Weird Al Rocked The House!

Well, we went to see Weird Al Yankovic tonight at the Ozark Empire Fair. He was very awesome. I'm so bummed I didn't take a better camera or video recorder. All I had was my phone, and it didn't pass the test at all. At least I got to sit in the front row with my daughter and friend Ray. My wife, son and brother had 9th row center isle, and they probably had even better seats that us because they got to see the movie screen backdrop...

I'm not like alot of the other wimpy bloggers, I stayed up after I got home to go through my stuff, put together a small vid, put it on YouTube, and get it to you! Look at the crowd! Star Wars: The Saga Begins was a huge hit with Darth Vader and the Storm Troopers on stage!



Weird Al worked his butt off, and put on a great show for the crowd. He did about a 2 1/2 hour show and still didn't get to all of his hits. I particularly missed hearing Like A Surgeon and I Lost On Jeopardy, but maybe next time!

EDIT: Well, apparently while I was home feeling like the news breaking blogger, Larry was off partying with the "Weird" one... Lucky *******.

Destined To Be A Hobo?

Lori bought a new chase lounge for the deck last night, it came assembled, so the box was pretty big. I got up this morning and noticed Garrett wasn't in bed. I found him in the living room.

I'm really hoping that Garrett doesn't find sleeping in a box a great experience, as it could really put a damper on his future goal setting.

July 4th Weekend

Wow, I have been horrible about posting to this blog. But better late than never I guess. We spent July 4th weekend camping in our recently acquired pop-up camper. We love to go to Pomme de Terre lake, but gas prices have pushed us into checking things out closer to home. We stayed at Compton Ridge campground down in the Branson area over the 4th, and had a blast!

On Friday night, we went to Kimberling City to watch Hotswitch perform in the parking lot of Summer Fresh by the bridge. Jeff Kastner, lead singer and guitar, is a friend of mine, and has yet to disappoint. We had an absolute blast. Not only does Hotswitch play great classic rock and top 40 pop tunes, but they are very personal with the crowd. They even let people come up and perform with them, which makes for interesting dynamics. Caleb Rust is on drums and percussion. Jeff Shryer is on bass, vocals and harmonica.

The fireworks show started around 9:30, and the view from Summer Fresh was great! What I found most amazing was the number of boats on Table Rock lake, and all of them lit up at dark. Absolutely beautiful. Hotswitch closed out the night after the fireworks, and we finally left around 11:30pm.

We spent Saturday and Sunday just camping and swimming. The kids tend to get bored quick while not swimming, but it's a good time. I could have done without the snake visiting nearby though.

The Dark Knight - Aurora Drive-In

We went to see The Dark Knight at the Sunset Drive-In located in Aurora, MO. We had been to a weather weenie get together prior to that, and went straight to the drive-in to make sure we got a great location. The gate opens at 7pm, with the movie not starting until around 9pm. So we figured getting in line at 6:30pm would be a good thing. This is what it looked like in front of us and behind us. The picture behind us doesn't do it justice, there were tons of cars you can't see in the pic. Click the images for the full effect...




The movie was great. I'm looking forward to seeing it in a theater with quality sound. But it was a beautiful night to enjoy it outdoors at the drive-in with the family!