WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There's no other word for it!

RITS X Christmas = FUN!!!!!!!!!!!

RITS X Christmas X Grandkids = Fantastic Time!!!!!

RITS X Christmas X Grandkids X other Cyberpals = "it don't get no better than this!"

I don't have much time to write, but I just HAVE to write a little before I explode!

What a wonderful weekend we had!!!!! RITS were playing in Baraboo Wisconsin, not far from the Wisconsin Dells, and when we found out that Al was off for the whole weekend we opted to stay where Jill had told us her and her family were staying.... and for the kids that spelled even MORE fun. Not only an indoor poll, but 3 water slides as well!

We met Jill and her family at the resort on Saturday..and the kids spent the afternoon in the pool, until time to head out for dinner and the concert. After a quick pizza we arrived at the theater 'just in time'.... for the show to start late..about ten minutes late, but it sure worked well for us!

As you can see by the few pictures I posted on the webpage, Jessie dressed up in her 'Woody' best, combining Toy Story Woody and our Woody into one character, as she always has done. And now that Character comes out as "Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl". After the show all the guys greeted her as "Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl" and I can hardly believe that when they sang their new song by that name to her, I didn't even realize what had gone on until it was over and I went 'DUH!!!!!!!! They just sang her her song!!!!!!' Oh well, nothing like being alert!

Anyway..back to she show. It was overflowing with Christmas songs. I don't have time for the list...but they hit all the good ones including one of my favorites from the new album "I'll Be Home For Christmas". All of the guys were in wonderful spirits, and the show was fantastic! Woody hit every rope trick (and I got a great picture, which is posted on the webpage...from it you can see what kind of seats we had) and the audience loved it all, of course!

But for us, the best came at the end... AFTER the show, when James gave Woody his new hatband and Jessie gave him her gift. Actually....Woody was asking for the hatband as soon as he saw us, but he had to wait until the line cleared before he could get over to us. I had work frantically for the last two weeks trying to finish his hatband, and the task was complicated greatly by beads of inconsistent sizes, and I had to keep going out and finding more beads to get the right amount of the right sizes.... It wasn't done until the evening before we left, but it sure was worth all the work, because Woody loved it! There is a picture of it on the webpage, too.

All of my time was spent with the kids...taking pictures.. LOTS of pictures... we have Jess with Woody..Jamie with Woody..Jess and Jamie with Woody... Jess and Me with Woody ... just me with Woody... Jess and Jamie and me with Woody... oh well, you get the idea!!! and then of course there were the ones of Jess and Jamie with all the guys. Wow... Picture heaven! I of course had to run out for one hour development today... I just couldn't wait!!!!!!!

It was a fun and lingering 'after autographs' session, as other devoted fans hung around to the bitter end. Jill and her family... Another fan from Minnesota and her family, and a fan who's name I don't know, but is at ALOT of Wisconsin shows... all of us just stayed and stayed...and the guys, still bubbling over with all the Disney excitement were more than willing to talk!

We heard stories from the Premiere, about the upcoming new albums..WOW!! there is SOOOOO much going on!

I wish I had the time right now to go into more details, but alas, I have to get back to the 'real world'... :) Catch ya further on down the trail

Bobbie