the Barnett family: Branson Trip

Last weekend, we took a family trip to Branson for Christmas!

I haven't been to Branson at Christmas time since I was a kid. I was very excited to spend this time with my 2 favorites :)

Nana brought Sawyer to my office on Friday afternoon, Blake came to get us when he got off work at 3 & we left straight from there. We stayed at the Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing & it was beautiful!! We had the most wonderful view!!

We got to our hotel just in time to change into our PJs and

catch a ride on the Polar Express!

I may or may not have shed a tear or two on the Polar Express because it was so magical...and Blake may or may not have laughed at me!

Sawyer was a little restless on the train, but had a really fun time!

It was late & raining when we got off the train & we were starving, so I went to the only place open near us - Waxy O' Shea's Irish Pub - to get us some food!

It was only slightly awkward being in a bar in my red & white polka dot pajamas :)

Sawyer hasn't stayed in a hotel since our beach trip when he was 9 months old. I'm pretty sure he thought it was the coolest thing ever! He had the best time running and playing and exploring our room. Having a picnic on the coffee table was really exciting to him too!

After a good night's sleep we woke up ready for breakfast! Ha!

Breakfast is our favorite part of the day!

It rained ALL.DAY on Saturday & it was SO.COLD!

After breakfast we went shopping for a little bit around the Landing.

We went back to the room for a little bit to rest {and dry and thaw out} before going to the Dixie Stampede!!

Dixie was PERFECT!! It was so much fun & the Christmas show was amazing!

We sat on the end of the second row on the "South Pole" side. Sawyer was so good the entire time and really enjoyed the show! He got a little restless towards the end so we let him up to stand & play in the space next to our seats. The "elves" serving us were so sweet to him. He was very good and so cute when he started clapping for the performers!

It was still raining of course when we left Dixie Stampede so we just went back to our room to hang out so Sawyer could run around & play.

We had a fabulous view of the fountain show from our balcony, so we watched that every hour on the hour! Ha!

It finally quit raining around 8 pm, so we went out to walk around and see the lights & Santa! There were not many people out. SB had the best time running around looking at everything!