March 25: Sisters' Weekend 2018

Sisters' Weekend was a hit. Unfortunately, my sister Suzi was unable to attend due to illness. Shirli, Toni, Shawna, and myself had a great time in Joplin.

At Sandstone Gardens, we ate lunch. Mmmm, salmon croquette. Have you ever had one? They are delicious. We looked around and discussed ideas for our houses, and Paisley especially enjoyed the fountains, as she stuck her hand in all of them.

Next, we traveled to Webb City. At Annie Kate's and Twisted Oak, we enjoyed all kinds of things from clothes to jewelry to our favorites, reading luggage tags, tea towels, and signs. We hooted and cracked up about multiple messages.

We wrapped up with my daughters at my house, and then, we headed to Red Onion. I had my two favorites: smoked chicken dip and penne from heaven. It was totally worth the wait all day. This meal was complete with the best cake I have ever eaten, shamrock cake. The host told us that they couldn't even sell a whole cake this season because they sold the slices too quickly. It was a chocolate cake with ganache and icing, each of which had an extra Irish ingredient (wink). Yummmm.

That night, in tradition, we stayed up until 1:00 a.m. talking. We dissect everything from our food to our families to our schools, as we are all in education.

Saturday was a super good time. I found a Spring Fling Market craft fair at the Barn in Pittsburg, Kansas! I will be returning every year. Over 100 vendors and food trucks makes for a fantastic time. We shopped and then, we picnicked on the grass with pulled pork nachos, homemade french fries, street tacos, and a root beer float. We headed back to downtown Joplin, where we went in Sophie, Blue Moon Boutique, and one more. Then, we had our first fried Cadbury egg! from Instant Karma. Oh Mylanta! That night we joined my brother Jon and his wife and daughter for his birthday dinner at Texas Roadhouse. It was delicious as well. I had actually never eaten there. Those rolls with cinnamon butter and that juicy steak was definitely a great combo with the fancy sweet potato. Another late night of talking took us to Sunday.

On Sunday, we just went to the pool and the hot tub for a little bit, and we got ready and traveled home. All my sisters were very grateful for a well planned weekend, myself included.

Sisters' Weekend 2018 is in the books.