Weekend in Pictures: Top of the Rock

This past weekend, our friends Adam and Amanda Brooker invited us to Top of the Rock to help celebrate Adam's birthday. John and I had never been there and were extremely impressed. It is a golf course with nature trails, cave, museum, waterfalls, and restaurants close to Branson in Ridgedale, MO. We did the golf card tour, bat bar, and dinner at Arnie's Barn. I highly recommend it. Here are the pics....

The group ready for our Golf Cart Tour

first scenic stop at the water fall for pictures

Bat Bar

 

Super Yummy drinks

Aren't we bad?

sinkhole on the course

Champagne with a gorgeous view

Cigars!

Chapel

Amanda living on the edge!

Dinner at Arnie's Barn

White Water

Sawyer and me took an impromptu afternoon trip to White Water last Thursday...his first time. It was definitely a good idea because we got help Trina celebrate her birthday a day early and Sawyer said on our way home it was his favorite day! Thanks Trina for inviting us to spend the day with you, we had a blast!!

Birthday kisses!

One more time!

3rd Anniversary Weekend

The print I had made for John -
our wedding song (Adele To Make you feel my love)

John and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary all weekend long with some family time and a quick overnight trip to Branson. Sawyer had gymnastic Saturday morning and John hadn't gotten to see him participate yet, so we started our weekend at his class. He did even better than last week and John loved  getting to see him do the obstacle course and flips.
We have been dying to check out Copper Run Distillery and thought this would be a perfect opportunity. After Sawyer's class, we headed to Copper Run for the tour, tasting and cocktails. We ended up meeting some awesome new friends who invited us to sit with them and try some specialty drinks. We invited them to join us at Stone Hill Winery for their tour and tasting and then to finish the evening at Cantina Laredo for dinner. John and I had reservations at Chateau on the Lake for the night. We decided to head back after dinner for a mean game of Uno at the bar hotel. Thanks to John's mom and step dad (and Cindie) for staying with Sawyer, he had such a fun time!

Sawyer at gymnastics 

getting his sticker

First stop...Copper Run, whiskey tasting

signing the guest book 

The Moonrise was amazing (made with Moonshine)

on to the Tour of the Distillery

Copper Still

Owner and Master Distiller showing us the process

different stages of aging

met a furry friend, or maybe he wanted my Moonrise

Our new friends 

Second stop....Stone Hill Winery

Third stop.....Cantina Laredo on the Landing 

Our home sweet home for the weekend...Chateau on the Lake

such a cool place, will definitely have to bring Sawyer back

Final Stop....some champagne and a game of Uno

We almost got kicked out of the hotel bar for bringing our own Champagne

MEANWHILE AT HOME...... 

Sawyer was being a very helpful older cousin

He even got to see the Turtles at Bass Pro