September is almost over!

Happy 1st Anniversary to Taryn and Brady!


'Events' of the past week:

Monday - Cub Scouts

Thursday - Alec started Tae Kwon Do

Friday - Alec's friend Nick spent the night. His room is now a disaster - but at least they went to sleep at a reasonable hour.

Saturday - Alec and I went to Westlake to sell popcorn for cub scouts. We had a 2 hour shift at the 'show & sell' table. When our shift was over at noon we went to lunch with Mom and Dad. They picked Jason up from home and we ate at Rancho Grande. Later in the afternoon - (after Jake's baseball game) - Grandpa came and picked up Alec and he spent the night at their house.
Jason and I went to the mall and got some fall clothes for him and me. Then we came home and Brad, Jason and I watched 'Baby Mama' on DVD.

Sunday - Jason and I picked Alec up and went to the pet store. We were looking for a turtle for the boys to keep as a pet. We found a couple but decided to do some research. They sound like a lot of work! I told the boys they had to take care of it - completely. I don't think Jason realized how much work it would really be. So anyway - we are still turtle-less.
Later in the afternoon all 4 of us we went to the Stone Creek 'picnic' at Vesper Hall. There were not very many people there. I think a neighborhood picnic should actually be IN the neighborhood. Oh well - maybe next year. We did at least get a BBQ dinner.

That's about it. Right now I am procrastinating. I need to do laundry and clean up around here but just don't feel like it right now. It will get done eventually ;)

This pic is actually from last year's popcorn sales.

Beautiful weather this week

This week the rain was replaced by lots of sunshine and wonderful Fall temperatures. I love Fall!

The week was pretty uneventful. Just the normal school, work and scouts.

The weekend was a bit busier. I took Friday afternoon off week to get ready for our garage sale. Jason went to a Super Smash Brothers Brawl tournament at a friend's house Friday night. He had a lot of fun.
Saturday morning - bright and early - Lucia and I opened the garage sale. People really do show up the minute you open the door. Crazy! Even all the kids got up early and helped out. Garage sales are a lot of work! If it wasn't for selling our upright freezer - it would not have been worth all the trouble. I probably will not be having another for a very long time (if ever :)
We were worn out and closed up around 1:00pm. We got quite a few customers earlier but the traffic had definitely slowed by then.
I took a shower and then a nap. Both were very refreshing.
Saturday afternoon Alec went with a friend to Worlds of Fun and spent the night at his house.
I went to the Plaza Art Fair with Vanessa. Brad and Jason hung out at home.
The art fair was enjoyable but very crowded. The nice weather brought everyone out and about.
Sunday was a recoup day for me. I did clean out the freezer so the buyers could come pick it up - but the rest of the day was pretty lazy.
I guess that's about it for now.
I hope everyone has a great week!

Rain and more rain

Last Saturday - Brad and I had a very nice night out. We went the Power & Light district. Due to the rainy weather and no big events happening - it was not crowded at all. Which was fine with us. We mainly wanted to see what it was like and what all they had down there. We ate dinner at Famous Dave's BBQ. There was absolutely no wait. We had a nice relaxing dinner and good conversation. After dinner we went to the KC live area and walked around. Luckily it is outdoors but covered. We were going to stop by the Howling Moon dueling piano bar for a little bit but decided against it due to the $7 cover charge per person and the fact that we didn't want to stay that long. We will go back another night and maybe take some friends with us. After we left there we went to Best Buy and Barnes & Noble - our usually date night venues. I know it doesn't sound very romantic or exciting - but we like it and that is all that matters.

Sunday morning Brad left for Chicago. I went and picked up the boys at Grandma and Grandpas and we spent a nice quiet day at home.

Monday was our first cub scout meeting of the school year. We have 5 new boys. With the 6 from last year - that makes a pretty big den. Chad is going to do all the meetings this year and Crystal is going to help. I am going to just do the behind the scenes bookkeeping and I am very happy about that.

Tuesday was a busy day. I went in to office after Alec got on the bus. After work it was a rush to get dinner and help the boys with homework before my 7:30 scout committee meeting. Alec was having a bit of a melt down about his stretch project and I was no help since I had no patience. We really needed Brad that night :)

Wednesday - school, work and Alec finished his project for Stretch. Hunter called that night and we had a nice conversation. Unfortunately part of the reason he called was to tell us he broke his collar bone playing football - OW! He had just gone back to practices after the doctor cleared him for his knee issues - and about 15 minutes in - BAM he broke the collar bone. No more football for him.
His good news was that he has been nominated for Homecoming royalty. We are very proud of him. There are 5 boys and 5 girls in the running. They will find out the results on 9/22.

Thursday - school, work, dinner at Salt Iguana, trip to the Guitar Center and fall school clothes shopping at Kohl's.

Friday - school, work, tornado warnings and hurricane Ike. Brad came home - yeah!

Saturday - lazy day at home for me and Alec. Brad and Jason went to Bass Pro Shop. Jason climbed the rock wall and made it to the top. I think they had a good time and it was nice for them to have some 1 on 1 time.

Today - time to get my butt moving and get ready for the garage sale next Saturday.

Jason rock climbing

Mom's 70th Birthday Party

Guess my updates from now on will probably be on Saturdays. Since I now have to work on Fridays - bummer!

I think the party turned out nice last Sunday. It was bit hot in the basement, but no one melted. (except maybe me a little bit :) I could not seem to cool off. There was a lot of body heat! There were 40 people in attendance.

Not really much else to report this week. Alec is really enjoying his Stretch classes. He wishes they were every day.
Coming up for this week:
Brad and I are going on a 'date' tonight to the Power & Light District.
Brad leaves for Chicago tomorrow and will be there all week at a conference.
We have our first cub scout den meeting of the school year Monday night.

Here are some party pictures.