Branson Fun at Home

The morning that we were to leave, Paul came downstairs looking for Glenn.  When he couldn't find him, he looked out the window...

The Branson Belle

Our last show in Branson was on a showboat.

The Dutton's

Thursday night, Paul and I went on a date to another show--The Dutton's.  They were an LDS family as well, and we joked that we only saw the LDS acts in town!  They were all really good and I was glad to be supporting fellow members of our church.

The Dutton family was by far the largest group on stage.  Paul and I really enjoyed that they included many, if not all, of their family in the show.

Miniature Golf

Thursday of our week in Branson, we went to lunch at Applebee's.  

We really enjoyed having someone else make us food while we got to sit and visit.  We talked to Grandma and Grandpa about their lives--what was good, what was bad, what was hard.  We are so blessed to have grandparents who have lived good lives and have endured great trials.

George Dyer

The next day, August 21st, we went to another show--George Dyer.

He has an amazing voice!  I wish I had recorded him--not sure why I didn't--maybe because I was enjoying it so much that I didn't think about it.  At the beginning of his show he walked around the theater, shaking people's hands.  He came right up to us--you can see us in the big screen behind him--and I tried to snap a picture of him but it was really blurry.

The Bretts

Branson is sort of like a Las Vegas, but better. :D  It has lots of fun things to do there--mini golf, go-carts, water parks, etc. and it has tons of shows!  That is what Branson is known for--it's family-friendly shows.  We were excited to get to go to several of them throughout the week.  

Our first show was on Tuesday August 20th to see the Bretts.  They are an LDS family who live in Branson.  This was their 15th year there and they had a fun show to celebrate it!

Branson, Missouri

Our vacation was in Branson, Missouri.  Paul's maternal grandparents have a time share there at a resort called Stormy Point.  We were so excited to be spending a week with them in this cute resort spot in beautiful Missouri.

On Our Way to Missouri

Remember how we were subletting an apartment during the summer while we were in Texas?  Well our lease was up on Saturday August 16th and we had a family vacation planned for the next week--perfect! So we packed up the few things that we had with us in their apartment, put some in storage, and took some with us on our way to Missouri.  On our way out, we stopped at a local chicken restaurant called Raising Cane's.  It had really yummy chicken fingers!  

Happy 6th Anniversary!

A week after Glenn's birthday, Paul and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary!

Can't believe it's been 6 years already!

I'm so happy to have Paul in my life.  He is a wonderful man, husband and father.

We celebrated by going out to dinner at Maggiano's Little Italy.  Yum!!  We highly recommend it to anyone looking for good food.  We love the zucchini appetizer!  And we love the food deal even more--get one appetizer, two entrees to eat at the restaurant and two more to take home with you, and one dessert. It's such a great deal!!  And we have yummy food for another meal or two after the restaurant.

I love you Paul!  Thanks for asking me to marry you!!

Summer Reading

 During our few weeks in Texas, Glenn really started reading more and more.  I found this idea on Pinterest--to set up some sight words and have your child race to it with a car.  I decided to try it out with Glenn.  We had practiced with these words here and there and with reading short books.  He really liked this idea.  He felt so proud of himself and so happy when he found the words and had learned to recognize them.

Glenn turns 4!

Glenn was so excited for his birthday and for turning 4!  

He woke up happy, as he always does, and couldn't wait until his new friends came over for the party.  It wasn't time for that yet, but we did start celebrating by eating a birthday donut for breakfast.

Glenn loves donuts and was happy to be starting his day with one.

HEB Buddy Bucks

Here in Texas there is a store called HEB, or Here Everything's Better.

It is a regular grocery store, except for the Buddy Bucks.

At the cashier, if you have kids with you, they can get some Buddy Bucks.  Buddy is the paper bag character that you can see in the machine.  You take these bucks and put in them in the machine.  They get points and save up to 'buy' or redeem certain little prizes.

Glenn loves it!  And it helps him be good in the store too.

Peter Pan Play

On Saturday, August 3, we went to a free kids play of Peter Pan.

They had some cute hats for sale along with the kid's book.  We bought both since they were a good price and we knew both would be used a lot.

Glenn loves the story of Peter Pan and loves to pretend to be him.