Night on the Town

Our last night in Branson, we went to eat at the Hard Luck Diner. Our waiter was a finalist on American Idol (season 4?) and a pretty darn good singer. At the Hard Luck Diner, the waiters/waitresses take turns singing as they walk around the diner. The kids thought this was pretty neat and Cora was too cute to watch as her eyes were glued to the person singing.

After dinner, the kids enjoyed throwing pennies into a fountain outside.
We took a chance and tried mini-golf with two three year olds and a 17 month old. Yes, the experience was just what you would imagine it to be. It started off with a short train ride to the top of the mini golf course. Not a pleasurable one with Evan because the train went through a dark tunnel shaped like a skull and some smoke. Scared him a bit. Of course as soon as we started, Leah decided she had to go to the bathroom and we had to find our way back down to the restrooms and then later catch up to the rest of the group.

Cora just wanted to pick everyone's golf balls up and hold them or put them in the hole. Needless to say, we didn't keep score or really play, but had fun laughing at the kids.

Branson Photos- S.D.C. - The Rides & Misc.

Leah is definitely our daredevil.
She wanted to ride all the kiddie rides offered. Silver Dollar City has a new section of their park with rides solely for little ones. The twins rode small swings, the teapots, a small roller coaster, and a variety of other little rides (some of which made Mommy a little sick to her stomach- I just can't ride them like I use to!). Most of them, Leah wanted to get right back in line to ride again! Evan, I think, felt a little pressure and ended up riding them again as well. Leah is still telling us how she wants to go back to Vacation to ride the rides again.

Here are a couple of other random pictures from Silver Dollar City. (The gang)

Branson Photos- Swimming

(One of the three pools)

It seemed all Evan and Leah wanted to do was go swimming. Evan got up enough nerve this summer to try swimming all by himself (with a floatie ring). After about 30 minutes of not wanting to let go of Greg or I, he finally decided he was ready. He was sooooooo proud of himself and squealed with delight as he paddled away. Leah has always been our little fish and was ready to jump in by herself at any given moment. We really enjoyed watching Cora splash her feet in the water. The water was a bit too cold for her. She sat with Mandy on the sides and watched us. The last night of our stay, Greg, the kids and I went to the resorts' Summer Kickoff BBQ. They had a band, games, sand volleyball, kids building sandcastles, etc. We got there late, but enjoyed listening to the band while we swam at night. Evan and Leah loved how the pool lights came on when it started to get dark. Leah was a dancing machine in the pool while listening to the music. She told us she wasn't leaving until they were done playing. What an enjoyable night!

Branson Bound- Silver Dollar City

At the beginning of June, my sister, brother-in-law, niece and parents met us in Branson for our family vacation. I have been looking forward to this for a long time. It was our first vacation with all of the kids and the grandparents. It was a HOT one. Temps. reaching about 95 each day, but we survived. We rented a three bedroom townhome located on a golf course. It was a great place to stay. Three bedrooms/three baths, screened in porch, three pools, three playgrounds, fishing, golf, and bbq pits for some yummy grilling.

(running through water)

Since I took ALOT of pictures, I am going to break the vacation down into different posts. First up, Silver Dollar City!!

At The Car Wash

Greg always has to have assistance from the kids to wash the car-whether he wants the help or not! Never fails, as soon as he has wiped one side dry, water gets sprayed from the other side from one of the kids and the car gets wet again! Fun for me to watch. Maybe it's because I don't partake in the car washing. :)

Get Togethers

We had a busy Memorial Day Weekend. We had my sister-in-law's birthday/Congrats on Grad. Law School, my nieces' baptism, a BBQ at my cousins house and a BBQ with great friends.

The kids had a blast all weekend long! Here are some pictures from the time at our friend's house. They had two battery operated cars to play with. The police car was a hit as that was the car that was fought over for the most. I can just picture them when they are all 16 and driving around town together...yikes!