Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Fourth of July everyone!  Thank you so much God that we live in a country where we can worship you and enjoy many other freedoms.  Well....we have been in Branson since Friday and have had a great time.  Friday we went and saw Cars2 wit the kids in Rogers and it was awesome!  Then we headed up to Branson.  We got to the hotel...went to dinner....and then headed to the pool.  Our kids love the water!  Saturday we headed to Silver Dollar City.  Surprisingly there werent many people and we hardly had to wait in line for the rides.  We saw Shaggy and Scooby and the kids loved that.

Brooklyn and Jonah playing with the hulas

Jackson trying the hula

Jonah is such a big boy.  He wants to do everything that big brother and sister does.  He figured if they can hula so can I!!

Jackson the big protective brother!

So we played all morning at SDC and then left for some lunch, pool time, and then naps!  We decided to head back to SDC for more fun.  We noticed everyone was leaving and we heard someone say that the rides were closed because of lightening.  We didnt mind that...the kids wanted to play and shop...no ride playing.  It wasnt long though that the rain began. It was fun seeing the kids play in the rain and it definitely cooled us off.

Sunday was the 3rd and Jeff's 30 birthday!!  We took the kids to play putt putt golf and then treated Brooklyn and Jackson to go karts.  Poor Jonah wasnt tall enough and had to watch.  Needless to say he wasnt a happy camper. Then we went to Shogun's to eat and it was so good.  We headed to the hotel for some naps and I took Jackson swimming.  After everyone was well rested we headed to the Landing.  We met Jeff's dad and mom at their hotel for a bit before going to Jeff's favorite Old Chicago.  He got his pizza!  We let the kids play on the playground and then went to Bass Pro.  At 7:30 we got into our seats to enjoy some music and fireworks.

Jackson and Brooklyn ready for fireworks

Jonah waiting with a treat

Unfortunately we never got to see the fireworks.  We heard about 30 minutes of music before the storm rolled in.  There was a lot of wind and lightening and then some rain.  We went to Jeff's parents hotel room to wait out the storm.  Then we headed back to the hotel to sleep.

This morning we had breakfast and went swimming again.  Jonah loved his new lifejacket. Now we are just hanging in the hotel while Jonah naps.  Ready for lunch!!