July 15, 2012

July 15, 2012

     This weekend my family and my brother’s family spent the weekend in Branson. They have two boys just like Nick and I. It happened to be their anniversary and when they asked us what we were doing on the 14^th of July, I thought they were going to ask me to watch their boys while they went out, but instead they wanted to have a fun, family weekend for their anniversary. So Haley, my sister-in-law, and I went to work planning early last week and here’s what we ended up doing. We got up early Saturday morning, got packed, and started out to Branson. We did some shopping at Tanger Outlet Malls. We actually found some good bargains. I think the back-to-school shopping gets earlier and earlier, just like Christmas shopping. From there, we went and checked into our hotel. We decided to stay at the Grand Country Inn. It has the hotel and waterpark combined in one price for a decent deal, plus I got a discount since I’m a Silver Dollar City season pass holder. After we unpacked the car, it was off to the Dixie Stampede and I must say it WAS the most place to eat in Branson, just like Dolly said. All four of the boys were glued to the show. They couldn’t take their eyes off the animals! Next, we went to ride go-carts. My parents met us there for that. We rode for a couple hours the boys were in their element. My family is a little competitive so it got a little wild out on the tracks, but the boys were having a blast. The next day we spent the majority of the day at the waterpark included in our stay at the hotel. Needless to say, they were exhausted from all the fun!