Activities

When we arrived in Branson, we headed straight to the hotel since we were an hour ahead of schedule. The hotel staff kindly unloaded our luggage in the pouring rain! From there we went to the Dixie Stampede. I don't have pictures from there because I was too busy eating the yummy food! For those of you who are not familiar with the menu - all the food is eaten with your hands - there is no silverware. I think all the kids enjoyed that!

After the show, we returned to the hotel and the kids enjoyed swimming together. It was a good thing that we went swimming that evening because the rest of the evenings were stormy or too late to swim!

The next day was the choir performance at the 60s Show on the previous post. After that, the children ate at Pizza World where they also enjoyed go carts, miniature golf and arcade games. Since it was storming and we were not able to swim, my room decided to have a girls night in our room. We invited several other girls their age to join us. We popped popcorn, ate M&Ms, had Root beer, watched tv and played games together.

Thursday was the trip to Silver Dollar City. I'll post photos of that on a separate post. Ladybug was a trooper. The first ride that our group wanted to ride was the Wildfire. Wildfire is the largest roller coaster in the park and has upside down loops. All of our group went on that ride right away. Ladybug was scared to death! She watched the 2nd time as some of the other children rode again. The went to the American Plunge next and cooled off with the water ride. Ladybug enjoyed that one. Next we rode Fire in the Hole. She was ok with that one although the occasional drops surprised her. The declined riding the Powder Keg. She did ride Thunderation since everyone was riding. She said over and over that she did not like that rollercoaster - it was too scary! She also told me that Wildfire is not a ride for a beginning roller coaster rider! So, I think we have established that she really doesn't like roller coasters. :)

In the evening we went to the Haygoods Show. They are a family - 7 brothers and 1 sister who do a variety type show. It was fantastic! They are incredibly talented and full of energy. Everyone had a fun evening!

Friday morning we loaded up the bus and the children headed to a retirement center in Springfield. They entertained the residents there and then headed for home. Brian and Ladybug caught a ride back with a family friend and we spent several more days in Branson with my parents and Brian's parents. We celebrated his Mom and Dad's birthdays and Butterfly's as well.