Weekend in Pictures: Top of the Rock

This past weekend, our friends Adam and Amanda Brooker invited us to Top of the Rock to help celebrate Adam's birthday. John and I had never been there and were extremely impressed. It is a golf course with nature trails, cave, museum, waterfalls, and restaurants close to Branson in Ridgedale, MO. We did the golf card tour, bat bar, and dinner at Arnie's Barn. I highly recommend it. Here are the pics....

The group ready for our Golf Cart Tour

first scenic stop at the water fall for pictures

Bat Bar

 

Super Yummy drinks

Aren't we bad?

sinkhole on the course

Champagne with a gorgeous view

Cigars!

Chapel

Amanda living on the edge!

Dinner at Arnie's Barn

Weekend in Pictures: Golf, Doula's, and Mary Poppins

I am terrible at saying no...my close friends and family probably know that about me. It isn't always a bad thing and most times leads to very busy (and fun) weekends. Here is another instance of Kari commits to everything but has a fabulous time...

Friday
Dinner with John's family to celebrate my birthday and his Aunt Jackie who was visiting from DC to receiving an award from Greenwood as Outstanding Young Alumni Award the following day.

Saturday
Morning/Afternoon: Photographed the O'Reilly Charity Classic. It was a very long day (13 hours) but was super fun in the company of Cheryl Maddox!

Night: Doula Foundation Night of Caring fundraiser at Farmer's Park Pavilion with the Johnson's. (Hey we actually won a silent auction item for 417 Petsitting to watch our dogs while we are in Florida, ya!)

Sunday
Mary Poppins at Springfield Little Theater, Sawyer's first play and he LOVED it! Even sat still for the full 2.5 hours. And of course it wouldn't be Sunday with out a little football in the yard.

now that's a big chairs!

 

 

 

Weekend in Pictures: Appelquist Golf Tournament & Fall Festival

Fall might finally be here, the weather was BEAUTIFUL this weekend. Perfect for our two outside activities. Saturday was the 3rd Annual Appelquist Foundation Golf Tournament in honor of Jim Appelquist (see last year's tournament post HERE, boy has Sawyer changed!). It was another successful tournament and even though we haven't gotten the official totals of the day, it had a great turnout and everyone had fun. John got to play this year too and did pretty well for not playing in over 5 years!
Sunday, we went to Rutledge Wilson Farm's Fall Festival. It has tons of activities and kept Sawyer busy for most of the afternoon. They have the festival every weekend through the end of October, we definitely will be back.

Trina with her two sisters and mother

Me with Trina and Megan (and Elliot)

My beer cart buddy Stephanie (didn't get a picture with my first shift partner Andrea)

Sawyer loved riding & driving the carts

Spencer, Jamie, Reece and John

Ron, Tim, Chris and Wayne (Megan's Fam!)

Cookies!!

Cool guy on the course

John with Megan & Tim

teaching his son the game

Awesome big slide at Fall Fest

didn't not want to leave the bounce house

Cow Train

riding the tractors 

Big tractors!

checking out the pigs, who ended up giving birth that day to piglets!!

Turkeys 

Hayride 

loved playing in the water!

then he became obsessed with walking around the hay bails