Hollywood Wax Museum and Mini Golf

We bought a pass for the Hollywood Wax Museum, Mini-golf, and House of Mirrors. Since it was already getting hot, we thought we should do mini golf first so we wouldn't be melting later in the afternoon. 

 King Kong!

 Ready to golf.

 There were all these silly statues, and a button to push so they would say a spiel at each hole. We all really liked that. 

 I got the feeling Ben would like to skip pushing the button and listening to the funny comments, but the girls pushed every single one. 

 Evie had her best game ever. She finally gets it. 

 They wanted to pose at almost every hole. I probably have 40 pictures just from mini golf. 

It's because they are so photogenic. 

 Ben always kicks our butts. Kara did give him a run for his money this time. 

 I was more than ready to get out of the heat and head over to the wax museum. 

 Evie was such a ham. I promise she wasn't touching, but she was willing to get as close as possible before I would get after her. 

 It's his dream come true! I just asked the other day, "who is Barbara Eden?" when I heard her referenced. He knew immediately. 

 Getting down with Emminem.

 I went on a bit of a Frankie kick early in the summer. I was reading a bunch of books, trying to force the kids to watch his movies with me, (I actually did get Ben to watch Manchurian Candidate) and I found the "siriusly Sinatra" channel in the car. It drove everyone crazy, so they demanded I get a picture with my buddy. 

 They were actually singing for the pictures with musicians. 

 Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory. 

 What is light without dark?

 The girls did not know what was up with the Titanic display. 

 I showed them how to do it right. 

 Pirate Kara. She loves Jack Sparrow.

 Kiersten made a gorgeous blushing bride.

 But apparently George is not so loyal. 

 The hall of mirrors was fun, but probably their least enjoyed activity. We didn't get stuck in there as long as I thought we would. We got split up pretty fast, though, and that made me nervous. 

 I think all of us ran smack into a mirror at least a few times. 

 Kiersten had the hardest time. Kara kept getting back to the exit, and then going back in to give Kiersten hints. I was worried, she'd end up lost again with her, but she really figured it out pretty well. Maybe too well. It would have been nice if she'd been a little more confused in there, and needed help, instead of her helping me!

After the hall of mirrors, we went to the 4D werewolf adventure. It was pretty intense, but the kids loved it. It was kind of fun shooting werewolves. 

Millers in Branson

We have meant to go to Branson since we moved to St. Louis, and at the end of summer, we finally went.

We went to dinner, but I forget what the restaurant was called. It was a fun place. 

We went walking around and exploring after dinner, and the girls wanted to go into the ice cream shop. 

They also had cookies, and that's what Evie ended up wanting to get. 

Kara and Kiersten opted to get something from the candy store instead. 

I decided to go the cookie and ice cream route. I ate the whole thing, but look how lady-like I am with my pinky raised. 

We went into the Bass Pro shop. The girls like to see the fish and all the fun stuff. 

We were on the ground level at the hotel, and the girls thought it was fun to holler down to each other. 

We were really far away from the club area, pool, and front desk, so we ended up changing room so the girls could at least walk to the pool. It was a 3 mile drive!

They had good reason to want to be closer to the rec room. They had so much fun in there. They even had movies and games to check out. So we got some games to take back to our room for more fun after the rec room was closed. 

Evie brought a whole purse full of quarters, and wanted to use them all on the stuffed animal claw machine. 

They played a lot of ski ball. It's basically where all of their tickets came from. 

Kiersten didn't have much luck with the stuffed animals, but she won a lot of bouncy balls from a different game. 

All of their tickets went toward candy. 

She did not offer to share any of her new stuffies with her sisters. 

We didn't get to spend a ton of time at the pool, but they had fun when we did get over there. 

Basking in the Branson sun.

Danna's BBQ was our favorite place that we ate. We had a bit of a wait, but it was worth it.