Sadly, after work we had to go to the visitation of a good friend who passed away, Joyce Tipton. We have had such fun through the years of our kids growing up. Trips to the river, barbecues, fish fries, sledding and just good ole fashioned visiting. We've not seen each other much since the kids have grown, but the friendship bond has remained the same.
Afterwards, we went to Sput's to eat. We hadn't ate there in quite some time. Good Food.
Saturday:
Dwayne woke up very excited for our trip to Branson. Haven't seen him that excited in awhile. We went to St. Elizabeth to pick up Cash. Little Iva looked so cute, couldn't resist getting a picture. Such a pretty baby.
Cash was in a big hurry to get going. We stopped at McDonald's in Lebanon for lunch. Cash had fun in the playground.
Frank Rea Boulevard
To kill time until we went to the Dixie Stampede, we went to a toy museum.
I thought the price was pretty high, $34.00 for me, Dwayne and Cash. It was neat, about any old toy collection you could imagine was in there. Some dating back to the 1800's. My cousin, Martha inherited her Grandma Lola's doll. It is quite spooky looking. Her daughter, Brooke has it now. This doll's face is a close resemblance to it. Ugly!!
Cash liked the toys but he was more interested in buying a tractor.
We kept seeing tractors from all eras but they were all on display, he couldn't understand that.
He did enjoy the train going around the track around the ceiling.
We had to do the whole tour before we could get to the gift shop.
They didn't have any toy tractors so he settled on a small train.
We then went to the Dixie Stampede. He liked seeing the horses but was glad he wasn't too close. He held his hand in the air the whole time Santa rode around. April and I went to the Dixie Stamped in 2008. (has it really been that long already?) The show we saw was excellent. Lots of trick riding and an overall good show. This show was okay but nothing like what April and I saw.
Cash and Dwayne had to have chips and a drink after the show. What's better than laying in bed watching cartoons with a bag of chips and bug juice when you're tired.
Sunday:
We got up early and went down for the continental breakfast. Pretty good biscuits and gravy. Off we went to Bass Pro.
Cash enjoyed all the animals and fish at Bass Pro.
And especially the truck and trailer Grandpa bought him. Found some good deals to finish up Christmas and got reward money back on some items.
A boy and his chips
Cash soon fell asleep but he had a tight hold onto the bag of chips. We couldn't pry them loose so we could eat some.
Dwayne took the wrong highway out of Lebanon so we got lost. About an hour or more delay on our trip home. Then out of Brumley, I got us lost as we headed to St. Anthony instead of St. Elizabeth. That was an easy fix, just called April and she told us the highway we needed.
Cash had been crying off and on all weekend wanting to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house. When he saw we were getting close to his home, he started crying again. Once he got home, he was just fine. Grandpa thought he did good hiding the truck and trailer. Cash remembered though. Dwayne had to go out and get it for him to play with. He's suppose to bring it over next Saturday to have at our house. We shall see. lol
When we got home and put everything away, I took about a three hour nap. I got up, ate and lay on the couch to watch TV. I fell back to sleep and Dwayne had to wake me up when it was time to go to bed. Guess I was tired. Must have paid off as I feel good today.
We had a great weekend and I hope Cash is old enough to remember most of it. I am grateful we had the chance to take this trip and we had safe travels.
So glad you had a good time!
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