Branson or Bust!

This past weekend, we headed to Branson with four other couples from our Sunday School class. We had a blast, and it was great to get away and enjoy some time with each other and out of town. Brent and I rode up with our good friends Austin and Michelle on Thursday afternoon, and the rest of the group met us on Friday. We did tons of laughing, shopping, and eating!


Austin found this awesome house on the Internet at a 50% discount, so each couple had their own master suite! It also had a basement game room with a pool table and Wii, and every room had flat screen TVs. The screen porch was nice, but it was a little chilly when we got there. From the other direction, you can see Table Rock Lake through the trees. Also, this place is about a 1\2 mile from Silver Dollar City, so very convenient to all of the fun things Branson has in town.

This place is on a steep hill - it was tough getting in and out of the cars!

Thursday night, we went to the Landing and enjoyed some Famous Dave's BBQ. And yes, we got the order that came in the trash can! This is Brent's BFF Austin, or as we like to say "a brother from another mother."

Here are the girls waiting on the steaks to finish cooking.

Apparently it takes all 5 of them to grill!

That night after dinner, we celebrated Brent's big birthday. The cake was yummy and turned out very cute. I got it at LaDelle's Sweet Shop in the Branson Mills.

He was acting like he was shy - ha!

What a ham!

Austin, Brent, and Jacob decided to play Monopoly, which prompted everyone else to go downstairs or take a bath. Before this, we played a rousing game of Phase 10!

John Paul looks like he's playing the bongos! ha! We had our own band, but the players kept rotating. It was too much fun!

The next day, we ate breakfast and watched TV, then the girls got

The Burkes

The Hills

The Steelmans

The Rhodes

Saturday night after shopping and hanging out, we went to the Landing for dinner at Texas Land and Cattle. It was good food, and not too bad prices either.

The girls

I see this face a lot.

Here I am playing with my camera outside at the Landing's fire show. It was pretty neat, but it could have lasted a tad bit longer. We waited on the show to begin for about 15 minutes, and the show lasted about 15 seconds.

We made our way back to the house and played some more Wii and enjoyed the house for a little bit longer. The next morning, we packed and cleaned and headed out of town. Brent and I wished we could have another day to recover from the short vacation, but it was right back to the grind. All in all, the trip was fabulous and we can't wait to start planning our next one!