Silver Dollar City!

We went to Silver Dollar City a few weeks ago and had the best time! We went on a Thursday afternoon thinking it wouldn't be too busy that day as compared to a weekend day. Silver Dollar City is notorious for being packed on the weekend during the Christmas season. We are not fans of large crowds like that, so it was worth it to us to take Lucy out of school a little early and get home a little late on a school night to avoid the crowds! My parents went with us, too, and they hadn't been to Silver Dollar City in over ten years!

It was a perfect night. The weather was maybe 55 degrees and the crowds weren't too bad at all. The girls had fun riding their rides with Poppy (you can watch here) and we all rode the carousel together! Ross, Dad, and I took Lucy and Molly on Fire In The Hole for the first time....the girls were not fans and came out crying! I guess roller coasters are still a few years off for our kids. :) Other than that, we had a great time looking at all the lights and enjoying the scenery!

Positive Principal Referral

I received a call this week from Lucy's school principal. When I saw the caller ID pop up as her school I thought for sure it was the school nurse calling to say she was sick and needed to go home. Instead it was her principal calling to tell me Lucy had received a "Positive Principal Referral" from her teacher for good behavior! First, I was totally relieved that it wasn't the nurse, and second I was so surprsied and excited about this call! I did not know our school did things like this so was completely surprised! Her principal said that Lucy is such a good student and is very well-behaved, always does the right thing, never gets in trouble, and is responsible. For this award Lucy had her name mentioned on the school announcements and also got to pick a prize from the principal's treasure chest.

I'm so very proud of Lucy! She really is a good girl and I'm so glad she's mine! 

An Epic Christmas Saturday

Last Saturday was an epic day for us! At 9am we went to the theater to see Frozen 2 for a friend of the girls birthday party. At 12:30 the girls, Gumma, and I had lunch at Panera and then headed to the Symphony! The Springfield Symphony put on a special Christmas matinee that was free and kid-friendly, so we decided to go! I think the girls enjoyed it and they did pretty good sitting through it, too. It lasted right at an hour and the last few songs we all got to sing along, that was fun!

After that we headed out to James River for their Christmas program. James River is a mini mega church here in Springfield and one of Lucy's classmates had invited her to the show. She really wanted to go, so we did. It was quite the performance! The first 30 minutes could be described as a Branson show and the last 30 minutes a typical church Christmas show.

All in all it was a long day, but a fun day!

Christmas Pictures

I took the girls to have Christmas pictures done a few weeks ago and love how they turned out! Merry Christmas!

Thanksgiving 2019

We had a nice Thanksgiving day yesterday! It began with the Turkey Trot 5K in the morning with my Dad. I've been doing the Turkey Trot since 2003 I believe, and my Dad started joining me in 2008. The girls have come with us each year since they were born, except for 2015, and Ross started coming with us maybe in 2017 I think. It was cold this year and a little wet at the end, but it was a fun time.

We usually go to Kansas City for Thanksgiving dinner, but since Ross' parents were in Germany this year, we went to my sister's in Webb City for dinner. My parents came, along with my brother-in-law's family. It was a really good dinner and a nice time just hanging out talking.

Friday we participated in Black Friday a little with some shopping at the mall and Target. The girls were good sports to tag along with us! Overall, it was a very nice Thanksgiving break!