The Lake Family: Vacation 2015

For spring break we got together with Granny and Grandpa to head to Branson, MO. Granny and Grandpa came to Topeka on Sunday night, then we left Topeka at 6:45 Monday morning. After getting to Branson, we got checked in, ate lunch at Panera, had the boys take naps, then we headed to "Branson's Wild World" which had animal adventures. It was like an aquarium and Ethan loved seeing creatures that he recognized from Octonauts! Getting to watch him react to the different animals was an awesome part of the trip. After this, we went to dinner at Fudruckers, then headed back to the hotel. Adam slept in a room with Jed and I and Ethan slept with Granny and Grandpa. Ethan got to stay up quite late each night since we would have no where to go after putting him to bed.

Tuesday morning we got up and headed to the fish hatchery. It was really interesting to learn about and Ethan liked feeding the fish. We then headed down to the Branson Landing to walk around. After a lunch at McDonald's, Jed and I headed to our timeshare presentation, while Granny and Grandpa gave the boys naps. We then met back up and went to ride the "Ducks". The amphibious vehicles were really fun and Ethan even drove it when we were on the lake. We then headed down to Branson Landing again to eat dinner at Garfield's, shop, and watch the fountains.

Wednesday was a little slower day, which was good because it was rainy and cold. Granny, Grandpa, and I took the boys to the swimming pool at the hotel. Ethan did not like it at first because it was cold, but once he finally got used to it and got used to being in the water, he had a lot of fun. Adam seemed to really like it as well. After swimming, we then headed to do more shopping and lunch at A & W. Then it was back to the hotel for the boys to take naps, while Jed and I did more shopping. After naps, Grandpa, Jed, and Ethan went to the Auto and Farm Museum while Mom, Adam, and I shopped. We then went to dinner at Lonestar. It was then back to the hotel for sleeping.

Thursday morning we got up early and headed back to Topeka, then Granny and Grandpa headed back to Sharon Springs. The hotel had a breakfast that we ate each morning, and it had a really cool automatic pancake dispenser. We had so much fun on this trip!