I've discovered i have the brain of an elephant...aren't they supposed to have horrible memories? I've realized that if I don't write down my memories or events, I have a hard time remembering the details. That being said, hopefully this blog can serve that purpose. This past week Rob was off from work so we decided to go spend the week with my parents in Branson. They just bought a new home there and we were excited to check it out. I love the neighborhood they moved into. The neighbors across the street have 5 kids and the neighbors behind my parents have a couple kids too. The street they live on is secluded from the rest of the neighborhoods, so Savannah made friends and they could go outside and play in the yards. y parents had a huge fenced in backyard that Porter could play in, while we watched from the deck. The kids shared a room, and we were nervous about that, but it was great. Savannah actually insisted that her brother be with her. So they shared a room, and slept great...the first night was an adjustment, but after that they loved it. The first day we were there we went down the the zoo in Springfield, which i didn't even know was there. Its a pretty nice zoo, about as big as the Oklahoma City Zoo. That night Rob was excited to go play church ball with Merrill, and Adam (our friend from St. Louis who now lives in Branson with his cool wife-Gloria and their little boy). Then the next day we went out and got the kids a slip and slide, which was so much fun...the water was so cold but it was fun. Then that night Savannah went to a show with my mom and we al hung out with Adam and Gloria. Then on Saturday my dad rented this huge pontoon boat and we all (me, Rob, the kids, my parents, Merrill, Briahna, Adam, and Gloria) were so excited it was such a nice boat, and my dad got a tube to pull in the back. When the boat first took off the kids had a death grip on mommy and Savannah didn't really enjoy the boat but Porter seemed to love it! Merrill and Adam were the first ones to jump in the water and go tubing, it looked so funny, I'll have to get the pictures from my mom. we got out and about an hour and a half into our trip it started thundering pretty badly so we thought we should start the trip back to the marina. Well as we started back, about 2 minutes later it began to rain...then began to pour. It wasn't just a tiny sprinkle, it was HUGE drops and my dad was driving the boat pretty fast trying to get us back, so they were smacking us in the face and it was COLD. I had Porter under the canopy, which didn't provide much shelter since it seemed to be raining sideways. i had him on my lap covered with a beach towel. Savannah was in between Briahna and Merrill in towels. Well we finally made it back to the Marina and the rain lightened up. That night me and Rob went out to dinner with Merrill and Briahna, then Rob and my Dad went to go see Wolverine. I did some awesome outlet shopping, and all in all it was such a fun trip! Savannah cried so hard when it was time to go , she really loves it there, as we all do! Thanks Mom and Dad for being so much fun!
