Royals Fan Fest

Royals Fan Fest was a zoo. The line ran clear across the street and around the corner.  They had to stop letting people into Bartle Hall for awhile.

Salvador Perez

Brandon Finnegan

Eric Hosmer's bat

This is the ball that was used in the game that sent the Royals to the ALDS.

Dayton Moore.. the General Manager of the Royals

Yordano Ventura

Lots and lots of people

Ned Yost

Terrance Gore

Lorenzo Cain

Alex Gordon

Go Royals!!

We are ready for some baseball!

Another Oscar Movie Down

Sitting in recliners watching a movie was a perfect way to end a crazy day!! Sheila, Kasey and I saw "Whiplash". WOW what an intense movie!!

After 19 attempts this was as good as it was going to get! Thanks ladies for the good laughs!

Dylan had a Surprise Visitor at his Basketball Game

Auntie "M" was able to come watch Dylan's basketball game tonight. She is in town for less than 24 hours but made time to surprise Dylan.

me and my sister

Go #11

Dylan swished both of his free throws!

I am so happy that my sister gets to spend the night with us but I wish she could stay longer.

National Pie Day

Today is National Pie day so Kasey and I enjoyed a slice of pie from Upper Crust Pie Bakery.

I am really not a pie person but this German chocolate pie was pretty darn good!

Happy National Pie Day

First Middle School Basketball Game

First of all, can someone teach me how to take basketball pictures!! I took 53 pictures and did not get even one good picture. They are always blurry and I get so frustrated!! Ok so this is not all about me but I need help!

Dylan had so much fun tonight playing in his first middle school basketball game.

He was on a roll and made seven free throws in a row.

Go Dylan Go!

JV won and Varsity lost in overtime but Dylan kept on saying how much fun he had on the way home.  

Looking forward to more games tomorrow!

My Day Off

I love having a day off especially when it starts off with a Starbucks coffee and the Today Show.  After an  hour of enjoying sitting in my chair I got up and made butterfinger nutter butter cheesecake bars and espresso toffee fudge.

Sheila and I went to the movies this afternoon.  We saw "Selma" and Cinemark was sold out for many of the showings today.

Then I found out that it was National Popcorn Day so Cass made Reese's Pieces Almond Popcorn.

Ready for the four day work week!!

New Basketball Shoes

Finally...we purchased new basketball shoes after three different attempts to Oak Park Mall in two weeks. 

Kobe 9 Nike shoes (that means nothing to me)

The first game is Wednesday and he is so excited to try them out.

Great Start to a Three Day Weekend

What a fun Friday night! We met Chris and Kelly at Cinemark to watch "American Sniper".  It was an outstanding movie. Then a little stop afterwards at SHARKS for some nachos and drinks.

Great start to a three day weekend.

Preparing for Oscar Nominations

We are saw "Imitation Game" tonight in hopes it will be up for an Oscar.  The nominations are Thursday morning and I am excited!!

I hope I have seen some of the movies already!!

National Soup Month

It is National Soup Month and I love soup.  I made cheesy green chili and potato chowder tonight and it was so good that Michael told me I should make a double batch next time.

Of course I had to make my Sunday sweet to take to work tomorrow so I made snickers special-k bars.  They are also delicious.

Dylan Made the Varsity Basketball Team

After two days of tryouts, Dylan was selected to be on the varsity basketball team for his middle school. They only picked 8 players out of 48. We are so proud of him!  And I cried a little.

Can't wait for the first game!

Movie Time at the Leawood Theater

Kasey, Sheila and I ventured out in cold to the Leawood Theater to see "Birdman".  It was my first time in this theater and when I walked in I thought I was going to have to sit in a wooden chair.

It took three attempts for this picture and I was still laughing in this one.

There was lots of laughing going on so thank you Sheila and Kasey for a fun night and a crazy movie.

My New Pantry

This is what people would see first thing when they walked through the door from the garage. That is a lie because crap was usually everywhere and not organized. It was horrible.  Who wants to see that?!?!

Michael ripped it out a few days ago.

This was my pantry/dining room for a few days.

Now I have cabinets and you can't see all of the crap I have!

It is organized for now!

I love that there are shelves on the door.

One cabinet holds the food and the other holds all of my containers.

I think I will like this much better.

A Good End to a Monday

It is always hard to go back to work after being off for two weeks. This time I had a package waiting for me at home.

My father-in-law gives me money for Christmas and this year I bought a bakeware set from QVC.

Even the inside is pretty!!

I can't wait to use my new stuff!!