Branson Family Vacation

The whole Morris Family


We just got home from a week with Tad's family in Branson MO. Tad's parents got everyone condos for the week through their timeshare. The boys did great on the long haul there and back but we ran into other problems on the drive....flooding. On our way part of interstate 70 was shut down so we detoured over an hour out of the way and ended up taking back roads through parts of Indiana and Illinois we never planned to visit. We laughed about it through. In Paris Illinois we stopped for a picnic at a community park and the grounds were so muddy we had out picnic in the parking lot. I'm sure other cars were laughing as they drove by us. Tad said we'll always have Paris..but we are thankful we were able to make it to Missouri. Then on the way home we dodged severe weather and now to hear of all the flooding still going on we're glad to be home and through Illinois.

We had several great days in Branson. It was great to see everyone and let the cousins play together. They keep talking about all of them now that we are home. We shared a condo with Clark's family (Tad's brother). Every morning our boys woke up asking for Jacob & Austin (their cousins). Aunt Stephanie brought this amazing bag of dress up clothes. We had quite a fashion show on the balcony of our condo. I wish we had done this again for video once the other cousins arrived. Check out the runway models on the next post. Jacob did a great job reading the boys their bedtime stories.


They also liked to watch him play video games


One evening we went to the Dixie Stampede show. The boys enjoyed watching the horses.
(Cousins before the show)


We spent a couple days at Silver Dollar City with part of the family. We found out that our boys aren't ready for rides. They waited in a long ride to go on this kiddie rollar coaster and Peyton was even yelling at the ride attendant "lady open the gate" and to the people on the ride "Hey get off MY train" but when it was their turn, after one time around Peyton and Connor wanted off. It was to go 3 times around but wouldn't you know they let us go 4 laps. After that we tried the tea cup ride...not so hot either. Peyton got off that ride saying "Mama dizzy dizzy". We gave them a break, watched the cousins ride some more rides and then tried our boys on the Dumbo ride. Who doesn't like the elephants right? We'll Connor loved it but Peyton didn't want his to go off the ground and he was done for the day. Connor rode more rides with Austin instead.


We all rode the train together (Peyton, Austin, Connor)

On a rainy day we went to a nearby Fish Hatchery. The boys loved feeding the fish. They kept calling the fish food peanuts and telling the fish to "come here". (Caden & Peyton)

While we were there Uncle Clark turned 40. Stephanie pulled off a surprise breakfast for everyone with Tad's help to send them out on a morning run.

When Aunt Laura arrived with her family she brought with her garage sale treasures the boys loved. They got a carebears tent, a whac-a-mole game, a sit n spin, and several books. Thanks Aunt Laura!

Connor

Peyton

We went to the Landings to watch the water and light show one evening. Connor made friends with a 2 yr. old girl Madison Sue. For over 10 minutes they just kept talking to each other, following one another around, and holding hands. It was really cute. Peyton kept following both of them saying "hey guys, wait".

On the way home we were able to have lunch with our dear friends the Wrights. Here are all the kids having a great time at Panera. It was the perfect spot for us all.
Austin, Jacob, Conrad, Peyton, Caden, Michaela, Connor



Thanks Vern & Colleen for a fun week of memories!!