Paved Paradise

This was a glorious sunset on the way home from stake council on Tuesday. Prize after prize!

 

The blessings of the week:

- Testimonies and sacrament twice (KC1 and Riverview). What a glorious way to be a part of the body of Christ! Riverview testimonies rock. Brother Nichols (wears a matching tie and do rag)--my family in Christ. Brother Jaime (newly baptized 20-something Latino) - listening, learning, and feeling peace and love. Brother Woodward (looks like an older leprechaun)- don't freak out if you make mistakes! Welcome to the crowd.

-Burgers here with Ed and Holly Bertrand

-A perfect bike ride and swim with Alan and Griffin

-Watching Eve's excitement about her volleyball camp

-Getting that tree I wanted out of the back yard mostly cut down

-Eve's first voice lesson with Ms. Melodye Moore

-Phone calls with Eliza, Mariah and Wyatt on Tuesday, and Willa, Mariah and her kids, Eliza and Barry on Friday. And Wyatt on Saturday as he was hiking the Y.

-Talking to Mariah as she was getting ready to host Britt's family at her house

-Talking to my dad! 

-Talking to Kirsta and Paige!

-Weeding my flower beds. Tiring but glorious.

-Working on my calling. This week I sent SO MANY emails!

-Eve and Annabel giggling together. Griffin and Colby riding bikes all over PV together. 

-Our family date to Casa, Loose Park, and a musical our neighbor wrote.

-Watching Eve and Griffin get better at yard work and being outside with a common purpose as a family.

- Seeing and hugging so many friends I love at the baby shower for Benny McKenzie-Cummings!

-Alan vacuuming my car

-A date to Steve Laster's retirement party. Alan works with very good people. 

 

 

Griffin and I went to the Cedar Creek Library together and I had him stand in this sculpture. His feet were GLOWING and really, really hot. We realized it was a reflective piece that was cooking his toes!

 

 

We followed the England World Cup soccer team (with their police escort) back from 435 to the Inn at Meadowbrook. That red bus is the one that got the special treatment. There was a small crowd to welcome them--hoping to see someone famous. Eve and I saw a team manager.

It seemed like a good moment to catch my first Be Real in a long time. For some reason the app won't let me take pictures though!

After the last day of volleyball camp

This was Eve's dinner one day this week. She had to have at least something fresh to get dessert.

The only picture I got at Worlds of Fun. Griffin, Colby and I rode 4 roller coasters and went home.

My true love taking his family on a date. Casa has this cool tile in their entry way. It is a lot of steps up from Salty Iguana, which used to be in that space.

This is our neighbor who wrote an updated Rip Van Winkle musical and is trying to get it off the ground. One of the funniest and best parts of the night was the reception afterwards where we talked to Topper and Linda Johntz. Topper (same age as my dad) was carrying a full script and telling us (and the playwright neighbor) it was brilliant but there was no way it was going to get produced. It has 62 scene changes! And the lead actor was a good singer but a bad actor. Linda just laughed and told us it was good we were late and only saw the last half. It was better than the first half!

The hotel where we stayed when we came to look for a house in Kansas City, the Embassy Suites right across from the hospital, is set to be imploded this afternoon. I think it will be replaced by parking.