BRANSON: PART ONE

Being with family is really just the best.  You can totally be yourself and not worry one bit about anyone thinking you are nuts.  They already know that you are, and they love you anyway.  This trip has been pretty low-key, which is definitely what we need right now.  With family around, we have extra baby feeders.



We have Uncles that want to watch 3D movies with us.



We have extra sweet babies around.



Plus our usual sweet babies.



Some of us headed to the Butterfly Palace, which was a definite hit with my girls.  Except for the crazy mirror maze - it creeped the girls out a bit, but Mom and I liked it.



But the actual room with the butterflies was a big hit.

Then a butterfly landed on my arm, which sent Lily into a sort of tail-spin.  You know those mutant butterflies are super dangerous.

A little butterfly face-painting helped perk things up for Lily, but once Bella saw Lily have her face painted, she wanted nothing to do with it.  Two year olds can be so fickle.

I'm so sad this picture was so over-exposed, because her smile is so precious.



After the Butterfly Palace, we battled through Branson strip traffic (so much worse in the summer than I remembered!) and ate lunch at a pizza buffet that claims the World's Largest Banjo.  Our family has gone there since growing up, so it was fun to be there all together again.

And, this picture pretty much sums up what our family feels like right now.



The other great thing about being with family is that you can lay down and nap whenever you want.  If your children will allow it or if your sister will carry your children away from you after she takes a picture of it all, like what happened here.



We've also had lots of fun late night gaming after most children are asleep.  Family game nights never get old.




Good times, great memories.  Branson is treating us well!