FCC Reunion in Branson

Last Friday we had the opportunity to attend the FCC reunion in Branson, MO. Even though we do not have our Little One home yet, we took advantage of the offer and are glad we did! We had a great time!

We started out at the park, where everyone checked-in, played traditional Chinese games (like the diabolo) and just kinda hung-out. We took a group picture...

As you can see, there were a ton of people there. Check out those beautiful babies and young children!

From there we headed over to the New Shanghai Theatre where we were served a traditional Chinese lunch (duck, sweet & sour chicken, yummy noodles, delicious egg rolls, lots of yummy desserts and much more!). Then they put on a little performance by some college students who were learning to play traditional Chinese instruments/music. They played while the children came up on stage and participated in the lion dance and the ribbon dance. They also had some children sing songs in Chinese, and played a slideshow of different cities/landscapes in China. It's such a beautiful country!

The main event was a performance by the Acrobats of China and the New Shanghai Circus. Wow! What an awesome performance! If any of you ever find yourselve in the Branson area, be sure to check out this show! Those acrobats are amazing!

After the show they took another group picture with all the acrobats and the children from China...

Then they had the Acrobats line up in the foyer and everyone was invited to take pictures with them and get autographs. The girls really enjoyed this part (well, they enjoyed the whole day but it's not everyday that the performers line up to take their picture with you! This was something they only do for the Reunion.)

(Our niece, Aria, went with us...she was getting pretty tired by the end of the day...hence the frown in this picture!)

We probably won't attend next year, but hope to attend the year after...with our own Little One!

Enjoy the pics!