Over the weekend, I traveled to Springfield, Missouri to spend time with my sisters. I have wanted to do a sisters trip for a long time. AND I finally made it happen. Kendra really wanted Sharla to fly out and help her with some horses she was looking at buying. I said, HEY I want to join you. Then I said maybe we should invite all of our sisters. AND I DID! Blair ended up not being able to come because she was having egg retrieval surgery. We missed her the entire weekend.
We had so much fun! We flew in Thursday night and headed to the hotel. We stayed at the Calm Waters Resort near Branson, Missouri. It was gorgeous. We stopped at walmart to get some groceries and Faith was amazing at picking food and cooking. We stayed up playing card games and laughing until midnight. It was awesome. I ate SO MUCH GOOD food this weekend.
Friday, I woke up and went for a run. There was no sidewalk and no shoulder so I had to run on the road which was a little scary. After my run, we went down to Table Rock lake which was right next to our resort. Our resort had free paddle boards and kayaks so we used those all morning. It was so beautiful. We then went to the pool and had lunch by the pool and talked as we ate. It was a wonderfully relaxing morning. Sharla flew in later on Friday and arrived just in time for our dinner show, Dolly Parton's Stampede.
The stampede was so fun. I loved watching all the horses and especially the girl who rode two horses over a ring of fire. It was awesome. The food was delicious and WAY too much. We had a whole chicken, pork, soup, biscuit, corn, and potatoes! Dessert was a huge apple turnover. The horses were incredible. It would have been fun to be a part of something like that as a kid.
After the show, we drove around Branson and stopped at "Everything Jesus" because Faith said everyone at her school calls her Jesus. It was funny. We then drove around looking for a place to do Old Time photos. We found a fun place that took two hours but it was a fun experience. It ended up costing $400 so that was not planned but with everyone pitching it it was $60 per person. We joked about getting tattoos and I would actually do it if we came up with a great sister tattoo. After our photos we went to a delicious all night donut shop!
Saturday I went on another run along the road and then showed and packed up. We spent the entire day in Branson. We started at Billy Gail's breakfast spot. We ordered one pancake that was the size of the table. After breakfast we went to the Aquarium or as Veronica calls it, "the fish zoo". It was really an interesting aquarium and well thought out. After the aquarium we went to lunch at a cash only burger shop. The service was ALL old ladies and so slow! But it was cute. We went on a two mile hike in the shade, thankfully because it was 100 degrees and humid! We went shopping and then went on a mountain coaster. We stopped for a snack and then drove up to Springfield to take photos of Kendra's family. Her family is adorable.
After the photos we drove to meet Kendra's friend, Missy. She lives on 20 acres and has a beautiful house. She made us dinner and drinks and let us use her poloraid camera. It was a very fun night just chatting away. Sunday we woke up at 3:00 AM to catch our 5:00 AM flight. It was such a fun weekend and it went by so fast. For which I am glad. I miss Stephen and can not wait to see him on Thursday! Until next year!!
