We had quite a weekend. It started out as a simple day at Silver Dollar City and ended up 3x that and more. We left Thurs nite after Mark got home and packed. By the time we got to Kimberling City to Joy and Wayne's, the car was overheating and making a terrible noise. So, on Friday, on our way to SDC, we dropped off the car only to find out later that the clutch had gone out and couldn't be fixed until Monday. The broken serpentine belt was small potatoes at this point. Well, Joy did the "dance of joy" all over SDC all day! She was so happy that we were held captive in their care and cars. :)
We had lovely weather, beautiful fall decorations and a small crowd on Friday. We rode rides without waiting too long in line. Mark and I tried something new. We walked around the park BY OURSELVES!! We rode first and last on both big roller coasters, looked around, so fun. We talked to Tonyia in Pure Heart and her hubby, Wade Benson Landry. Joy told them our van saga and Tonyia whipped out free passes to their morning show in Branson with Buck Trent. So nice!!! We enjoyed the night time show at the park--a bit chilly, but we had blankets. We talked to Cassandre Haygood--she's SO NICE!! Tim Haygood is having surgery tomorrow, bless his heart (or hernia---we guess).
We got to the crowded park on Sat am. We immediately saw Adam and Amanda Bledsoe--our KC kids now moved to Conway, AR. Adam is the girls' "boy toy". They climb on him and he carries them around. We enjoyed hearing New Reign from OCU. Then here comes Buzz and Lanette Ball, Mark's college pals (I was still in high school when they graduated from HU), and our NE MO/Quincy IL friends, then Central MO pals, now living in Neosho. We went to the congregational singing with them and made Buzz ride Powder Keg with Mark. So fun!! Adam rode with Hannah, and Amanda with Abby---a big time for everyone.
On Sunday, we worshipped at the park, a special experience. We wandered around, saw the Homestead Pickers--our new favorites--thanks to Wayne, saw Free Indeed--really good, rode some rides, let the little girls ride and ride, and climb around and just enjoyed the park on a LOVELY Sunday afternoon.
We got up early to get to Branson to Buck Trent's show yesterday am. Buck played banjo for Porter Waggonner and Dolly Parton and was on Hee Haw. After we saw pictures of him when he was younger, we remembered him. It was a really good show. Buck is very personable and a super entertainer. Wade and Tonyia were amazing as usual. Such a treat to get to go to a show all together!!
The van got finished about 3 pm and we headed home after that. Our house looked really good after a long weekend, but it was so fun to get away. Mark enjoyed his time off, the girls were good, Joy and Wayne run the best B & B in the Ozarks!! It makes the laundry and hub bub of normal life easier to wrangle with such good memories of the weekend.
Haven't talked to Jess, hope she is ok. No news from the nursing home is always good news. I did call Pat and check on Mom that way. Lots of this and that to deal with today. Will try to post some pictures later. I think I know how, just have to download the camera. All for now. Love, Kris
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Man, if that happened to us, we'd be stuck in some hotel with no way to get anywhere and do anything. I'm glad you have Wayne & Joy there. So, did Mark's Bible class implode without him!? The Lord works in mysterious ways, I'm telling ya'. Sounds like you all visited with the same folks we did, i.e. Pure Heart and Cassandre. In fact, Jo took Julie up to get Cassandre's autograph and came back with a CD! Well, I'm glad you all had a great weekend, even though it wasn't all according to the plan. We saw Jess at the Bison game Saturday night and her infection mess was doing much better. She is so sweet to stop and say hi to us and give us all a hug. Well, that's all for now. dkd
OK....I posted! :-)
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