Vacation at Lake of the Ozarks, MO

This Spring Break, David's parents generously gave us a week in their time-share. You can choose different locations to take your week, and we decided to head down to the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri (which the kids have been calling 'misery'). So, after David got back from his second conference in as many weeks, we took off to this beautiful region of Missouri. I had given the kids sunglasses as a fun vacation treat, and they loved them. Ellie, especially, wore hers constantly. Here they are around the breakfast table the first morning:


The first day was a little rainy, so we actually did a boringly typical tourist activity: the outlet malls. The good news: we found some great deals on things we needed, including matching Easter dresses for the girls. And I splurged on an awesome spring rain coat from Eddie Bauer. Mmmmm, Eddie Bauer...

The second day was still rainy, so we headed down to the Bridal Cave, about 1/2 hour south of where we were staying, but still on the lake. We were the only people on the tour with 4 small children (in fact, the only other people with children had one 8 or 10 year old), so we got a few dubious looks as we joined the group, but the kids behaved marvelously. They didn't even freak out in the tunnels, which I was a little worried about. Carver thought all the formations were cool, and can now tell you the difference between a 'live' cave and a 'dead' cave.



We finished up the trip with lunch in a park, and made our plans for naps and wii and pool in the afternoon.