I could tell we were in Branson because the first congregation hymn sounded incredibly polished, with everyone belting and doing harmonies. I guess it's hard to stop "singing for the back row" on Sunday when you're used to doing that all week long. During Sacrament Meeting, the Hughes Brothers and Knudsen Brothers (a new group in town that goes by the name "Six" for the number of brothers in their act... that's probably more memorable and pronounceable than "Knudsen") sang an a cappela version of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" that was unbelievably powerful and dynamic. All I could say after that was "wow".
Jason and Mara Hughes, who Roseann lived with for a while back in the day, invited us over for dinner, and we had a really good time catching up with them and eating some Hawaiian haystacks while the girls played with their kids. I should also mention that Jason, his daughter Jesse, and several of the other Hughes Brothers provided the spoken character parts for my song "Cowboy Bergaleoukaleopaleous". I've always loved their great contribution on that, which really helped to bring that song to life. We're looking forward to seeing their show and hanging out some more with them this week.
Roseann with Jason, Mara, George, Jesse and Aaron...
The girls playing dress-up with some pretty butterfly outfits...
I was trying to take a picture of Evee but she wouldn't smile long enough for me to get the picture. So I told her to "hold your smile", and she did...
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