Family Road Trip ~ Part 3

We finally made it to Missouri! A few hours later than we had originally hoped/planned for, but we did make it. It was dark when we passed the Missouri state sign, so no pictures.  Our time in Missouri was not quite as we had hoped it would be though.  After many years of the family begging us to come back there, it turned out that the only week we had available, was a bad week for everyone else.  They were either out of town themselves, busy with work or just couldn't take 10 minutes out of there day to visit with us.

We didn't pre plan too many activities, as we had hoped to mainly be seeing family, but I was really looking forward to seeing the Amish and visiting Branson for my birthday.  Here is a break down of what we did do. 
Monday:  Went down to the lake for lunch and to visit Uncle Johnny's grave site.  We had hoped to play in the lake, but it turned out that there is no public access.  You must own or rent a cabin on the lake.  Crazy huh!?!?
Tuesday: I dropped Wayne and the kids off at the park to play, while I went to the library to research Branson and then to the grocery store to get food for the week.  This is the day that we realized that a young family was way too much for Wayne's 89 year aunt that we were staying with and all plans went out the window.
Wednesday: We decided to leave.  After contacting a few family members and finding out that not many were available, we thought we would just start driving home.  Luckily, Wayne's cousins were available and invited us over for dinner and to stay the night.
Thursday:  We woke up and had breakfast and started our journey home.

Sounds like a fun vacation huh? LOL  Although we didn't get to do all that we wanted to and more than likely won't be going back to Missouri in the future, we did have a great time being together as a family and now know that we do great on road trips.

With Aunt Aleen at Uncle Johnny's grave site.  Their eldest son is also buried here. Wayne wasn't able to attend Uncle Johnny's funeral, so this was a great way to get some closure.

Elsie wanted a pictures with these fake flowers.  I have no idea who the person is buried here.

Cousin Tom & Sherry.  Thankful for their hospitality and had it not been for mine and Seth's reaction to their 4 cats, we would have gladly stayed here longer.

We spent the evening listening and dancing to Sherry playing the keyboard.  It is truly one of her great passion's.

Seth had no desire to dance, but he did enjoy watching Sherry play.

The girls on the other hand could have danced the entire night!