Texas!

After a loooong day of travel, we're here in Texas. We're happy to find this nice rest stop, too. On to Tamara's and then the farm!

Santa

We got to see Santa today. The kids list was pretty long and they wanted to know where the reindeer were. Santa said they were at the lake. So cool!

Gingerbread House!

Logan's masterpiece...an architect in the making.

Punkins in KC

Smashing Pumpkins came to KC for a two night engagement at the newly opened Midland theater. The pictures do not do it justice - they're just the best phone pictures I could get from our balcony seats. Chase, my prince, got us tickets for the first night's show. We made a whole date night out of it and we were NOT disappointed. It was a great show even though Billy was clearly under the weather. The performance was better than expected and overall I can only complain about the meandering Pink Floyd tribute that they did at the end. And I LOVE the Floyd.

This is one of the girls waiting at the back of the theater trying to get an autograph. She's a die-hard fan, that's for sure. We didn't get to meet them back there - I think they escaped through another exit since there were 4 of us out there waiting for a glimpse of Billy & Jimmy.

I read that Tuesday's performance was even better - I have to admit, I'm disappointed. I wish I had been able to go to both performances. Oh well.

And take a look at this theater. The Midland was closed for 2 years for extensive update and remodeling. This theater originally opened in 1927 - very ornate Rococo in design. First in the country to have air-conditioning and first in the country to feature a true cantilevered loge (no columns in the way under the balcony). Although it's hard to see, but the pipe organ was flanking the stage in this shot stage left for in-house organ music to accompany performances. Pretty darn cool. The original chandeliers remain, huge and beautiful. I was looking up and around the whole night taking it all in. What a great venue for the new Power & Light district.