Clogging in Branson

First trip of the Summer.  

Caylee and I loaded the bus at 3:40 am with 30 other dancers and about a dozen adults to head out for Branson.

 We had a very tight but full schedule.  Our first day in Branson we spent at Silver Dollar amusement park.

 Our dinner was not ready after our day at the park.  Karla had to scramble with plan b.  I guess there was a mix up and Dutton's thought our dinner was for Wednesday not Tuesday.  So Ivan Call and Bob Lewis headed to Taco Bell on the bus to buy ten packets of ten tacos/burritos.

 After the show some of the Duttons came over to Abby's Tourist Trap to visit with us.  This is one of the Dutton men who played and alter ego name Julio.  I thought he was hilarious and laughed and laughed.  Caylee said the people around me we laughing at how hard I was laughing.  He was my favorite entertainer of the trip.

 Julio brought her 14 year old son over as well who was in the show.  The girls loved this!!

 Wednesday morning we walked up the street to Ripley's Believe It or Not.

 This transformer was made from car parts.

 A personal "shocking kit" to clear up what ever ails you.  We saw a lot of interesting things like a real shrunken head, a authentic vampire killing kit, tramp art and miniature art.  I mean miniature.  You had to look at the art on a grain of sand, a tip of the toothpick etc through a magnifying glass.

 Getting ready for the show.

 Touchig up the lip stick.

 Back stage hand clapping game.  Caylee was good at it.

 I checked google maps every so often on the way out and the way home to see where we were.  When we stopped in Colby Kansas at an Arby's one of the girls said "What state are we in?"

Karla is closing down her studio so this was the last hurrah.  There were a lot of tears after the last performance.  Caylee and I loved this time together and she loved clogging and the team camaraderie

Fun Weekend in Casper

Caylee had two days off of school due to individualized testing so she and I headed to Casper to visit with Dave, Cara and family.

Jade had been asking her mom to go out for lunch after preschool so our visit was a perfect time to fulfill her wish.  She picked good old Micky D's.

 Caylee and I walked to Layla's school to pick her up at the end of the school day.

After an early dinner, Layla, Jade and I headed to the local theater to watch the "Paddington" movie.  We love it!!

The next morning, Cara made a gourmet breakfast.  Over-easy egg on a bed of gently sauteed spinach and garlic, garnished with salsa and avocado with fresh pear slices!  Delish!

Sledding in the neighboring park!

 Layla enjoys playing with Dave's great Lego Collection.

Hiking with Cami on my birthday

 Cami and I went hiking today for my birthday in Falcon Park. We hiked in the same park last week but started in a parking lot just outside of Morrison.  As we were finishing that hike, two young women hikers asked if we could give them a ride back to their car.  Turns out they parked in the other parking lot, took the wrong trail and ended up on the other side of the mountain at our trail head.  So we of course gave them a ride back to their car.  They told us about the ruins of a big house close to the other parking lot.  Cami and I did not have time to go see the ruins on that day.  We decided today was the day.

After our fun hike we headed to Colorado Mills for lunch.  Mod Market intrigued Cami and I have been wanting to take her there ever since Rod and I had tried it out.  I was delighted to see they had a fresh corn and bacon pizza.  I think I died and went to heaven.  It was sooooooooo good!!