Meet the Abercrombie’sJamon … Jen … Taylor … Jordan (and a few others sprinkled in)

We started out in Wentzville on Monday 12/22 for our 10-day multi-stop Christmas tour.

Our first stop:
Gentry, Arkansas
347 miles

we then headed to Russellville to stay with Lance and Valerie on 12/23, then up and at ‘em for our big day on Christmas Eve.

Christmas Eve stop #1:
Clarksville, Arkansas
517 miles

Then on to stop #2:
Hermitage, Missouri
807 miles

and back to Springfield, Missouri for the night.

Christmas day took us up to:
Buffalo, Missouri
909 miles

then back to:
Springfield, Missouri
946 miles

We stayed in Springfield for a few days and headed out for the final leg of our trip on 12/27. On the way, we stopped in Bolivar for some time with friends at Bredeaux Pizza.

We then finished up traveling around in Kansas City (Missouri and Kansas :: Raytown, Overland Park, Shawnee, Lee’s Summit, etc.)
Raytown, Missouri
1,307 miles

Then it was back to the comforts of home:
Wentzville, Missouri
1,634.7 miles

Our recent trip to Branson included an evening at Celebration City with the boys, my parents and sister (and new male friend, Jesse). IT WAS HOT and HUMID!!!! We also ran into the Arkansas political family that has 18 kids … I hear they have a TV show, but there were no cameras on this day.

Taylor also decided that he wanted to ride the big water ride … one of the first rides … that got us totally soaked. Dad weasled his way out of riding at the last minute with some lame excuse! We sat in front and got drenched!!!

Anyway, here’s a little video recap (minus the water ride):

The ride home. It was smooth, easy travel. We had fun in Memphis, would do it again if we could … only this time we would do something like an Extended Stay America or something like that. We rolled into our hotel on the first day and saw a sign for a joint like that saying “$179 weekly rates.” PLUS, at our place, we had 2 double beds for the four of us … but, as we were pulling out to head home, I noticed the sign said “Hotel and SUITES!!!” seriously?! oh well, it was fun.

Jordan was SO off his sleep schedule he just crashed almost immediately when we hit the road. We decided to stop by Lambert’s in Sikeston on the way home. It was just a few blocks off I-55. we’ve always gone to the one near Springfield since that’s where I grew up. This one was a bit different, and as you can see we let the boys burn off whatever energy they had left outside on the wooden train set.

I’m surprised he’s not drooling in this photo. Earlier in the week he was leaning the other way, and had a nice big drool spot on his seatbelt.