Visit from Granny

Granny and Charles had a great time together!  I am so thankful my mother was able to come visit while Brian and I went to our training.  My mother is a terrific person!  She stayed with Charles for four nights.  He loved it.

Here is a picture of the room all fixed up for our daughter.  We have gone through so much and still going through so much for our new child.  I hope when she gets here she will like her room.

Branson, December 2011

One of the stops we went to in Branson was the Butterfly Palace.  There were all kinds of beautiful butterflies.  It was nice because we walked through the area on a little sidewalk trail and there were lots of pretty plants and water features.  There was even a place where we could see the developing butterflies. 

Here is a picture of one formation in the Fantastic Caverns near Springfield.  We loved riding through these caverns.  I didn't get to take too many pictures of all we did in Branson because I actually got the stomach flu for one night and a day.  Other things we did were driving through the Christmas lights, shopping, and eating out.  One place we went to eat that we really liked was Branson Cafe in downtown.

We also stopped at the big Bass Pro Shop in Springfield.  It was pretty cool.  We enjoyed looking at the live alligator, turtles, and fish.  We also bought some camping stuff.