Well, before we left, my mom said to make sure and see one of the "Mormon groups" perform. I wondered how to know who the mormon groups were. The answer? Go to church! The coolest part of our vacation was when we went to church on Sunday afternoon in Branson. There were several families in the ward that performed in Branson; but the coolest part was that Jason recognized a sister missionary that served with him in Fresno, California! It was so great to see her! Before we left church, she invited us to come see her family's show, the Duttons. Sister Keil married Jonathon Dutton 10 years ago and moved to Branson. Her husband's family puts on an awesome show. Anyone going to Branson should check it out. They have a hotel, restaurant, and theatre (WWW.THEDUTTONS.com) Here is sweet Rachel who fell asleep halfway through the performance.

 

Here is a picture I found of Jason and Bella (Sister Keil) when they were missionaries, visiting the Fresno zoo. Jason is the top left, and Sister Keil is right below him, bottom left.

 

Here is Bella now. I wish I would have taken a better picture. Her children have several parts in the show, and this picture is of her family; her husband, and three children. They sing a samoan song and dance.

 

Bella is from Samoa. She recently brought a group of Samoan dancers to Branson and put together the show, Island Fire, which is at the Dutton Theatre this year. It was very cool, and Kayla was chosen to go on stage to learn a Samoan dance. Thanks, Bella!

 

Fun things we did that we didn't get picture of: The resort had a pool that we went to twice. The kids loved that there wasn't an age limit on the hot tub, and we mostly had the pool to ourselves! There were tennis courts we used, a fitness room (which the kids loved and we all used), shuffle board, and a game room. When asked what the kids favorite part of the trip was, they said respectively, the pool, playing pool (billiards?) with daddy, and the shows!