Then the boat died. The guys spent some time trouble shooting the issue - battery, spark plugs, etc - but couldn't figure out an easy solution. We called a boat towing place, and they said it would be $600 to tow us. Ouch. So then we decided to flag someone down and pay them to tow us in (which was more difficult than it sounds).
Here we are being towed! What a crazy adventure. We were all a little sunburned but thankful to be on dry ground again. The guy that towed us in was really nice, and we ended up seeing him the next day at Silver Dollar City. Later in the week the guys went on a guided fishing tour, and their guide looked at the boat and said there's a kill switch that accidentally got tripped. Oops. At least it wasn't a big expensive problem!
8/12 - Silver Dollar City. Josiah loved the big roller coasters, and Levi was brave and rode Fire in the Hole (even though he doesn't like the rides in the dark).
Then some fro-yo!
8/13 - pool time with the cousins! Levi loves swimming with his floatie.
8/14 - we went to the fish hatchery and fed some fish. I'm surprised and grateful that no one fell in!
After the cousins left for their long trip home, we went go-cart racing! Levi got to drive by himself! He was doing great until he got distracted and wrecked. As he wrecked, he forgot to take his foot off the gas pedal, which didn't help. Then he got mad and started crying. Maybe sleep deprived 4 year olds shouldn't race go-carts. He had fun at the beginning!
Then Josiah got a turn on a little bit bigger track. He did great and was cracking us up as we stood on the sidelines because he kept winking at us every time he drove past.
Then we all went on the big track. It was fun!
Then we joined a rock band...sort of.
We had a great time on our Branson vacation! Thanks Bonvillians!
8/19 - Josiah's first day of 2nd grade! He read almost 40 books this summer, completed a cursive handwriting book, and some math when I remembered to do it. He's doing great in school. So proud of this big kid!
8/20 - Levi's first day of preschool! I was a little concerned that he wouldn't want me to leave, but he had no problem at all! Can't believe he's in school! He goes 2 half days a week so I don't have too much time to miss him.
8/22 - Josiah being silly at the Lowe's build and grow clinic. Their daddy took them to a lot of these - I just happened to be at this one to snap a picture.
8/23 - farm entertainment: a baby bird who hasn't figured out how to fly yet, just hanging out in our yard. I think it finally figured it out...or else it got eaten by something...yeah, let's go with the first option.
8/24 - the kids started watching American Ninja Warrior, so this is a game Josiah thought up based upon that. It wasn't enough to climb the wall - he also wants us to throw things at him while he's up there. It's a pretty funny game. He hasn't fallen yet!
8/26 - went to the zoo with Levi's best friend Ben. We had a great time!
Ben told Levi all about this "pee fan" (which mists water), so that was the highlight of the zoo trip. "Are we at the pee fan yet?" "How much longer until we get to the pee fan?" And then we finally found it - very exciting!
8/29 - we went to visit Jason's parents for a fun family day. His grandparents were there, as well as aunts and cousins. Debby had a new superhero book that the kids enjoyed.
We played some fun minute-to-win-it games.
Then we went out to dinner with David & Debby. It was a really fun day!
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