Billy Goats Gruff Opera

The kids and I spend our Tuesdays with Grandaddy. It is such a special day to me, and I really need to blog more about these days.


Mostly, we just go and eat and talk. But, this past Tuesday we went with Faith and her kiddos to "Billy Goats Gruff Opera".



To say it was great is quite the understatement. Neither she nor I knew quite what to expect because tickets were only $2. There is this place about 45 minutes from where we live and they have shows and plays that range in price from $1 to $2. It was so, so good!!! It was creative. It was funny. The singing was GREAT! It had a good message. It was entertaining. And the fact that it was cheap made it all the better :)

Even Alec liked it. We always love being with the family that shares our last name so I knew we'd have a good time. I just didn't know the show would be this good!

Granddaddy liked it as well. I was glad he went with us. I'm glad we're going back. We all had a great time!!!


146. For Grandaddy.

147. For Tuesdays with Granddaddy.

148. For friends I couldn't imagine our lives without.

149. For cheap entertainment.

150. For a job and a husband who has a job and works hard so we can do things.

151. For homeschooling my children.

Chick-fil-A Field Trip

A few weeks ago some friends and I headed to Chick-fil-A home office for a field trip. What a neat experience!

Of course, the cow was there. . .

He has to be pushing for eating more chicken

A model of what the first drawf house looked like. The prices of the menu were even overhead. One cool thing is there are only about 6 people still living that were regulars in the first dwarf house. Truett Cathy honors the original prices for these people. . . for example a cup of coffee was only 0.05. Isn't that cool?

The safe where the recipe for the chicken sandwich lies. . . Alec, of course, thought he could crack the code :)

You know if Alec was trying then Ash was going to have to give it a go herself.

Hanna tried to, but she basically put her hand on the safe. She was so quick I didn't have time to snap a picture.

We got to go into Truett Cathy's office. He calls it his treehouse. The outside is surrounded by trees.

We also got to tour his car collection. . . wow!wee! is all i can say.

He even owns the bat mobile. The boys were infatuated!!!!!!

A couple of things they stressed to us was that Mr. Cathy is 1) a giver, 2) invests in other people's lives, 3) is a hardworker, 4) loves to have fun. When going through the corporate offices there was even a set of bowling pins and a bowling ball in the hall. . . very cool!

We then headed to Chick-fil-A and got a complimentary sandwich and drink and bag of chips for going on the field trip.

Hanna made some new friends!

Love, love, love this family!