Branson!

 After the Razorback game, we went to Nana and Papa's to spend the night, then we got up early the next morning and headed to Branson.  We got to Silver Dollar City right as it started to rain.  We decided to brave it and go on in!

The crew (Travis was parking the car) ready to go!!

 We ended up eating lunch first, and it wasn't long after that that the rain dried up and we ended up having a beautiful day!

Beau and I on the carousel.  He loves to ride the donkeys or "Blinkamana".

 Papa, Nana, Beau, and I rode the train (for the 100th time).  Beau loves it and laughs at all the jokes like he's never heard them before:)  His favorite is "hey, hey, hey"!!

 Beau surprised all of us!  Usually he will only ride the jumping frogs, and the ladybugs that go round and round on the ground.  This time he wanted to ride everything!!  He loved the Dumbo flying elephants!  

Super cool Ev rode, too.

 Travis being a bit dramatic:)

 My sweet Beau Beau being SO brave!

 Then Beau decided he wanted to ride the kiddie roller coaster.  What??  He did it!!  He and Travis are in the last car.

 He LOVED it!!  He was SO proud of himself!

 Then he rode the swings.  We have begged him to ride them so many times, and this time he just jumped right on!  It was SO fun to watch him try so many new things.  Our next trips to SDC are going to be so much more interesting!

 Travis took the big boys and they rode some big rides while Beau rode more kiddie rides!

Travis was letting the big boys (who were standing in line for Powder Keg) know that they were adding a second train.  Blake's response kills me!!

 We all rode the Flooded Mine.  The boys love to see who can score the most points shooting the targets. (Papa does too!)

 We left SDC mid-afternoon and headed to our hotel.  We stayed at the Hilton at Branson Landing.  It was absolutely amazing!  This was our view from our balcony.  It was SO cool to people watch from up above:)

 The room was very nice, too!!

 We walked down to the White River Fish House restaurant by Bass Pro for dinner.  There was grilled shrimp on the kids menu and Beau was in heaven!!! He ate every single bite!

 Such a fun place to eat and the food was outstanding!

 The next morning we got up and stopped at Cracker Barrel for breakfast.  They have a new "healthy" menu and this is what I got.  SO good without being overly greasy and heavy.  I'm not a breakfast fan, but this was right up my alley!!

 As we were leaving, Beau kept running ahead in the parking lot, so Papa grabbed on and didn't let him go:)

We had a great quick trip!  I think I have decided that this might be my favorite way to do Branson!!  Thanks Nana and Papa for a great weekend!