Last year the four of us had the pleasure of mini-golfing at the MOA, it ended with Steve and Brie both getting a hole in one at the end. Yep, that meant two more free rounds, well we sort of forgot about the slips until now and decided today would be a great day for an adventure. Mommy, Brie & Conner took off early to get that coveted up front parking at what we expected to be a very busy mall day. What an adventure, so much laughter, our sides hurt! Mini golf, Santa, Candy shop, and Lego land, an amazing day!

The shot of the day, Brienna smashed this ball on hole#10 over the wall and hitting the rock bottom ride on it's way down until it landed in it's resting place just below the ride. Laughing hysterically at this point. Thankfully the nice man let her grab another ball!

They've really switched up the courses at this place, every hole seemed to have bigger and more complicated obstacles.

Mini golfing this year was way better, Conner didn't need any help and man the giggles were just rolling as Brie ended up with some serious air swings, and I thought Conner would need help!

A quick shot with Woody!

Snuck in some Lego land time, Conner was certain he could live there as the games were so much fun and then put trays of Lego's nearby too, just heaven for this little boy...... I believe him when he says he could spend all day there!

As adventures go, we can't just make it all about the mini-golfing. Mommy had ulterior motives in getting the kids in front of Santa as well. Needless to say, I was very impressed!

Sitting with Santa, he was so fun, Conner was just amazed that he had time to sit and chat with all the kids in line, he thought Santa would be busy wrapping all those toys.

Conner's favorite movie of 2009, The Polar Express, was depicted so beautifully on the pathway to Santa, quick stop for a photo op...

Have to say, the MOA really out does themselves, they make even standing in line to see Santa an adventure, they have an area with tables and crayons for kids waiting as well, so glad we got there right away in the morning, lines were pretty long by the time we left.

So fun to see the elves from our favorite traditional Christmas movies.

A quick stop for breakfast, yep, cinamini's from McDonald's, I know it's not the breakfast of champions, but on an adventure it's all about the kids......

Breakfast by a transformer Lego, Conner, who isn't a speed eater to start with took extra time this morning as staring at the larger than life giant robot was WAY more fun.....

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