Weddings and Caves, catastrophes and eating with our hands

Our RV lost its marbles yesterday. We had planned a little outing, but our home/car wasn't having it. It wanted to stay put. The slide out wouldn't slide IN. It's a long story, but it involves a dead battery, an owners manual that's WRONG, & 2 stubborn and persistent guys with tools. We won the battle. It took 4 hours, dirty clothes and a trip to an auto parts store, but we got to go on our outing. YAY! 

We piled in the RV--12 of us. It was fun-the kids played cards and chatted and the guys took turns driving. I'm afraid to drive the RV, so it was a treat for my dh. Seriously, I trip walking in the door. I don't have any business driving a house, I think. 

We went to Meramac Cave and the Jesse James Museum. The cave was neat--very BIG. It's over 7 stories high or something. The tour guide showed us around for about an hour while our teenagers made weird sounds. We are so proud. My oldest made a disparaging Vine about the Missouri Waltz sequence. I cant blame her-not really a teenybopper's favorite entertainment. We will see if the link works:

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Then we went to the Jesse James wax museum, watched a really boring & confusing video (did he really live to be over 100?? Did he die in a shootout??)

And played with puzzle horseshoe things and tried on funny hats. The wax people were either atrocious or else these were terribly hideous people in real life. 

We came back to have dinner. VERY COOL. Our friends were inspired by their friends and hosted us a shrimp boil. Butcher paper on table, throw the food out and eat! We couldn't all fit around the table,or even plates wouldn't have been needed. Kids liked it and it was delicious! 

Our two youngest kids (their 1st grader and our 2nd grader) had a wedding yesterday. Older kids made invites, another did the service and the bride wore a blue cowgirl hat and a bikini. The whole thing gave the groom stomach distress. We agreed with him. Getting married is not a light matter-we know. We are all in our 2nd marriages and don't take getting married lightly. I even gave the kids an ignored lecture about brain development, your frontal lobe and waiting until you're at least 25 to get married. Didn't work. The kids just wanted their wedding rings--ring pops. 

Last but not least. My husband duct taped a tiki torch to a tree yesterday. Because we are classy like that. Luckily we are traveling with 2 paramedics,one of whom is a firefighter.