Thanksgiving in Branson.

Well, I have lots to catch up on.  We've had Thanksgiving, a broken bone, and two birthdays!  

Last Sunday after my photo shoot, we hit the road headed north to Papa and Gigi's house.  The children could not have been more excited.  They have been talking about this trip for weeks.  Even Story has been telling everyone, "We going to Branson!" 

And Branson was our Thanksgiving destination, but we opted to break up our trip a little with an overnighter at Papa and Gigi's.  Papa took Monday off to spend the day with our crew.  The children had so much fun riding his "tractor!" 

Even little bit got a turn!

When the riding was over, the big 3 weren't a bit deterred.  They continued to "ride" in the safety of the garage.  Tuesday, we got up and headed North once again to Branson, where we would spend the majority of Thanksgiving week.  

Tuesday night, we toured Winter Wonderland with our family.  

These two hit it off quickly and were inseparable most of the time we were together.  Such cuties!

Carter could not wait to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas.  

And Story could not wait to get as far away from Santa as possible, finding safety in the lap of Papa.  

Then, we lined up to ride the famous ducks.  During the day, they drive you around town on the land, and then you ride out into the water.  We opted for the nighttime ride, so we could look at Christmas lights instead.  It was so much fun!

Or can't you tell from the looks on these sweet faces how much fun we were having!

Tilly!

My SIL took this picture of Story and me.  Don't you love Story's cheese face?!  Wednesday, we didn't venture out too much.  We rode over the Landings and walked around a little.  We were holding out for the big entertainment of the night, The Dixie Stampede!  The children and I had never been, and we had such a great time!  You can't take pictures inside, but I should have gotten a picture of us before we went in.  I guess we were just way too excited.  Thursday, we had a delicious meal, thanks to Gigi.  The children watched movies and played while the adults visited.  Uncle Larry and Aunt Laura from Kansas joined us for the day.  It was such a nice day, until. . .

This was the beginning of the end.  David and I probably should have stopped this madness, but they were having so much fun.  

Never did we dream that one of our children would leap through the wall of pillows and face plant on the hardwood floors.  

Oh, but she did, breaking her glasses and her arm! Carter later told us that she sailed right over his head!  Yikes!

David, Tilly, and I spent a couple of hours in the Ricky Skaggs ER on Thanksgiving night with our sweet Tilly.  She was such a trooper.  

And the xrays confirmed what we already knew, she fractured her left wrist.  

Friday, Papa and Gigi bravely and graciously offered to take our four babes back to Arkansas with them, leaving David and I in Branson with a little time to ourselves.  We were able to do a little shopping and enjoy a quiet lunch at this cute little cafe at Big Cedar Lodge.  So fun! 

Friday night, I kept this little one close to me, and we had a much better night than the one before.  

Our party of six loaded up and headed home to MS Saturday morning.  Thank you, Papa and Gigi, for a fun and very memorable Thanksgiving week!  We love you!