A Stone's Throw

We got the opportunity to get away to Branson for a couple of nights so that we could go to, as Tucker calls it “Dollar City.”  My mom and dad have, since we have been back in the area, have given us season passes to Silver Dollar City for our Christmas gifts.  The boys really love the rides, especially the train.

Plus, our friend Brian works at the Noah show down here in Branson.  He saw my Facebook status the other night about heading to Branson and immediately emailed me and offered us four tickets to see his show tonight!  Stinking cool!  So we are going to have a great day!

We will be heading out to “dollar city” here in a bit, but I wanted to show off some pics of the boys.

Notice a few things: the Cars fleece blanket was made by Grandma Betty last Christmas for Taylor (Tucker has a Thomas the Tank Engine fleece), and especially “Baby, the teddy bear.”  Baby has not been with Tucker since he had a terrible day on Monday and got ALL of his animals taken from him!  I’m sure that you all have some great stories about that kind of thing!  Anyway, we had a reunion of sorts this morning, so Tucker is happy!

So do you all have some stories of being grounded from stuffed animals?

Who would have thought that we would be excited about $2.17 per gallon gas? Must be election time (the synic inside of me thinks that’s the reason anyway!)

I remember my first tank of gas to fill up my first little car. I spent $0.75 per gallon and it cost less than a $20 bill to fill it up.

What did your first tank of gas cost?

Wow, what a day!  We had an awesome time at the Maple Leaf Parade this morning walking in the parade.  All the guys that put up the float did an awesome job building our stage (with trussing) and cafe (with tables and chairs).  Aaron Stockton, Forest Park’s media director (former Carthage tech director) was the brainchild of a float that would give people an idea of our church with a “different” kind of float.  We didn’t want to be just like every other float in the parade.  We were a real hit heading down the road with our live “show.”  We handed out a TON of “experience the difference” cards and expect to have a really good day tomorrow with lots of guests!  Here is a youtube video of the parade on television:

The embedding is turned off on the YouTube, so here is the link to the video.

I am so proud of our team!  They did an awesome job with everything from the construction to the smiles on their faces on the parade route!  It was cool to hear some good props from the hosts on the telecast.  Great job Forest Park Carthage!  You guys rock!