That was a busy weekend!!

Wow I can not believe that Memorial Weekend has come and gone already! Steve and I have both been working very hard the past few weeks between work and school and we were defiantly ready for a three day weekend. We love to go camping with my family and Memorial Day is always our first camping and float trip of the summer. This year we had the most gorgeous weather we have had in a few years, the sun was shinning and the temps were in the mid 80's. We started loading things up Thursday night and I finished up Friday afternoon, my parents went down early Friday morning but Steve and I had to wait until we got off of work. This was our first trip with the Rendezvous but boy was it nice to have! It pulled our camper like it was nothing and we had plenty of room to pack of of our stuff.

We camped Friday and Saturday night and floated Saturday. We did a new float this year that was almost twice as long as our usuall float. THe river was up quite a bit thanks to all of the rain we have had lately. We put in 8 kayaks and 2 canoes with a total of 14 people. We have not had that large of a group in some time, but we enjoyed this float alot, it was probably the best float ever. Sunday morning we woke early and started packing our things up, we were all tired, burnt and ready for our traditional stop at the Sonic in Buffalo. Everytime we go camping we all help each other pack up and our entire family stops at Sonic and sits outside and eats together. Its a simple tradition but one that everyone really enjoys.

Sunday afternoon Steve and I rested and laid in the AC before heading off to Andy's to get some frozen custard. We knew we had a long day ahead of Monday so we made it an easy night at home.

Monday I woke at 6 am to beat the crowd at Bass Pro. I had gotten my mom a camping rocker for her birthday last year and it broke at the river this weekend. I took it to bass pro and they exchanged it no problems. I then stocked up on BBQ supplies before we headed to the lake for a day of swimming. Steve had heard of a sand beach at Table ROck lake called Moon Shine beach. It is the only sand beach on table rock and it was a super nice beach with a great swimming area. We swam for 6 hours and came out looking like steamed lobsters. I have never been so sunburnt in all of my life! Needless to say SPF 30 is a big joke, go with something MUCH higher! After we painfully squeezed into our clothes we headed off to the landing to do some shopping and eat dinner at Shorty smalls.

I had never been to the landing before, as far as shopping goes it had a lot of the same stores that our mall in springfield does. It is a very cute enviorment to shop in because they are all outdoor shops. But for me if I am going to branson to shop then bring on the outlet malls! I must say though that shorty smalls is to die for, their food is melt in your mouth good and words can not even describe their desserts!

We had a fabulous holiday weekend and started the summer off with a bang! Now we are headed off to Topeka for the weekend to visit with steve's family. I am super excited about going I just wish I didn't look like a raccoon clown! It's really not my best look ever!