Easter Trip to Missouri

We went to Missouri to visit family for Easter. We left last Thursday and drove to Normal, IL where we stopped at a hotel for the night. The kids were able to go swimming both that night and then again in the morning before breakfast. We had a nice breakfast and then hit the road for Grandma and Papa's house. We got there mid-afternoon and other family arrived soon after. We spent Saturday in the Branson area. Sunday was a wonderful day. We spent the morning doing the Easter Bunny thing, had a nice dinner, got in some naps and then played some "washers." We held the 1st Annual Easter Washers Cup and I believe the winners were Uncle David and Uncle Jim. It was a wonderful way to celebrate Easter with such great family! Monday we were able to visit some friends and had lunch with Grandma at work. Matt insisted that he have Cashew Chicken while we were there so we had Chinese for dinner. He was in heaven! We came home yesterday and stopped in St. Louis on the way. We wanted to take the kids to the Arch and go to the top. Despite the several places on the website that told me to reserve our tickets early, I didnt listen and when we arrived the tickets we wanted were gone. SO, we just walked around and maybe someday we will go to the top. It was not meant to be this time! We had a safe trip and returned home to a dog that missed us. She spent the weekend with Aunt Abby and Uncle Tim. She was spoiled rotten and is now having to get back to reality. We did come home to a wet basement and a broken water heater! Hopefully we can both of those situations fixed very soon!