Trip to Missouri -- part 1

First things first - I have the cutest husband ever. Period.

And onto the trip. Spencer and I left for Missouri the Thursday before Thanksgiving to spend some time with family. Gordon wasn't able to come until Monday because work was CA-RAZY busy, but we were so glad that he got to come!

Spencer and I enjoyed visiting with family and stayed with Grandma and Grandpa and had a good ole' time. Unfortunately, I forgot our camera so I used Grandma's while we were there until Gordon came. I was supposed to burn those pictures onto a CD ... and I forgot. Hopefully we can get them from Grandma soon and get them up here. Oops!

Onto the rest of the trip. Gordon joined us Monday night and Tuesday was the beginning of our family reunion for all of my parent's kids. We stayed at a big hotel with an indoor water park. SOOO fun. Loved it. All of it.

Here is a picture of the inside - right when you walk in the front door. It's all neat and lodge-like.

Here is our cute family inside of the Great Wolf Lodge bear.

The first night of our trip, we played at the water park and celebrated the November birthdays. And, since we won't be around during Spencer's birthday - they were sweet and included him in the celebration.

My sister, Jen, just started a cupcake and cake business. She makes AWESOME stuff.

Click HERE to check out her website! (It's under construction, but will be done soon.)

One night while we were there, she taught us how to make the gum paste decorations for the tops. So, we helped with these! Of course with lots of guidance. :) Anyhow, they turned out very cute.

Each of the birthday kids got a BIG cupcake and then she made lots of other normal sized cupcakes for everyone else to sample. Yum!

Spencer LOVED his cupcake. This was his first time having a real treat, and he could tell it was a treat! He just sat there picking at it and enjoying every last bite.

He even tried to share with his neighbor. :)

Since the waterpark area was very wet, we were a little nervous to take pictures in there. So, here's some proof that our little man loved the water.

Before we left, I went in and took some shots of the slides and things.


Still to come ... family picture night. There are some REALLY cute pictures. :)
Stay tuned.