Great Start!

Well, I had a great start to my Monday. I am all ready to leave around 5:15 a.m. this morning and can't find my keys! I retraced my steps on Friday night and knew where I had left them,
they were NOT there, so then I slowly went through the house looking for them. I then woke up Heather to see if she had seen them. I finally, got frustrated enough that I stopped looking for a bit. Heather got up and I was retracing my steps on Saturday a.m.... (I hadn't used my car all weekend so I knew I hadn't had them in the car).... Anyway, I remembered I had gotten the double stroller out of the lower garage and used my keys to get into the garage. Well it is pitch black out there so I was going to wait until the sun started coming up before I went out there. Then I remembered putting the stroller in Heather's rig and doing other stuff out there, so Heather and I went on a short field trip to her car and I felt under the front seat and waalah! There they were. We both laughted but at that time I was already .45 mins. late in leaving. I had to run to wally world and get my lunch for this week so I ended up being about 1/2 hour late for work. So far, the rest of my morning hasn't been bad. I pray that it stays that way! It is amazing how something can just throw a wrench in your day/schedule and throw everything out of whack.....

Eudora Baptist Whiffle Ball Tournament....

Scott and Belinda Martinsen
Logan Hickman playing first
Rachel after hitting her first homerun

Gina Stokes up to Bat!

Me, and the Thompsons! We enjoyed being spectators!"Cauliflower Power" team!
"Birdeye Boogers" team
Lullel Hickman and some of his team members!
Brad Euliss pitching

The 1st Annual Whiffle Ball Tournament was a blast to watch, maybe next year I will get out there and play! Everyone from little bitty guys and the older bunch had an awesome time.

My sister, Gina snapped all these pictures during the games. My niece, Rachel did really well all day long for the "Cauliflower Power" Team! But in the end, Kevin Marcum's team won the title! He did predict that would happen!

Our Saturday Morning...

Lacy and her fiance' Juan Jones (or as Constance calls it "fuzzy ance")
Logan and Lacy at their apartment
Constance and Ivy at the Rutledge-Wilson Farm
Heather and the girls with a little pony
The Farm

This a.m. we met Gina and Rachel and drove to Springfield to visit Logan and Lacy at their new apartment. It was a really nice place. Lacy's fiance' Juan was there also.

THEN...

We decided on the way home (Constance was asking to go see the animals) that we would go to the Rutledge-Wilson Farm off of West Bypass. It is a great interactive farm for kids of all ages!

The girls like the animals and getting to pet them but today they liked sitting on the tractors the most! We spent over an hour there and then we headed home.

NOW....

Everyone is napping except ME!

Lions, Tigers and Bears oh MY... And Chicken Nuggets

The Lion and his Lioness....
I made a new friend!
Ivy checking out the Hippo in the water!
My Constance!
Having a picnic at the park
Chicken nuggets anyone?
Constance on the slide
Here comes Ivy!
Mom and the girls! Ready for a walk through the zoo!

Today we decided was a good day to skip out on our responsibilities. I had a big list of stuff I wanted to get done today, but we decided to go and enjoy the weather. So we went and got lunch, went to the park for a picnic, played on the play equipment for a bit and then on to the zoo. It was a great day for it with the temperatures at around 75 degrees, sunny, light breeze and the girls had fun. Constance loves the zoo and all the animals, Ivy not so much! Not sure if it will be her thing or not! But she is a trooper and just layed back and watched. I am glad we did this today and all the things I wanted to get done are still here to be done, but we made memories today! And that is what counts!!!!

13th Annual Buddy Walk!

This happy lil' guy is my second cousin, Brady. He has formed a team called, Brady's Bunch to walk in the 13th Annual Buddy Walk for Down Syndrome! He lives in the Kansas City area and their walk is Oct. 18th at the Arrowhead Stadium.

I am unable to walk with them this year :( but will be collecting donations to help out Brady and others like him. He was born April of 2007 and is a sweet boy. If you would like to donate to a great cause plase click on the link below and donate.

Now, how could anyone say no to a precious face like that?

http://www.syssolutions.com/KCBuddywalk/main/Team.aspx?FundraiserId=08498eb8-34eb-4d44-abdd-4e01cb7495df

Grandparents Day

Ivy and Grandma
Constance getting all dolled up for Grandparents day concert!
Constance onstage
Pre-K
Great-Grandma Vote and Great-Grandpa Vote with Constance
Me and Constance

Today was Grandparents day at Constance's school. The group (pre-K) all got together and sang us a song. They did really well for 3, 4 and 5 year old kids. There were some funny and precious moments along the way!





Here are a few pictures from today! Enjoy

100th Post!

Well this is my 100th post, didn't realize I was that close until I logged in!

Anyway, as you know I have been talking about moving to Springfield once Heather and the girls head back to Ft. Hood, Tx in December.

I have been going out to apartment complexes that I am interested in, ( think I have toured about 6-7 different ones). I am so not impressed. I guess it is because I have a great place now, a great landlord and I love it there. It is just the drive, but my little car gets good gas mileage so I really don't have much to complain about in that area.

So over the weekend I prayed about it and gave it alot of thought and have decided to stay right where I am at. My family, my church and my bible study ladies are all there and I don't want to give that up.

I am at peace with the decision and am looking forward to fixing up the place once Heather and the girls are fixing up their own place in Texas. I think both Heather and I are keeping our heads full of thoughts of decorating! I know she will be glad to get her own place again and I know I am looking forward to having my own place again.BUT I am going to miss them so very much! Especially, the evenings when I get home and there isn't anyone to greet me with hugs and kisses.

Ole' Rainy Day...

Well, today is 2nd day of Gustav in our area. I love rain, I always feel like it washes everything clean. Kinda like a brand new start....

I leave today with the other two secretaries from our office for training in Jefferson City so we will have rain all the way there as what we had yesterday is in that area today...

Nothing much else going on right now. I have my post op appt this a.m. at 9:30 from my last surgery and that is about it. They will just check my incision sites and see if I have any questions. I will go ahead and set up a band fill appt. for next Wednesday. We thought about doing it today but with us leaving on business this afternoon it wasn't a great idea in case I had trouble with the fill.

That is my life at this moment in a nut shell... Looks kinda boring once I have it written out! LOL