Where I Have Been

Sorry, I haven't blogged in a few days.  Here's where we've been.

The company Matt works for had their Summer Regional Meeting Thursday-Sunday in Branson, Missouri at Chateau on the Lake.

We got there around lunch on Thursday and went to an Ice Cream Social.  Then, Matt had a meeting, so I got us all checked in.  In the afternoon, he had another meeting where they introduce the spouses, so I went with him while Blair hung out with Suzy.  Thursday night, we had a buffet dinner put on by his company on the lawn.  It was great!  Blair didn't have a great time sleeping the whole time we were there, so our nights weren't always amazing.  We sat out in the hall the first night until she finally fell asleep.

Poor little thing was so confused why she was in "baby jail"

Friday morning, Matt had meetings and Suzy and I headed to the spouses meeting for an hour.  Blair did great with us and we only had to head back a few minutes early for her nap.  Luckily, her video monitor reached to Russ and Suzy's (the in-laws) room, so I was able to keep an eye on her without having to sit in a dark room. While she was napping, Matt's sister, Natalie, and her husband Josh got there.  They came down from St. Louis for their own mini-vacation.  The boys got back from their meetings and Blair woke up, so we headed down to lunch in the atrium. 

 After that, we went for a little pool time.  Miss B love, love, loves the water.

Friday night, his company had bought tickets for everyone to go to Silver Dollar City and a meal voucher for a BBQ place.  We got to the park just for dinner, it was really hot all day and I didn't think Blair would enjoy herself too much earlier.  

After dinner, Matt and I thought it'd be fun to go on a water ride.  The lines were short, but right as we were going to get on, they shut it down because there was lightening within 10 miles.  Bummer. We left and got in the tram to get to our car right before it started pouring.  Blair got a bath when we got back to the room and we were able to hang out in Natalie and Josh's adjoining room while she fell asleep.

Saturday morning, Matt had meetings again, so I left Blair in the safe hands of her grandma, aunt and uncle and headed to the spa.  I had a 50 minute massage and it was heavenly.  I sat in the steam room after and took a shower (longer than 5 minutes).  Matt got back around lunch time, so we grabbed a quick snack and headed to the outlet stores.  It was busy and hot, but we had fun and Matt got a steal on some new slacks.  Saturday night, his company had their awards banquet and dinner.  It was nice to get all dressed up.  Remind me next time to not wait until midnight to take a picture...and to put my chin down.  Terrible picture.  

Anyway, the food was delish and Matt's dad got their version of a sorta lifetime achievement award.  It was great to be there and see him receive it.  Matt's sister and husband had gotten Blair to bed easily, so we hung out in their room until about midnight.  Then, around 12:30, Blair woke up screaming.  She had no interest in falling asleep and I didn't want her waking up the whole hotel, so we got to be up from 12:30-3:30am.  Yippee.  She hasn't done that in forever.  I think it was her teeth.  

We left after breakfast Sunday morning.  It was a great weekend away, but we are glad to be back in our routine at home.