Keith and I had not been back to Abilene since before Carli was born. He seems to remember us going when I was pregnant with Carli, but I don't remember that...could be my mom-brain though. We thought that the girls were old enough to enjoy the show and were excited when both sets of Grandparents agreed to go with us! We carpooled with Grammy and Pa on the drive to Abilene and Naggy and Pappy met us there. The girls did awesome on the long drive there. Even though we got there after midnight, they were awake enough to remind us that they would be sleeping in Naggy and Pappy's room!
Saturday morning we took our time getting ready and then headed out to beat the lunch crowd at Sharon Allen's BBQ. It was good stuff! Then we went to check out the ACU Campus. It had been so long! The campus had totally changed. Not only was there a running track, but the rec center...ummm, wow! They had a Welcome Center, the Campus Center was not even remotely like it was when we were in school...and Vera Bradley in the Campus Center?! Are we sure this is where we went to school?!
There were some old favorite places that we enjoyed seeing - like Chapel on the Hill...
And the Amphi-theatre with the Tower of Light...
And then of coarse there was the bell tower...
Sing Song started at 2 - so we found our seats and settled in. The girls watched the first two or three acts and then Carli kept asking if it was almost over. Guess we thought wrong on the enjoyment the girls would experience with this piece of our history! Ava actually went to sleep and slept through most of the show. At intermission, Carli jumped up and excitedly asked if it was over! The look on her face when we told her there was still more to see was not one of happiness!
But then we found Logan just a couple of sections over and went to visit him. They gave each other such a big bear hug they almost fell over! Pure joy at seeing each other. That helped nullify the lack of joy at watching the show! After the show was over, we let the kids play for a bit out in the lawn before we had to go our separate ways.