Day 9: 5/31/09

Today we drove to Branson, MO to visit Marc Grandmother. We met at Culvers for some lunch. Ruth was amazed at how much Marc had grown......
and how cute Samantha is.After some lunch we went to a small strip mall with a large covered "porch" in front. We went there so the kids could run and get some energy out. There were some very pretty wooden benches so we decided to have a photo shoot and gets lots of pictures of various groups of people.
This is a picture of Ruth (Marc's Grandmother), Marc Sr (Marc's Dad), his children, Marc Jr. Melisa, and Jennifer and all of the offspring (grandkids).Samantha was finally able to meet her Aunt Jennifer. It took them both a little while to warm up to each other, but by the time we left Branson, they were all smiles, hugs, and kisses with each other.After the phot shoot we went to the outlet mall. (I bought a couple of cute shirts) and Marc got a new CARS t-shirt for $5. After the outlet mall we went to McDonald's for some ice cream. After all of that we got back in the car for the 3 hour drive back to Fort Smith.
It was a long day, but fun. I think Marc's Grandmother had a good time seeing the kids. :)