Day 50 - February 19, 2011

Today was GIRL'S DAY! Well, actually it turned into a the-guys-could-go-along-too day. (After all, we needed someone to drive us to the stores...)

We began the day with a trip to Walmart in Beaver Dam because Grandma wanted to check out their $3 racks. We nearly ended up having to bail her out of jail...

You know, you can try and try to raise your parents right...I guess we have to keep a closer eye on her.
After Walmart we went to Wendy's for a quick lunch. There was a moment of extreme excitement when we saw this license plate in the parking lot...

but it was a false alarm. We don't know who this car belonged to but there were definitely no UW Mad Hatters in sight. We got over it quickly though. Tiffany exersized her creative talents with the kid's meal toy...

and Snoopy became our traveling mascot. The rule was if Snoopy tipped over Jim was driving too crazy.

After lunch we picked up Amanda and headed for East Town in Madison. Amanda had colored each of the girls a picture... AWWW.

Grandma and Grandpa and Jim and I just wandered around because none of us had anything we really needed, neither did we have any money to spend. Our fulfillment came from people watching but the girls had a good time dress shopping. Prom is coming up you know.

Natalie likes this one...we didn't buy it because we are going to try to save money and make it ourselves.

Amanda bought this one and some purple high tops to go with it...

and Tiffany fell in love with this dress but didn't buy it. The $199 price tag was a rather big deterent.

When we had exhausted ourselves walking the mall we had supper in the food court where we enjoyed more people watching. (Yikes-it is amazing what passes for "normal" sometimes!)

Then we headed back home, but first we made a quick stop at Jerry's living center...

We visited with him and his roommate Mark for awhile. Jerry is excited because he is going home on Tuesday of next week.
The ride home was full of giggles. The girls had fun playing with the camera and trying to keep their eyes open for the flash in the dark. It made for some interesting pictures...

Photo of the day:

Scripture passage of the day:

1 Thessalonians 5:16

Be joyful always; pray continually;

give thanks in all circumstances,

for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.