ON THE WAY

We spent a lovely Thanksgiving in Omaha with the boys. Thanks to Carrie and Russ for the delicious food. Thanks to everyone for the great Christmas presents! I took some really awful pictures, but had a great time. We drove back to Branson on Saturday and rested and shopped on Sunday. We started out from Branson yesterday, and stayed at Tulsa last night. Today we headed toward Amarillo, but stopped at Shamrock, Texas. We'll move on tomorrow to Amarillo-it's only about 90 miles, but Don wants to see the Palo Duro Canyon. Then to AZ so we can get warm!

MORE PICTURES

Jake, who is a senior, decided it was cheaper going in a group. Here he's pinning a leaf on his friend Dillon as a corsage.

Here's a nice picture.

This is Jake's group.

They all had a good time. We thought they cleaned up pretty good!

LATE PICTURES

We finally got a few pictures off the kids computer-homecoming was a few weeks ago. Better late than never. Jenna is in the middle with two of her friends. They're freshmen.

Here she's posing with her brother Dan, who is a junior.

Even her youngest brother Joe, got in the act.

Dan, with two friends.

All three of them went in groups to the dance.Here's Dan's group.

HARD LUCK DINER

Yesterday morning, we went to the Hard Luck Diner for breakfast. It's on the main drag, near the Grand shops.

This was a little bit different experience, since the waitresses take turns singing to you.




Here our waitress is autographing her CD for Mulert.

All you need is a gimmick!

FUN IN BRANSON

I've accomplished a lot of things in Branson, such as cleaning, making progress on scrapbooking and finishing my Christmas cards except for the glitter. We've walked almost every day and done the laundry. But, we've also had fun. Judy Ehler from Don's former office called and said she was here for a week. We met her and her friends at The White River Fish House and had a great chat and a nice meal. One night we went to see the Gatlin Brothers and Debby Boone, who put on a very good show. They even had Santa in the lobby.

Here's a picture of everyone taking a picture of the Gatlins-sorry you can't really see them.

Last night we saw M-M-Mel Tillis and his two daughters, Pam and Carrie April. It was another good show. Mel's sure in good shape for 78. Once he ran across the stage. You can see the pride in each others faces.

Mel's first wife must have been pretty!

It's such a small world. The lady next to me is the neighbor of one of our friends in Arizona. I not only saw the show, I got some interesting stories about our friends!

SAD NEWS

Russ has been texting us from the football game. The Bulldogs were ahead 7-3 at halftime. Then no one scored until the other team broke out for a 75 yard TD with one minute to go, and they lost 10-7. It's a shame, but we're very proud of Jake and the bunch-we sure enjoyed watching them!

FURTHER SOUTH

On Friday, we drove to Columbus, NE, and watched Jake and the rest of the Bulldogs beat them 40-14. Yea!!! They are now in the semi-finals this Saturday, having to play the only team that beat them. If they win, they go to state on Monday, the 22nd-we'll drive up for that one and then stay for Thanksgiving. We left last Saturday and drove to Kansas City, and spent a little time at the genealogy library. On Monday, we drove to Branson, which is full of Veterans for the week. After Thanksgiving, we'll head to Arizona.