It started on Saturday morning when we took C to the airport and, to our surprise, there was a line like we have never seen before. So, two hours and a missed flight later, we were taking her to board her replacement flight. She was excited to go see her Mom, little Brother and Sister, and everyone up there that she hadn't seen since Christmas.
Then, on to the auction we went, mostly for B to be at the auction, but partly because the caterer there has WONDERFUL barbecue! YUM-O. :) and then of course after all that delicious barbecue we needed a nap. So we came home, took a nap, and decided to leave early for Arkansas (which we had planned to leave for on Sunday) and drive to Oklahoma, find a casino and play a little bit, stay the night there, and drive the remaining 3.5 or so hours to Arkansas on Sunday.
So we packed our bags and took off around 6:30pm, and arrived in OK around 12:30 or so, stopping at the first big casino we saw. They had a reasonable nightly rate, but no vacancy. This turned out to be a good thing as we parked, went inside and found that they only had one of each table game that we wanted to play AND they were both FULL with people waiting to play. No Thanks. So on down the road we went. We found a hotel (with a better nightly rate) and a "Waffle Shoppe" in the same parking lot! So we got a room, and went on to get us some breakfast. As anyone could guess, the crowd was like any 24 hour breakfast place around 1 AM that you would find. We ate. We Laughed. And, we got out of there.
Sunday morning we got back on the road to Arkansas. We stopped and got some Summer sausage for B's Uncle that we had originally wanted to get, way back in Texas. So we got to Uncle James' talked for a while and went to eat at Outback Steakhouse. Yum. i later on found out this was a very interesting "dinner". Anyway, He let us stay in his cabin that night and we got up Monday morning and shopped around his place, (went in the bridal store and i politely looked around, but was definitely not trying anything on -especially with B IN THE STORE!)
On to Branson, MO we went on a spontaneous adventure to see what we could find. And, thanks to the navigation in B's Truck, we took the scenic route, it was a Beautiful drive. We stopped along the way at this awesome spot that people were fishing along...
And then we were back on the road...
I Love this picture partially because B looks like such the serious driver, but mainly because you can see the forest behind us in the rear view mirror!
Monday afternoon we finally made it to Branson and wanted to make the most of it because we could only stay one night. So we got a hotel, found and booked a show to go see that night and headed out sightseeing. After deciding we were definitely going back in the summer with the kids, and driving all over the place we found a Mexican restaurant that looked good and had some yummy fajitas. Then we went to see the "Acrobats of China". Oh My Gosh. Amazing. The show was so good, and it was a 2 hour show, with probably 15 acrobats total. They were awesome.
Tuesday Morning, we headed downstairs to eat our "free" continental breakfast and then on to the Outlet Mall we went. We unleashed ourselves on Ralph Lauren and American Eagle (separately) for and hour and then it was back on the road. This time, the road led us home.
B isn't in love with taking pictures, so i like to sneak them sometimes ;)
We Stopped at this Restaurant/Store/Furniture Shop in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas on the way home by Recommendation of a Good Friend, and My their Food was GOOD! Really Good.
11 or 12 hours later (i lost track) we arrived home to these little guys...
Bitsy
Penny and Buster
This is my Dad's puppy Buster. We watched him over spring break and i couldn't help but take all kinds of pictures of him. His little personality is just so so cute to me!
...Bitsy didn't agree though, he stole her bed for the duration of his visit.
On Wednesday B and I went to the Rodeo to see Gary Allen, I was hoping they would have green beer, being it was St. Patricks day and all, but no such luck. We did have fun though!
Thursday. Night. We. Rested.
Friday night we went to see our favorite bartender at the pub down the street.
Saturday Morning we went to see Haidyn play in her "pool games" for the tournament she was playing in (which later got rained out) and then we had tickets to go see the Drag Races in Baytown. Sounded like a lot of fun, Only problem is, we got there, paid $25 for parking, went to walk in and everyone was walking towards us. leaving. all the cars were being put up. the races had JUST been cancelled due to the oncoming rain storm. and we now had to leave as well. So we went and drowned our racing sorrows at Red Lobster and spent the rest of the day/night at home. I LOVE quality time with B.
Sunday Night, Christian returned home, and life was back to semi-normal, and the fairytale week was over. I'm so thankful we had it though. I Love my kids. But, I am so glad we are so blessed as to have our "Own Time" together every now and then. I've NEVER had such a strong Bond/LOVE/Best Friend relationship and I can't get enough :)
Britani
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