DZwart
Legacy of Elijah Officer
Well after a week away I am home and, unfortunately, back at work. My family and I had a great time this last week, even without an internet connection. 
Now that summer vacation is pretty much done for most of us, I thought it would be nice to start a thread where people could share a few highlights and fond memories from the summer. If anyone else wants to add their vacation memories (or any other highlights), pleae feel free.
Here's some from my trip:
For our trip, we drove down to Branson, MO for a week's stay. On the way we stopped in St. Louis for a ride in the bubble pods to the top of the gateway arch.
In Branson, we did a lot of different things. For those of you who are unfamilliar with Branson, it is a major tourist spot. One person there described it as Las Vegas without the Casinos, meaning lots of attractions and shows. The theme park behind our hotel had a fireworks show almost every night viewable from the landing outside our room. My kids would likely have been content just spending the entire week at the pools. Other than one nerve wracking moment fishing our 3-year old out after he jumped into the 5ft deep end of the pool without his swimmies, I'd agree that these were some of the most relaxing times during the trip.
We saw 2 shows while in Branson. The first was "Hot Seat" which was a improv comedy team. The other was Kirby VanBurch. Kirby (with his wife Bambi) is a magician. From what I understand, Kirby is an internationally known magician who performed in Las Vegas for a while, but moved to Branson for a more family friendly environment. It was a great show and my family and I enjoyed it a lot. Before the show, I thought it was interesting that the brochures for his show have a small fish logo on them. He concluded the show not only pointing out that there is no magic and that everything he did was an ILLUSION, but then took out a piece of string and while breaking it into pieces explained that even if your life felt broken that Christ could make you feel whole again. As he was concluding this story he took the broken pieces of string, tied them together and then revealed a single, unbroken piece of string.
On the way home, we made one final stop in Lafayette, IN to visit and worship with the church that my wife and I had joined just after we were married. It was great to see all those old friends once again as well as introduce our childeren to that part of our lives as well as other landmarks from that stage of our life.
Now that summer vacation is pretty much done for most of us, I thought it would be nice to start a thread where people could share a few highlights and fond memories from the summer. If anyone else wants to add their vacation memories (or any other highlights), pleae feel free.
Here's some from my trip:
For our trip, we drove down to Branson, MO for a week's stay. On the way we stopped in St. Louis for a ride in the bubble pods to the top of the gateway arch.
In Branson, we did a lot of different things. For those of you who are unfamilliar with Branson, it is a major tourist spot. One person there described it as Las Vegas without the Casinos, meaning lots of attractions and shows. The theme park behind our hotel had a fireworks show almost every night viewable from the landing outside our room. My kids would likely have been content just spending the entire week at the pools. Other than one nerve wracking moment fishing our 3-year old out after he jumped into the 5ft deep end of the pool without his swimmies, I'd agree that these were some of the most relaxing times during the trip.
We saw 2 shows while in Branson. The first was "Hot Seat" which was a improv comedy team. The other was Kirby VanBurch. Kirby (with his wife Bambi) is a magician. From what I understand, Kirby is an internationally known magician who performed in Las Vegas for a while, but moved to Branson for a more family friendly environment. It was a great show and my family and I enjoyed it a lot. Before the show, I thought it was interesting that the brochures for his show have a small fish logo on them. He concluded the show not only pointing out that there is no magic and that everything he did was an ILLUSION, but then took out a piece of string and while breaking it into pieces explained that even if your life felt broken that Christ could make you feel whole again. As he was concluding this story he took the broken pieces of string, tied them together and then revealed a single, unbroken piece of string.
On the way home, we made one final stop in Lafayette, IN to visit and worship with the church that my wife and I had joined just after we were married. It was great to see all those old friends once again as well as introduce our childeren to that part of our lives as well as other landmarks from that stage of our life.
