Monday, September 21, 2009

Mansfield & Springfield,MO Trip

In June, we visited Mansfield, MO with our friends the Mulhearn's! We made a stop at the Laura Ingal's Wilder House. We didn't realize how short Laura and Almanzo were! From there we drove through the Amish community in Seymour on our way to spend the night in Springfield.


Jack and Leah, aren't they cute!


An Amish horse and buggy! The girls were in heaven!

Swimming at the hotel pool in Springfield! We took up the whole pool!
Jack, our little fish!
A full day made for very tired kids!


The next day we visited the Wilson's Creek Civil War Battlefield. My boys love this kind of stuff, especially the biggest boy. . .DAD! Here dad is giving Alec and Jack a lesson on how they loaded and fired cannons back then.
A kids group shot on the porch of one of the houses at the Wilson's Creek site.

And last we stopped at Bass Pro. Here everyone works on their shooting skills! Below, Brian ever so patiently gives Jack some help and a few pointers!

Carol and I found a new bookstore called "Redeemed Music and Books" in Springfield. It is a homeschool mom's paradise! We were both overwhelmed at the amount of used curriculum and books they had there. Needless to say, it is now a "must stop at" site whenever we go to Branson! We had a great time hanging out with the Mulhearn family. We found that we travel well together. We got lots of looks when we went out to eat! 12 kids and 4 adults make quite a group plowing into a restaurant. It was such a blessing to see our children be so well behaved and considerate of each other. It was a great trip for all of us!

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