We got blindsided by the stupid ride on toys again - so we had to get on this...

And this...

And this...

Another Branson trip

Brothers and sisters, come one come all to the first church of the holy Elvis...

We finally went to the Titanic museum. I would have posted pictures, but they outlawed cameras. They said it was for copyright reasons, but it was more to sell you pictures they took at the end.

Normally we try to keep Alex away from stuff like this, but he was pretty well behaved while we were shopping, so...

The carnage of the gifts at the Benton family Christmas.

Laura's Christmas Program

This is both of the Jr. High groups - the varsity and jr. Varsity groups (Laura is in the jr. group) They did a nice job.

Last week it was Alex's Christmas program - hundreds of kindergarteners and first graders. This one is the district show choirs, and about the only tme you can see them perform without having to buy a ticket. 15 songs - this could take a while...

Alex's Christmas Program

See, I told you there was a lot of kids - and thats just half of them...

Here we are, at Alex's kidergarten Christmas program. It's just the kindergarten and first grade, but the gym is full of kids and parents and grandparents. We're back aways and can only see Alex if we stand up. Good thing we're the last row on the floor before the bleachers...