Searching for Santa

Nana, Papa, Fina, Greg, and Matteo saw "Searching for Santa" tonight. The show was the world premier of this musical written by a local writer/musician, Joshua Franklin-Wolfe, and produced by the Colorado Springs Conservatory in conjunction with the Colorado College music department. Antonio plays Charlie, a rather naughty elf with a redemptive ending.

Elf the Musical, Jr.

It was something of an all-play again. Antonio played Buddy. Matteo played Mr. Greenway. Lexi played a North Pole Elf and Narwhal. Tracy worked backstage and mics. Nana helped with some of the gifts and made "show star ornaments." And Vicki came out from Kansas City to see it all!

Greeley, CO

Our main target of affection was the Colorado Model Railroad Museum (CMRM). And it did not disappoint. 5,500 square feet of model railroad! We stayed at the Currier Inn B&B, which was delightful, as was Lafayette's Creperie inside (gotta try the French Hot Chocolate). As a bonus of sorts was the Colorado Model Railroad Museum's "Tinsel and Trains Gala" last night. All the trip's photos are here. Weldwerks Brewery was fun, too. We had a great dinner at Prime the first night - prime rib every night!

The best surprise of the trip to the CMRM was seeing the HO
locomotive pictured above. I ran that very same loco on
my Dad's basement railroad in the 1970s. I actually had it
for quite some time until it got lost in one of life's shuffles.

Italian Toast = grilled pound cake. Who knew?!

"Tinsel and Trains Gala"

St. Peters

Went by just outside the railroad museum.

Fire fighting simulation was effective

Prime: prime rib every day they're open.

Horace Greeley. Portrait in our room.

WeldWerks

Veterans Day

From school, Antonio sent us the image immediately below and said "They have the whole table set up; it was really cool." We had just covered this topic in a Family Dinner on POW/MIA Day: here.

The fire was having a hard time with 24" of snow.

Nana's latest quilt.

Flown on Veterans Day.
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Snow Day #4

If it hadn't been a Saturday, today may well have been the fourth Snow Day in a row! It seems by day's end our area had received over 24 inches of snow in the last four days. Our Family Dinner topic was orphans and caring for them. See: Caring for the Orphans - Fostering Hope (at Jamie's Torah website). It was also Carrot Cake night (and spaghetti carbonara) to celebrate Matteo's birthday! The day's flag was the Easton Flag (as you can see in the background of the dining room pic).

Easton Flag