It's all about Love

Pets can really teach your children about how to love, to be gentle and caring

London used to yell at the cats to get off her bed

Nixon has now become part of her bedtime routine

He joins us for songs & prayer

Nixon is no longer my kitty - he is London's kitty

At least that is what she says - I have to disagree

I'm the "Cat Lady" of the house

Right?  My darling husband.

Road Trip

We met Jay, Leslie & Brianna in Amarillo, TX this past weekend

We were celebrating the 1 year anniversary of the kidney transplant

Why Amarillo?  It was a half-way point

You ask what is there to do in Amarillo?

After eating my Texas shaped waffle (only in TX would they have these)

We headed out to Cadillac Ranch

Cadillac Ranch is one of the more recognizable and bizarre roadside attractions in the country. 10 vintage Cadillacs are buried up to their backseat in a wheatfield (with cows) rising out of the earth at the same angle as Cheops Pyramid in Egypt.

We had to walk in the snow, mud, and cow manure about 1/4 mile.  It was definately different, not sure if I would go back again, but at least we would remember this tourist site.  Brianna just couldn't understand why anyone would ever do anything like this.  Yes, it was very hokey, redneck, bizarre thing.  If we remember one this from this weekend - it will probably be the walk about to the Cadillacs.

After the excitement of Cadillac Ranch

We headed to Discovery Center - hands on for kids

This was a really cool place - it was set up very well

We all had fun trying different things

 Russ laying on a bed of nails

This bubble station was really cool

they even had it where you could enclose yourself  in a bubble

There was so much that London could do and that Brianna also had fun with

More better than Exploration Place in Wichita

More to do and kid friendly for all ages

When in Amarillo you have to go to "The Big Texan" 

Home of the Free 72 oz Steak

that is if you can eat it and all the trimmings in 60 minutes

None of us tried it

the food was great - Hugh portions

London's meal came in a cowboy hat and she got to keep it

in the photo below look how ginormous her hamburger is 

They had slot machines, a shooting gallery, crazy pictures, and this giant rocking chair

Being in this place reminded me of Wall Drug Store in the Dakotas

 

Afterwards we decided to relax at the hotel

The girls and Russ had a good time swimming 

It was a great day

Interesting sights

Good food

and a great time with family

It is hard to believe that it has been a year already

We are so thankful all that we have been given this year

It is really great to see these two guys looking so great

I am glad we were able to get together for a weekend

to celebrate something so wonderful

"LIFE"

Pancakes

Russ was gone the last week of January

I tried to do something special with London each day

My daughter loves pancakes - one evening I decided to have pancakes for supper

London was so excited about this and was very surprised at the idea of having pancakes for supper??

We had all kinds of goodies

London didn't want any toppings on her pancakes - just beside them

She said she LOVED this - it was fun having pancakes for supper

This was my first stack

chocolate syrup

strawberries

whip cream

chocolate chips

mmmmm - -  very yummy

Isn't this a great mixing bowl?

Found it in Ohio at Christmas

Kansas Weather

This is how things looked last Wednesday, Feburary 8th

We ended up with 17 inches of SNOW

This is today, one week later, February 16th

73 degrees

a trip to the zoo 

CrAzY kAnSaS Weather!