The week in a glance.....

We joined the Minden's for some Silver Dollar City fun on Saturday night and stayed for the corny country music show. The kids danced and had a good time. On Sunday Stacy, Kevin and Maddie stopped by for lunch before heading back to St. Louis. It was so good to see those guys and we want to make sure we don't wait another two years to get together again, St. Louis is really just a hop and skip away.
We just had time for a short nap before crazy Aunt Sue arrived. We took the kids to Silver Dollar City for the day on Monday. We brought the wagon and took turns pulling the kids up and down the hills. It was the kids festival so there was plenty for the kids to do. We took in the magic show and the circus on ice.
Aunt Sue had to leave for Wichita on Tuesday morning and it was back to work and school for me and the kids.
Luke's class had been preparing for their special "princess" party for weeks and it was scheduled for Thursday afternoon at 3:30. We had sent Luke's Chinese silk outfit and hat for the occasion. Right about time for the party the tornado sirens went off and we ended up spending time in the stairwell of the building with babies and kids and mom's dressed up like princesses! The party was called off and we ran for our cars in the down pour. A tornado did end up hitting the East side of town and took off the roof of a furniture store. We arrived home to a dark house and did not get power back until 1:30am. On Friday morning we had yet another toad strangler and the result was that we actually witnessed "white caps" on our street where the two roads converge. Looking down the hill it looked like a lake had formed. The picutures are on the post below.
On Saturday Lily got to experience her first wedding up close and personal as she was the designated flower girl. I did not know the bride or groom but the groom is one of John's students and his fiance met Lily one day and fell in love with her. It was like something out of a fairy tale as Lily went to the designated hair dresser to have her "updo" put in and then off to the church for the transformation into the tea length princess dress complete with shiny white shoes. John took her to the actual wedding while I stayed home with Luke. I am told she performed her tasks very well and was the topic of conversation. It is now hours later and she is refusing to remove the dress. I think she may sleep in it. After all, how many chances will she have to wear this dress before she out grows it? We all need a little more time to feel like a princess in our lives.