McAllen, Texas

GOBBLE, GOBBLE, GOBBLE! Welcome to summer! The weather in McAllen was in the 80's! The first thing we did was go to the pool for a swim. It was wonderful to lay in the sun. We spent November 26 and November 27th in McAllen. The kids had a show on Wednesday night and then were off for Thanksgiving. Mikey and I along with some of the early risers in the cast layed by the pool enjoying the sun and swimming after breakfast. Of course I called some of my friends and family to rub it in since it was so cold back home. We missed Dad, Mikey, Maria, Nana and the rest of our family. Especially the homemade stuffing, turnips, mashed potatoes, etc.... Our tour Manager Clare arranged a nice dinner for the cast and crew at a different hotel. It was in an atrium. We sat at round tables with piano music playing in the background. The dinner was a buffet with a carving board for turkey and roast beef. The buffet included glazed ham, sweet potatoes, stuffing, brocolli, potatoes, rice, etc.... The dessert bar had wonderful cakes and fruit. Ashley (dance captain) gave a beautful speech that was appreciated by all. Although everyone missed being home we really enjoyed eating together with our cast family. Since we had an early dinner and it was so nice out we all went back to the pool. It turned into some pool party with just about everyone getting thrown in the pool at some point. Those hiding got squirted with the garden hose. Missy was thrown in coverup and all. Efrat was thrown in chair, boots and all. It was a lot of fun. Mikey and Colin really got into it and helped plot some of the drownings. Zac and Chaz proved tough to throw in but they eventually got hosed. Michelle even tried to get Zac off his lounged chair to dance with her to give the guys an opportunity to get him. The more she danced the more he resisted. (LOL) After a really fun pool party we went up to pack for the trip to Orange, Texas. I am writing this from the bus where apparently they don't pave the roads in this part of Texas. We just had border patrol agents board the bus and ask for everyone's ID. Nobody was happy because they all had to be wakened up for this. The agents took one look at the junk on the bus and left. If was pretty funny when Stacey popped out of the bathroom and the Agent was standing right there. Well all I have left is that Texas has stretches of really flat land, very different from the mountains of the West Coast. To all my family and friends who I did not get to speak too....I hope everyone had a beautiful Thanksgiving! We miss you all. Love, Sue and Mikey PS Scroll down when reading because I added some photos on left and entries from the days I missed.