Havin' a Weird Summer

Weird Al came back and played another show at the McGrath Amphitheater, but this time we got to bring Rose and Emily along. I think they had fun, Rose shot video of several of his songs. There was a full orchestra on the tour as well and they started off the show by playing movie soundtracks (mostly John Williams) before Weird Al came out. It was a little baffling how many people around us did not recognize the themes to Indiana Jones, Superman, or Mission Impossible, but at least most of them recognized the Star Wars theme. Sheesh. Dumb Iowans. 

Golden hour photo op:

Weird Al walked past our row as he sang "Tacky" and my phone captured stellar pictures. I either caught snapshots of Weird Al or Bigfoot, you decide:

We laughed at the drunk lady who was following him around and losing her mind:

And of course the show ended with "The Saga Begins" and "Yoda."

Imon

Cynthia and I walked around downtown catching Pokemon for a while on Sunday and the weather was perfect. Very atypical for August and no complaints from us. There was almost no traffic anywhere and the few people we saw walking around were playing Pokemon Go like us. It has always seemed weird to me how this town shuts down on the weekends. It's not unreasonable for downtown to be quiet on a Sunday afternoon, but even most Saturdays there isn't a whole lot going on in this town. It's still funny to me that half of the traffic signals shut off at 9 pm. Unless you're going to a show, there's not much else to do, heh. You just have to make your own fun (which we're good at). Anyway, it was great to be outside!

Later in the day, Imon had a customer appreciation day at the McGrath Amphitheater, so we brought the girls and had free food grilled by Nelson's Meat Market and free ice cream, too. They got their faces painted and we watched the magic of Ryan Martin. Man, it was great to spend the day outside!

Dramatic poses:

Weird Al and the New House

Sounds like a cool band name. Last night we went to see Weird Al at the McGrath Amphitheater. I haven't seen him before, but he put on a great show, starting with his entrance as he opened with "Tacky" as he sang in front of the porta-potties off to the side of the amphitheater. He's a lively dude! Especially for a dude who's 56 years old. He doesn't stand still for a second. He closed with "The Saga Begins" and had an entourage of storm troopers join him on stage along with Darth Vader. Then he closed with some bizarre, rapid-fire tribal chant of nonsense that included random shouts, clicks, and farting noises. There's some culture for ya, CR!

Lastly, but more importantly, we signed the final closing papers on our house this morning and we are homeowners once again! The sellers gave us access to the house last week, so we've been painting, cleaning, and making some minor updates before we get moved in. It'll be a huge relief to get moved in and be done with this process. It was worth it, though, to gain quite a bit more space, the girls get their own rooms, we have a big backyard, large kitchen, and even the little things like a dishwasher are pretty cool. Onto the next chapter!