Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Christmas Tree Hunting

I should have blogged about this weeks ago, but finally decided to put up that we again went on the hunt for a tree to cut down this year. Unfortunately, we did not end up going with my family this year because Kellen made his debut a little early and I had a trip to KC the following weekend with my girlfriends. So...we drove out to Wright City again this year and luckily found one of the last good trees and chopped that baby down and brought her home. Emaline had a great time running around the tree orchard/field, she especially thought it was funny trying NOT to trip over all the stumps. Silly little lady. Piper really didn't have much to add, as she was bundled up and carried around by me the whole time. It wasn't as cold as I thought it was going to be, but it was gray and gloomy and NO ONE was there. It was kinda sad, quite frankly. But, we found one and strapped it to the Equinox and we were on our way home.

I promptly pulled out the ornaments and lights once Dad and I got the tree upright and soaking up some water. Of course Emaline jumped right in and wanted to unwrap/unbox everything and place them all neatly on the two lowest branches of the tree. After I told her that they would all be touching the floor and end up broken, she was okay with me placing them all over while Dad and Piper looked on. It was a long day, but the end result was fantastic. One being that we spent a fun day together as a family and two a beautiful tree was born! Hooray for Christmas! I love it.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Kansas City Road Trip!

Last Wednesday (the 15th) Me, Emaline, Aunt Stephy, Kaya, Pepere and Nana went on a road trip to Kansas City for the semi-annual AMCP (Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy) Meeting. There is usually one in the fall and one in the spring. This fall it happened to be in KC, so with it being so close we all decided to go. Pepere went to all the meetings and seminars and unfortunately Stephani and I didn't get to have that privilege this year. We did however get to see one of our dear friends and colleagues, Don and enjoyed a really nice lunch with him. Besides seeing the usual cast of characters, I got to see a few friends and Steph got to see her in-laws. We had fun dinners at all sorts of places with the Irish pub being one of our favorites (we went to 2 whilst there). We hung out in the Power & Light district, an up and coming hot spot in the city, cruised and ate at The Plaza shopping area and spent an afternoon at the Crown Center. We did a little bit of shopping and Emaline got to go to the Crayola store and Crayola Cafe. I think she had a really good time and the girls did pretty well considering we were all in one room. Every morning Emaline would wake up and look out the window and say, "look Mom, Kansas City!". I really don't think we'll have any problems taking her to other places considering just a couple days ago she asked when we were going to the hotel...

It was great fun spending time with family and friends and thanks to Sarah, Liz and Janna for taking the time out of their busy schedules to hang out with me and my family. Love you guys! Here are a few more pics of the weekend:


1st taste of Irish Music!--------Dinner @ Buca DiBeppo

Eating lots of pasta!------------Making a wish in the fountain!