MM ~ Big Cedar

This weekend, Malori and I joined Ruth and Charlotte and went to Big Cedar near Branson, Missouri.  It was a short but fantastic little trip! 
 

Highlights from this weekend:

• Malori came in on Thursday night and got to meet Brittany. We all stayed up talking till around 1:00. :)
• Friday morning, I got a massage at the Utica Square Ihloff and Malori had a facial... awesome start to the day!!
• We went shopping at Anthropologie, where she got some cute wine glasses and I got a fun fall scarf! :) 
• Met Natalie at her new house and had lunch with her at MiMi's Cafe.  
• Drove to Ruth's house in Owasso then rode with them to Big Cedar.
• Dinner at Elanita's Mexican Restaurant.
• Hot tub time Friday night - (memorable walk in the dark trying to find it)... it was oh, so relaxing and fun!  Then we came back to the room and watched Dan in Real Life. :)
• We had adjoining rooms, each with king size beds... (apparently I had a bad dream Saturday night and woke up panicked asking Malori if she was okay.  I remember her saying, "Yes. Are YOU okay?" lol)
• Ruth and Charlotte made us buscuits and a "Ziploc bag omlet" for breakfast... (I tried ham, peppers, onions, avacado, and cantaloupe -- go me!)
• Malori and Ruth had a lot in common on their personalities, books/movies taste, etc. ...and Charlotte and I have so much in common in our personalities... so getting to know them a little better was great!
• I did my daily Bible reading outside on our balcony, and I must say, it was really nice!  (Very few bugs spotted this weekend, which makes me a fan of Big Cedar!!)
• Malori got some writing time in on her book, and Ruth was SO excited to hear about that! =)
• We all took a leisurely walk around on Saturday morning (lots of good pictures and fun conversations).
• Gift shop... Malori bought an owl jar - the random things she chooses are so interesting to me, but yes, it was cute!
• Pool Time!!!  Swimming + laying out + reading + hot tub time = perfect Saturday!  (Aside from the sunburn that followed.)
• It rained around 5, so we were glad we'd spent several hours at the pool that afternoon!
• Homestyle dinner at The Farmhouse (I tried blackberry cobbler - yay new things!), then we went shopping and saw the water show at Branson Landing!
• Watched Ghost Town in our room that night... even funnier than I remembered. =)
• Sunday brunch buffet at the Worman House!  (Lots of good food on this trip.)
• Titanic Museum... we were each given the name of a passenger and in the end, you find out if they lived or died... Ruth and I had 1st class women, Malori 2nd, and Charlotte 3rd.  However, mine was the only woman who did not survive!  Didn't see that coming.  Her husband was a moron and fired the maid for interrupting them to warn them that the boat was sinking.  Awesome.
• Anyway, the museum was fantastic and made me even more ready for the 2012 re-release of the movie!
• Road trip home, with a final ice cream stop at the big McDonalds.
• All in all, a really fun weekend (...and VERY worth the $70 we spent on hotel and gas!!) =)

Here are a few of my favorite pictures...

Malori at the "Infinity Pool!"

 Ruth and Charlotte! :)

Where we spent Saturday afternoon...

On our Saturday morning walk...

 I love waterfalls! :)

Me and Malori and our fish bench. :)

 Pretty hibiscus flower!

Loved the view...

Our pic with the bear, before we noticed the "Please Do Not Touch" sign! lol

Not us, but maybe someday. lol

Charlotte, Ruth, and Malori

Malori at the Titanic Museum (sneaking a pic with my camera phone)

Replica of the Grand Staircase... awesome!

....."To making it count!"  *Cheers* ;)