Saturday morning we woke up, finished packing, loaded everything, and headed south! As we were getting ready, Zane wanted to put his lion under his shirt as his Bobby...so we posed for a picture of our bellies! Cute, huh? 
When we arrived in the Ozarks, we first went to the outlet mall to shop. Unfortunately we didn't find the good deals I was hoping for! Then we went to some of the little shops that sell souvenirs. We were glad that the arcades were open and so was Zane...we had some fun playing with the games there. Our cabin wasn't going to be ready for us until Sunday evening, so we found another resort that would rent a room to us for one night. The first place we headed to was the pool...it was hot!! 
Sunday morning we checked out of the hotel and had to fill up a lot of our day because we couldn't check in to the cabin until 4:30. After eating breakfast, we headed to Bridal Cave. Zane was very excited to go inside the cave! He did pretty well, but was getting a little antsy towards the end of it. Matt carried him around the entire time...it was very wet in there and we were scared of him falling or just running around all over during the tour! After that we got some groceries and headed to our resort!
Matt and Zane looking at the lake
Matt and Zane relaxing on the deck
Zane and Matt feeding the ducks (a daily ritual)
Our beatiful view of the lake from our deck
Monday morning we awoke to clouds. It was a little cooler also, so we decided it'd be a good day to ride go-carts and go miniature golfing. It was looking rainy, so we decided to go-cart first, thinking that Zane would be okay missing the golf, but not the go-carts! During their ride, it began to sprinkle, so we made a good choice! Zane had a great time on the cart and sat so nicely the whole time! Lucky for us they weren't busy because actually he was supposed to be 4 years old, but they let it slip since there weren't many people there. In the afternoon we headed to the pool at our resort...it was right across the street from our room!
On Tuesday we rented a boat for 4 hours. We wanted to spend some time on the water! The morning started off super nice, and just kept getting hotter!!! After a couple of hours, we were getting hot and tired (at least Zane and Mom were)! For lunch, we boated to this restaurant (The Topsider). It was the neatest place! When we got up there, they had a swimming pool, so we were able to swim while waiting for our food! Zane thought that was neat and it really perked him up since he was so hot and tired! If we would have had the boat for longer, we would have stayed there, but had to get it back. We ended up returning RIGHT on time...whew! Once again, we went swimming that afternoon.
The Topsider restaurant
The swimming pool at the Topsider
Zane, all tuckered out, from a morning on the lake!
Roasting marshmallows for S'Mores
Our plan for Wednesday was to rent a wave runner for an hour or two and go out on the lake some more. Unfortunately the day didn't want to cooperate with us...it rained ALL DAY LONG! We decided to drive around some more and see what we could find to do! We went to a place Matt remembered golfing at when he was a kid. Little did we know that it was now turned into an indoor amusement park for kids! We didn't end up staying for long...played some games, then headed out for lunch. We kept driving by "Peckers," so decided to eat there. Zane wanted to take his picture by Woody Woodpecker...so he did! Later in the evening it finally quit raining, so Matt and Zane went to the pool while I watched them.
Zane doing a slam dunk!
Thursday was the day we were heading home...we were a little sad to have to leave, we loved our vacation! We had to check out at 10:30, so didn't get much time on Thursday before we had to head out. When we were leaving, Zane waved at everything and told it good-bye. He said "Bye mine house. Zane come back!" It was very cute. He referred to our cabin as "his house" the entire time!
Zane and Matt...what a pair!
The happy family!
Standing on our deck.
We got home around 2:30 Thursday. It was nice to have time to get unpacked and caught up on laundry. For supper we went to Pizza Shoppe...I was going through withdrawals!
Matt had his wisdom teeth out on Friday afternoon. He did really well! After he rested for a couple of hours, we decided to head to Iowa. That was a BAD call! We didn't even make it to St. Joe before turning the car around and coming back home. The car ride was making him feel nauseous and there was no way we could make it all the way home! So we went home and he slept for the rest of the night! It was a rough evening, but I was glad we were close to home!
We went to Iowa Saturday and had fun showing all of our vacation pictures to family. Zane would tell everyone about the pictures and told them we bought a new house and a new boat! I think he'd be ready to go back anytime!! That night he stayed with Gaga/Papa Farmer. He dscovered that they had a miniature tea set...so he had a tea party with some dolls! He has really been using his imagination while playing lately!
Matt's doing much better now...he really hasn't been in pain and doesn't have much swelling either. I think he's glad it's over...and he's also hungry! He hasn't braved too much besides water and vanilla pudding so far!
We have a very busy week ahead...and an emtional one I'm sure. We have a meeting at Zane's preschool and I go back to school on Thursday. I'm sure you're all crying lots of tears for me...but we've had such a great summer and I hate to see it come to an end! We've made lots of great memories!!
Thanks for checking in on us! Sorry it's so long...we had a lot happen this week!
