ozark christmas

we spent the weekend in branson, missouri with a group from church. i think we occupied all but 2 rooms at the old southern inn.

every year a group from church travels to branson to go to silver dollar city because of it's amazing christmas activities and decorations. i had never been to silver dollar city before this weekend.

i was surprised how many older people were at the park! it's not that easy to walk around in the park...there are huge hills to climb and wall to wall people! i guess they come for the shows. {i didn't get to see a show this year because none of my boys wanted to watch one. i may have to ditch them next year and go to a show on my own!}

my pictures don't even begin to capture the magic of the season there! the minute you enter the park there are christmas decorations EVERYWHERE! and christmas music is playing from the speakers all over the park.

this is the ginormous tree at the entrance. at night it lights up and is synchronized to music. amazing........

colby spent a lot of time on the ground. he doesn't like to stand and wait in lines! and there were lots of lines yesterday! wow!

photo of the day 11-7-09

the wildfire at sunset

daryl and spencer are in this car in this shot. they are three rows back! they are also in the picture above!

poor colby man didn't want to ride a roller coaster. after much discussion with dad, he decided he would ride even though he was scared. he didn't scream or laugh the whole time we were on thunderation. as soon as we were off, the tears started flowing because it scared him so bad. he said he's never riding a roller coaster again! i felt so terrible for him. poor little guy.

giant sock monkey!!!!!

christmas parade!

daryl and i were tired of standing in lines by the end of the night, so the boys finally figured out that it's not so bad riding together!

i wish the next picture wasn't so blurry because i actually got a shot of them getting along! oh well! i still like it!

what is an amusement park at night without a toy that glows?

the varmints and i were captivated by the giant, musical christmas tree. i could have stayed on that bench all night watching that magical display.

today we had lunch at this famous missouri restaurant called lambert's, 'home of the throwed roll.' it reminded me of cracker barrel only they throw rolls at you and the food is much better! i was trying to take a picture of daryl and spencer, but you see how cooperative they were!

i can always count on colby-man for a photo with mom!

photo of the day 11-8-09

these rolls are yummy!

this was painted on the floor as you walked out of lambert's. {giggle} it was the truth!!!

quote of the day: "Turn on the A/C or I'm gonna take my pants off!" ~ a voice on the church bus! apparently he was hot!