Flooding

7 Days is here again!! Woot!! Get ready for a snippet into our lives for the next 7 Days!

Last night Matt and I celebrated our 12 anniversary a day early since our actual anniversary falls on Father's Day this year. Ronna and Larry (Matt's parents) were nice enough to watch the boys for us while we went out to celebrate 12 great years of marriage!

We went out to dinner at Blue Agave. It is a new to us Mexican restaurant and it was yummy! They came to our table and made fresh guacamole that was really good! And their margaritas were pretty tasty too!!
Cheers!!

After dinner we decided to go to the casinos. Plus we wanted to check out the flooding of the big Mo. We checked it out a week or so ago and wanted to see where it was at this week. Plus we wanted to hit the JACKPOT at the casinos. We did see the floods....we did NOT hit the jackpot. Unless you call me winning $10 a jackpot. Yeah- me neither.

We went to Ameristar- and both decided we should have gone to Harrahs. However the flooding there was sad. This is the view going into the parking garage.

We parked on the second level of the parking garage because below it was flooded- like this:
This is looking out at the parking lot:

And this is my 7 Days: Day 1 shot:


It's so sad. I feel for all the people and businesses that are getting flooded! It's a big mess!!

SURPRISE!!!

This year my mom and Ralph celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in June. My aunt Mary Carol thought it would be fun to throw them a surprise anniversary party. And boy did we surprise them!! My parents thought that it was going to be a Fourth of July picnic- which is was- but it was also a surprise!

Having a party at my aunt and uncle's house is always a blast!! They live on a farm and there is tons to do!! Some of my parents friends and family came out to the farm to join in on the surprise. My aunts and uncles from Kansas even came up to surprise them as well!! It's always great to see them and I was happy that they were able to make it. We had a yummy buffet of food!

And had a picnic outside!

After we ate, some people chatted and some people played croquet. My boys seemed to play croquet more like golf- with teeing up the ball and swinging the mallet more like a club. But whatever. No one seemed to mind. There weren't any refs or umps around.

There was a "tractor" ride at one point.

But I think the most popular event was the oohing and ahhing over Sarah!

She is one cute baby!! And so easy going!!

It was her first big party and she was so good about being passed around!

Alex, Allison, Sarah, Josh, & Zach

And NO- it does NOT make me want to have another baby. That was a popular question that night. I will just spoil Sarah and visit her as much as Wade and Allison allow.

After awhile fireworks started to happen. Of course, you always start with the parachutes. It was really windy so there wasn't a lot of catching them. But the boys still had fun chasing after the parachutes.

Of course- what's a party without cake?

After cake it was a little darker, so the boys did sparklers.

And as it got darker, the lightning bugs came out. So fun was had by catching them.

Josh with one on his arm

They would put the in a cup, catch more, and then when they were done we released them.

To end the night we (meaning the boys, Matt and Harry) lit off a few more fireworks. I am not camera savvy enough to get awesome shots of the fireworks, but they were pretty. I just got some so-so shots of the men/boys lighting them.

All in all it was a great evening filled with love, family, friends, food, and fun!! What more could you ask for?

7 Days is Back!!!

WOO HOO!! The 7 Days photo project is back. You may remember that I have done this a couple of times before. Like last winter and spring. Now there is a summer one and I am excited to participate again. I love peeking into others lives and taking a snapshot of myself in my life for one week. Its fun and creative. So I am looking forward to it! Hope you are too. If not- just skip the next 7 blogs. :)

Day 1 fell on Matt and I's eleventh anniversary! So it is only appropriate that he is included in my first shot.

This is a picture of Matt and I sitting out front watching the boys ride their bikes. This is something I do often and it was great to have Matt join me!! The weather wasn't too hot or humid (at this time) and it was relaxing. A nice way to spend part of the morning.

The rest of the day was nice too. Bill and Linda were nice enough to take the boys overnight so Matt and I could go out on the town and then sleep in the next day. HEAVEN!!! The boys were so excited! I think Alex packed and repacked his bag 100 times. They all asked "how much longer until Bill and Linda get here?" about a million times! :)

I think all the anticipation got to Josh, as he fell asleep looking out the window waiting for Bill and Linda. :) It cracked me up. The boys left for their fun filled evening and Matt and I left for ours too.

We were going to go eat downtown- but decided against it. The college world series is in town and that would have been too chaotic! So we ate out west at Blue. HEAVEN!! SO YUMMY!! Our waiter Justin was AMAZING!! He was so helpful and nice!

I even took a picture of my margarita. It was one of the best margaritas I have ever had. Maybe it was because I was out on a date with my husband and there wasn't a kid around. Or maybe because on a hot and humid day a nice cool margarita is refreshing. Or maybe it was really just a fantastic margarita. Who knows and who cares!!

After dinner we went to the old market to walk around. It was full of life. As we knew it would be. We walked around, did some people watching, and shopped in the fun stores. Perfect!! The excitement doesn't stop there people!! Lookie what I found!! Saint Joseph!! Now our house will sell right?

When I got all excited and showed Matt- he looked at me and said "You do know we aren't Catholic right?" Details! Details! Of course I know that. And I am not all that superstitious- a little maybe- but not over the top. I just think desperate times call for desperate measures! This dude is goin in the ground baby!!

We were going to get some ice cream and walk around but the sky started to get all dark so we decided that it was time to go. We got some ice cream on the way home instead. Good thing too! It started to lightening soon after we got home! It was cool to watch but I was glad that we were watching it from inside our house and not outside in the Old Market!! It was a really great evening!! I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband!! Can't wait to see what the next 11 (and more) years bring!!