Fun Weekend!

We had a busy, but fun weekend! Friday we went to dinner at Applebee's, one of our favorite spots, so we had some yummy food. Our waitress seemed rather new, since we had a few problems that stressed me out a bit, but it was still nice to go out. Afterward we made it to Juanita K. Hammons performance hall just in time to meet Kat and Lucas for a New Orleans jazz concert by Dr. John and his band. It was very chill, interesting music! When the concert ended, we were lucky enough to walk outside as a fireworks show started in the sky, following the Springfield Cardinals vs. the St. Louis Cardinals pre-season baseball game. They were beautiful and we had a great view!

The next morning we didn't get to sleep in because we picked up Kat and met our friend Dave and his parents (visiting him from Wisconsin) to drive to Arkansas for a leisurely, but stimulating hike along a trail in Lost Valley near the Buffalo River. The weather was a little rainy on the way there, but the temperature and air was very refreshing when we arrived. The sites along the trail were gorgeous- a waterfall!- and at the end of the trail we had fun exploring a small cave with another waterfall in the back of it. Patrick and Dave had been to this site before, but they still seemed to enjoy themselves just as much as the rest of us.

Later that night, Patrick, Kat & I watched some stupid movies while eating some pizza she picked up, and we repaid her today by cooking breakfast burritos for after-church-brunch and going thrift store shopping with her. Sadly, it's back to work and school for us tomorrow, but at least we can look back on the weekend with fondness!

That's me peaking out from the center of a hollowed out tree I'm standing in the middle of!

Patrick and Dave near the base of the waterfall.

Me, in the back of the cave, near the waterfall, examining some rocks in the stream.

Kat, on her way out of the cave.