Last Friday Jared and Grandpa headed south for Columbia after school. They had dinner at Cracker Barrel then headed to Mizzou Arena for the Jason Aldean concert. They had a great time but it was a late night; Jared slept the whole way back to the farm as the concert got out some time around 11:00. They both enjoyed the show and the opening acts, particularly Jake Owen. When Jason Aldean sang the duet he recorded with Kelly Clarkson, she "appeared" onstage. Dad asked him to tell me "who that girl was that sang with him." Jared told him Kelly Clarkson, but she "wasn't really there." Jared had to let Dad down easy that she appeared virtually on some sort of screen. Dad could not believe it. He could swear that she was really there. He asked Jared how he knew, and Jared pointed out to him that she never moved from one spot and she faded away at the end. Grandpa really had a hard time reconciling that! I'm still not sure he believes us ;-) The next morning they went to breakfast in Macon then did some BB shooting at the farm before coming home. Before Grandpa left, Jared hit him up for a ride to Conner's and he spent most of the rest of the day there.
Saturday night, Jeremy and Jared joined Joe and Tara for dinner at Colton's while the girls and I went to the KHS grand march. Tyson Grgurich is a senior this year and so is Parker Osborn; Pat wanted me to get pictures of Parker. The girls were thrilled to see Aunt Debbie and Uncle Frank there and went across the gym to say hi. Pat had gotten the girls corsages; Julia didn't care much about hers but Jenna carefully wore hers all night. When we got home, she cut the bloom off and put it in a bowl of water, but Jersey kept stealing it so it only lasted a couple of days. The girls were very good at the grand march and I think they liked watching the "fashion show" of dresses.
Sunday we all went to a special Mass at Baldwin Hall for Father Bill's 40th anniversary. It was a very nice celebration and I'm glad we got to go. We explained to the kids that Father Bill is the priest who married us. He is a kind and humble soul and I'm glad he's been a part of our lives.
After Mass, the girls and I went to Jeremy's cousin Natasha's baby shower. It was a nice time but Jenna got a little too competitive with the games and got pretty upset when she thought she had lost one game in particular, but it all worked out in the end. Sometimes its hard for her to control that competitive streak.
Monday was dance for both girls and softball for Jenna; Julia has softball practice tonight. The last few days have been very warm (80s), but it is supposed to cool back down to the 40s/50s for a couple of days. I found out last night by a text from a friend that there was a Middle School band concert. Turns out Jared was supposed to be there. I have no idea why he skipped out; I knew nothing about it, and probably wouldn't have if my friend hadn't texted to see where we were. We're going to have to talk to him tonight to get to the bottom of it. I spent a little too much money on the percussion set for him to not participate, and it was after all a graded, required performance.
This Saturday we have dance pictures for the girls and I plan to make vegetable stew and maybe cookies for Gene as his surgery is Monday. Many prayers are going up for him that all the cancer will be removed and after recovery, this will be behind him for good.
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