A wild weekend!

Who would have thunk that on the weekend with the first blizzard warning of the season we would be soo busy?  On Friday night we ventured out to Cedar Falls to see the How Many Kings Tour Concert with our friends Phil and Louanne.  There we were treated to the music by Ali Rogers, Downhere and Mark Schultz. 

On Saturday we found ourselves enjoying dinner at Gringos in downtown Cedar Rapids and then settled in at TCR for their performance of White Christmas.  It was the first time we had seen that production and they did a great job!  TCR never fails to impress me!  I love attending the theater there!!!


On Sunday after we braved the cold and watched the childrens christmas program at church then we slid out to Jeff's Dads house for Christmas.  This was the first year that Greg did not join us as he had to work, however we were blessed to have Jenna's boyfriend Jonah join in the festivities!  Tom and Mary made us all feel very welcomed and a great time was had by all!

I now need an extra day to relax from my weekend.  Looking forward to some time at home to maybe start my wrapping and baking??? 

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