We made it!

a deer in the woods at our resort, we were so close...

Barrett and Laura enjoying the boat

Riding the teacups

Justin and I tubing

The family at Sliver Dollar City

Our Cabin

We left last Wed. for Branson. The four of us, Justin, Laura and Barrett, Mom and Dad and my brother Jeff. It was wonderful.... We got on the road mid-morning in two vehicles and the dvd player, these things are the best for traveling kids, it makes the time go faster. I rented movies we had never seen, that is the key to keeping them interested. Anyway we made it to our resort, The Tribesman around 4:00. We got all moved in and spread out. We had 4 bedrooms.

We planned on Silver Dollar City on Thurs. We got 2 days for the price of one at our resort. We really only planned one day but ended up going back Sat. all day too. Our legs were so tired of walking up and down those hills, but we had a great time. Kylie absolutely loved the roller coasters, all of them! I never dreamed she would be so into that. Emily not so much, we got her on one and after that she was not doing it again. We saw a magic show and mom bought the girls a bag of magic tricks. Grandfather's mansion was one of our favorite spots too. We laughed so hard we could hardly even breath!

We ate cotton candy, funnel cakes, ice cream, the food is pretty expensive there but it's so fun too. The best kept secret there that I found out about on a mom's blog before we left was that if you ask you can get a cup of ice water for free at any of the food booths, which are around every corner. We did this alot, we watched people purchase bottled water for 2.75 each. They do not tell you this little tidbit or offer it to anyone you just have to ask. Cool huh? I loved that.

We had so much fun just being together, Barrett went with us the first day and he was so good.
The weather was amazing and it's really shady all throughout too. The second day Todd and my dad stayed at the cabin with Barrett and took him for rides on the golf cart and let him take his naps.
On Friday Todd went down and rented a big pontoon boat and a tube. I had never been tubing and so I was really excited about this, and I loved it!! Justin and I were the ones out there the majority of the time. I have to say I did alot better that I thought I would! The girls did really well too. It was not fun to fall off when you weren't ready, Kylie liked getting off the tube on her own terms so she liked going pretty slow. Our bodies were so sore by the time we left it was unbelievable. With all the walking and tubing we could barely make it up the spiral staircase that evening.

Family vacations are so much fun, we hated to see it end and we all dreaded the long drive home on Sunday. Everyone was pretty tired. The girls loved being with Barrett all day long and especially when he woke up in the morning. He was so sweet! He loved having them around too.

He gave me a new nickname on vacation, he started calling me, memie. When he wanted to escape from the girls or saw me going up the stairs he would yell MEMIE and I would rescue him! So cute. Can't wait till our next adventure together. I'm so blessed to have such a close family.