Let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God*

by chuckofish

I hope you are feeling the joy, joy, joy, joy down in your heart like this little angel and that you had a good weekend!

Daughter #1 and I had a super fun roadtrip down to southwest Missouri where we were adventurous and checked out the Top of the Rock on our way to Branson. She even drove us in a golf cart around the Ozarks Heritage Preserve…

…through a cave…

…and over bridges…

…and waterfalls…

It was really very cool! We saw a lot of natural “table rock” formations…

The museum there is also very well done–lots of collections of arrow heads and ax heads and Indian clothes and baskets and pottery, dinosaur bones (Terror Birds! Hell Pigs!) and Ozark history.

It was all very well done–beautifully displayed and curated–I was impressed.

My daughter says I look like Sasquatch

After that we checked into our hotel–the Chateau on the Lake resort in Branson where our DAR State Conference was being held.

The view from our balcony

I didn’t take many pictures at the actual conference. Just imagine over 400 older ladies wearing patriotic scarves and jewelry and sashes.

DAR celebs

When daughter #1 and I were having a glass of wine in the hotel bar Thursday night a man came up to where we were sitting and asked us, “What is going on here? I’m the only dude in the whole bar!” We explained the situation and he headed out.

We played hooky on Friday morning and drove down the strip in Branson where we saw the Titanic!

…and King Kong! And John Wayne! And Elvis!

It is really quite the place. The twins would be in absolute heaven!

We came home on Saturday afternoon. As you can see, the weather was glorious the whole time–just perfect for exploring our beautiful state.

I was gone two nights and three days and, thank the Lord, the OM did not burn the house down. (He did the taxes in peace and quiet.) We made it to church Sunday morning and got to hear the Children’s Choir (including the twins) enthusiastically sing “To the King, Sing Hosanna”. We had three baptisms! It was lovely to be back.

Now I have a very busy week ahead. And it is darling daughter #2’s birthday today!

We can’t wait to see her this weekend and celebrate her birthday with the whole fam! And Easter!

*Hebrews 13:15