Visiting Nanny and Papa in Branson

We spent last weekend in Branson and Springfield visiting Nanny and Papa. They spent the last week in Branson celebrating their anniversary. The kids and I drove up Friday morning and met Nanny and Papa at their condo in Branson. Tanner and Nanny called it "Nanny and Papa's little house in Branson" because each condo was it's own little cottage. Chris couldn't come because his schedule got changed at the last minute. I was so bummed. I was excited about some family relaxation. Oh well- still had a ton of fun!
Once we got to branson we just hung out for a while, played on the playground and Bailey took a nap. Tanner LOVED the tire swing.

Here is Bailey hanging out in Nanny and Papa's condo

Later, Uncle Joseph and his family came up and we all went to dinner at a steak house. Tanner loved this huge bear in the restaurant's lobby. It's Tanner-bear and Big-bear!

After dinner we took the kids to "Castle Rock" water park. It was an indoor water park with water slides, basketball pool and toddler water parks. Tanner had a blast. He loved having Papa chase him around, up and down slides and all around the park.

Bailey trying to climb UP the slide. Goofball!

Bailey and Mom

Snuggling the ball. What's better than some good ball snuggling. 

The water was a bit cold and took a bit of getting use to.

Bailey and Mom in the lazy river. We had just gone under the dumping buckets and got soaked!!!!Hence Bailey's face and my wet hair

Tanner and Papa on the lazy river

The kids were so tired that night. They slept hard!!!

 

The next morning we ate at iHOP. SOOO good. My kids ate like little piggies. Then I took Bailey over to the outlet mall and got her ears pierced. She did great. I'm so grateful she had a sucker to eat on, otherwise she would have been much more upset. Doesn't she look so adorable?

 

Then we drove up to Springfield and went to the Dickerson Park Zoo. It's such a cute little zoo. Lots of fun things for little kids. Tanner loved this petting zoo. Look at him feeding this huge bull.

Tanner feeding the goats

Bailey didn't care for the petting zoo. She mostly hung out in her stroller. And yes, my child was wearing shoes when we started out- but she kept kicking them off and I didn't want to loose them- so off they came and into the bag they went.

Eventually Tanner decided he wanted to relax for a while.

Bailey checking out the bobcat behind  glass. Does anyone else find large cats like mountain lions really creepy. This one was super scary looking. 

Bailey riding on Papa's shoulders. It's her favorite place to ride.

Checkin' out the elephants with Papa

Mom and Bailey wearing our animal print sunglasses

All three of us after our zoo visit wearing our awesome sunglasses. Of course Clark wouldn't wear his....Oh well. 

After this I ran a couple of errands in Springfield and then headed home. We missed Chris like crazy but had such a fun trip. Thank you Nanny and Papa for inviting us to come up and visit you on your getaway.