Today, we had a lazy morning, then packed a cooler and a picnic lunch, and headed to historic Lexington, MO. We visited the courthouse, which still has a canon ball in one of the pillars.
There were other photo ops, like a miniature statue of Liberty, which Steven enjoyed, and tried to pose the same.
Natalie read some history on the sign outside.
The we arrived a the Battle of Lexington site, and waited patiently for our tour.
We toured the Oliver Anderson house, which is way cool and full of interesting history.
By the time the tour was over, everyone was starved, so we decided to have our picnic lunch. I thought I had packed too much food, but we were all about 2 hours past hungry, so the food went quickly.
After lunch, we went up to the battlefield, and as we stopped at each marker, Kevin would read the significance to us.
My favorite picture of the day is this one, which has nothing to do with history...just family:
It was a successful trip, even though SOME people missed a LOT of natural beauty by playing with a cell phone.
Text messages. SHEESH! And she wonders why I won't let her have her own cell phone.
Anyway, the day was another success. I needed this weekend so badly, and I'm glad it's turning out so well. What will tomorrow bring?
5 comments:
I'm glad you are enjoying your weekend.
June
Gee. It's amazing people would EVER think the midwest is boring! ;)
(I kid. I kid.)
Russ
What a fun day for you and your family. My goodness your girls are sure growing up!! I've been reading your Mom's journal for over a year now and from that time to now, your daughters have turned from little girls to young ladies.
Pam
Steven and I used to visit our granparents in the summers, and I believe Lexington is one of the places we went. I seem to recall a story about a guy breaking his leg jumping from one of the balconies in the Anderson house...Maybe not, we saw a lot of those neat old places. Glad you had a nice holiday. Looks like fun.
Brian, you have the right place. Great memory!
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