It’s been 8 years since we were last sitting at what was then Riverport Amphitheater, the rain coming down, the tornado sirens going off, and we didn’t have a clue because we were watching the man, the legend, the only person (besides me) that my beautiful bride wants to marry, Jimmy Buffett. This past Thursday he finally returned to grace us with his music. The concert sold out in
15 minutes, but we were lucky enough to get tickets. Laura and Ashley got theirs from other sources, but they did get them, and that’s all that matters. Linda and Laura spent the preceding days preparing their hats and outfits for the big day and as you can see from the photos, they did a great job. As we drove to the concert we go lucky and were able to park the row behind Ashley,
Laura, Jim and Ann. Then the tailgating began. We didn’t realize that they opened Verizon Wireless Amphitheater for tailgating at 3:00, or we may have gone out there earlier. Then it was time to head into the concert. We got a pretty good spot center lawn about two-thirds of the way up the hill. We couldn’t really see Jimmy very well, but we could see the big screens. The lines for
beer and pretzels were ridiculous, but worth it since we were at the Jimmy concert. Jimmy came on stage around 8:15/8:30. He played some of songs we didn’t know, but played a lot of his main stream ones too. One of the great things about a Jimmy concert is that he doesn’t tour with anyone else. No openers. Just Jimmy and the Coral Refer Band. The concert was great.
Everyone was singing along and happy to see Buffett back in St. Louis. Of course my favorite part of the show is Fins. And this year didn’t disappoint. In preparation for the concert, Linda and I taught Savannah “Fins Up!” and she will put her hands together and up in the air, it’s pretty darn cute. Everyone in the crowd stayed until the very last song was played, thus everyone left at the
same time. It is quite a sight to see a sold out crowd try to exit all at once. Jimmy finished around 10:30. We walked back to our car and continued to tailgate as we were not going anywhere. It took nearly 2 hours to get out of the parking lot. We didn’t get home until nearly 1:00. Linda and Jen slept the majority of the time. I don’t even know if they knew how long we were in the parking
lot. All in all it was a great evening. We sure hope he comes back again soon!
Merry Christmas from the Denison family! What a busy and amazing few days for us! Our Christmas always starts on December 23 with Christmas with the extended Huster family. It was an enjoyable evening with the traditional sausage dinner and then on to reading a letter from Santa, who unfortunately couldn’t make it in person this year. 
Maybe next year? Anyway, Savannah sat with all her cousins and anxiously awaited the presents from Santa and Great Grandma. Savannah scored big with new jammies and the highlight of a tea set! She wore herself out playing tea party all day on Christmas Eve with mommy while Daddy had to work. Then Christmas Eve night we headed to the 
extended Wehmeyer family Christmas at Great Grandma Wehmeyer’s. Savannah had another GREAT time and we always look forward to the best meal of the year, topped off with the amazing dish pan cookies. Then again it was on to present time and Savannah enjoyed her first candy cane. It ended up being a sticky mess, but it’s Christmas, so she didn’t care too much. Surprisingly she had no problem sitting on her cousin Kyle’s lap to 
enjoy the treat and didn’t get too much on him either! Then it was time to go to sleep to prepare for the big mans arrival. Christmas morning Savannah actually slept in a little bit, but woke up and was surprised to find that Santa brought her all kinds of GREAT stuff. The highlight was most definitely the new kitchen set and the goodies that came with it. She played and played and was not happy when we had to eat breakfast to make it to 
church. Needless to say, church was a bit of a stretch this year in that Savannah was quite the tired girl and couldn’t understand why we had to sit there for that length of time. But she did get the hang of the reason why were there and said “Happy Birthday Jesus” a few times! Then we went home and relaxed. Savannah took a short nap and then Rae and 
Charlene came over and Savannah got to show off her kitchen set and enjoyed opening some more great gifts. She is quite the pro and it and makes her mommy so proud! Then another visitor, Allan came over and Savannah got to open some more books and a Care Bear, which she absolutely loves! It was an enjoyable and relaxing afternoon after the 
business of the days prior. After dinner, Savannah’s friend Elliot came over with his parent’s Sean and Jen. The two of them are only about four months apart in age and they had a ball! We even got to capture a kiss by the tree! Jen arrived and then it was time for the traditional viewing of Charlie Brown Christmas and we all enjoyed dancing along 
with the characters. Savannah stayed up pretty late once again, but she had soo much fun with all that went on the past few days. Now we have one more Christmas to go to this afternoon at Grandma and Grandpa Huster’s with the cousins and aunts and uncles. We are looking forward to another enjoyable time with family. We sincerely hope that everyone else had a great holiday and will have an amazing 2009!
