Happy Mother's Day Weekend

We had a very enjoyable trip to Springfield and Branson for the weekend. Sophia did wonderfully and had a blast getting spoiled with attention and treats from Grandma and Grandpa. It is really great to have her back to her nutty self.

Saturday we went to Silver Dollar City for the first time that Sophia has been really able to enjoy a place like that. Of course she mostly enjoyed staring at people and dancing to music.
She loved my dad's frozen lemonade...although the first bite was a bit of a shock.

We thought she would enjoy the rides and the picture here is very deceiving. This was apparently the moment before she realized that the frogs were intent on injuring and torturing her. We had to let her get off before it started.

All was made right with a box of popcorn.

I always enjoy reminiscing scenes from my own childhood and the past price of sarsaparilla. It's $2.50 now! Inflation... We managed to stay dry and relatively warm, so it was a good time for all.

Mother's Day began by doing nothing at my mom's house and ended by doing the same at my own! Precisely what I wanted. Erick bought me a couple of very cute summer things to wear, but they were a little snug. So I took them back and have decided to lose a few pounds before spending the cash. Wish me luck!

Oh, a highlight at my parents house was watching the news. KY3 in Springfield used to be high quality. Maybe it still is. Not last night. I'm sure you've heard of the deadly and devastating tornado that went through the area yesterday. Well, they spent the first minute or two of the news talking about that and then moved on to a story about a family in Springfield that found "debris" in their yard from Oklahoma. The debris was the Sports page of the Tulsa newspaper. . . from 2001. Now, I'm not typically a skeptic, but the chances of this seven-year-old newspaper actually making it from Tulsa to Springfield on the wind are extremely slim. They went on and on about it. Really. I tried to get a clip, but it wouldn't play. I just couldn't imagine that this story was kept in the 10 o'clock news when they had reporters at the scenes of each of the largest tornadoes. Even the people being interviewed about the "debris" admitted they never had much wind! Ugh.