Happy St. Paddy's Day

We went downtown in KC to celebrate St. Patrick's Day by visiting the College Basketball Experience, staying at the historic Hotel Phillips, eating in the new Power & Light District, watching the parade in the rain (oh yeah... we opted out on that and went INSIDE the Crown Center), and the best part was: Cabaraoke! Check us out on You Tube by clicking on the link below or watch the full length video here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJGgcrdcFn8

Cutest Nephew Ever!

Can I just brag on my adorable nephew for a minute? I just got this photo from my sister Jenni of her gorgeous son, Jake. He has stolen his Aunt Mary's heart. Now just look at his photo and I'm sure you'll agree that he could endorse any baby product he wanted to. Get that boy a commercial or modeling contract! I love you, Baby Jake!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Suess

This week was Dr. Suess's birthday and Caleb's Kindergarten class had lots of fun celebrating the week with Mixed Up Monday (wearing mismatched & backward clothing), Silly Sock Wednesday, and Wacky Snack Friday. Kohl's was selling Dr. Suess books & stuffed animals for charity so we racked up ... and shared them with his class at Harmony. Here Caleb shows off Horton. We are all waiting for the release of his new movie later this month - Horton Hears a Who!

Keith Urban Rocks Kansas City!

Last night, to celebrate our 17th Anniversary (which is actually today), Terry surprised me with tickets to the Carrie Underwood/Keith Urban concert in Kansas City. We had awesome seats (a million thanks, Debby!!) and Josh even babysat Caleb for us. The concert venue was the brand new Sprint Center. We hadn't been to a concert in a while and had fun during pre-show text messaging to the big screen on stage [they displayed Terry's "Happy Anniversary" message to me] and Keith Urban taught us the "cell phone wave." Concerts are getting so high tech these days. We love Carrie and she was good, but not even in the same league as Keith Urban. He was so down to earth and generous with his fans [he gave a guitar to a woman sitting just down the end of our row]. The quality of his show was top notch. We give the concert 2 big thumbs up!

Happy Birthday, Josh!

Josh celebrated his 12th birthday on March 1st and got a big surprise from Mom and Dad (well.... it was Dad's idea, not mine!). A baja motocross 70cc dirt bike was waiting for him when he got off the school bus the day before his birthday. And, we were blessed with spring-like 70 degree weather the next two days so he (and all the neighbors) could enjoy riding it. Even I took a spin around the cul-d-sac. Then the temperatures dropped back into the 30's. But that hasn't stopped Josh. He's become quite a pro already. Can you believe this is the same kid who drew all over my van with a rock when he was two? They really do grow up, don't they?!