Big Wide Beautiful World

Best parts of our homeschooling world this week:

-thinking about how to teach Spanish to my kids.

-getting out with friends. We had two outdoor playdates at a park and Hattie's yard, and a field trip to Prarie Fire Museum where I got to teach some kids about primate evolution and see a chinchilla take a dust bath. (They brought a big white bowl of dust and put it in his cage. The little guy hopped right in, rolled around vigorously a few times, then hopped out. It was adorable!) And I got to be with friends I love with masks on.

Best parts of the whole food/plant based world this week:

-vegan blueberry muffins (so easy!)

-vegan tuna (it's awesome!)

-vegan green curry and chocolate tart for our anniversary (delish!)

-messing up with dairy and losing the snore-free nights a couple of nights this week. A good reminder to keep on track. 

Best part of my world every week:

-being married to Alan Wimmer

-We celebrated our 29th anniversary by cleaning the church as a family, then just the two of us driving our Tesla to Wheeling, MO for a graveside service for a dear ward friend of ours, Raymond Kennett, who was recently reunited with his lovely wife Sheryl. We ate lunch and read this awesome talk on the way there. Then we checked out Chillicothe-home of sliced bread (really!), ate outside on the sidewalk at the Blue Bird Bistro in KC, and took a walk and tried to remember the last 30 August 15ths. We are really hazy on some of it.  Here is what we came up with:

Anniversaries

2020 - Blue Bird Bistro, Kansas City, MO

2019 - 1 Pico, Santa Monica, CA

2018 - JJs and The Fontaine

2017 - Tatsu’s, then Hamilton in Chicago

2016 - Lidia’s, Josh Grobin at Starlight

2015 - Temple, JJs, Baldwin jeans

2014 - Spin pizza, Sporting KC with all 6

2013 - Alan in Boston with Willa and Wyatt

2012 - 

2011 - 

2010 - 

2009 - PF Chang, Kansas City

2008 -Skies, Kansas City

2007 - 

2006 - 

2005 - Grizzly Peak, Ann Arbor

2004 - Common Grill, Chelsea, MI

2003 - Bella Ciao, Ann Arbor

2002 - Cheesecake Factory, Northstar Mall, San Antonio

2001 - Phantom of the Opera, San Antonio

2000 - original macaroni grill, San Antonio near Boerne

1999 - ?steakhouse in woods near San Antonio 

1998 - Miriam’s bat mitzvah, Detroit

1997 - Heather in Utah for Kirsta‘s homecoming

1996 - Heather at WWW reunion at Brianhead

1995 - Parizade,  Durham

1994 - slugs at the Pines, Durham

1993 - Darryl’s and Hotel California play in Durham

1992 - Magnolia House, Durham

1991 - Lobster in Park City 

This crazy quilt in the Grand River Historical Society Museum reminded me of the one Grandma Jane made when she won a second place ribbon in the Arizona State Fair.

Chillicothe has fun murals all over the historic downtown. This one is on the library. Don't you just love love? And books too? Can't beat the combo.