Summer is coming to an end & {Oh I wish it wasn't}

Well Kyle's school year has officially started.  Which means his summer is over, but we are still experiencing the 90 degree weather.  I loved the freedom and fun we had over the summer.  We made a lot of wonderful memories.  But with the start of school comes a structured schedule, but I see Kyle less---which I'm not a fan of!  I love being able to spend lots of time with him, he's my prince charming!  Today he and his friend Alex fixed the brakes on the car.  They were quite the handy men.  They are also going to work on the car's air and change the oil next week.  Kyle's working, I'm blogging and watching TV.  I need to find a new hobby.  I'm tired of cleaning all the time, doing laundry, watching TV, so I need a new hobby.  I'm burned out on sewing, maybe I'll start knitting again.  I don't know.  Any suggestions?  Well, tomorrow I'm going to school with Kyle.  He has a couple classes , but we're going to spend the day in the library---he has a lot of homework.  I am going to explore the Park University Library.  I'm excited, it sounds stupid, but I haven't been in a college library since 2009.  I love the library, I spent a lot of time there in college.  It was like my own little oasis for studying and doing homework.  So, back to the library I go tomorrow!  I'm going to take my laptop, books, and a journal.  I'm hoping for inspiration :) This blog is so scatter brained.  Sorry to anyone who may read this.  I love blogs, I don't know or really care if people read them, but they are just a way for me to get all these random things out of my head.  It's so wonderful!  I may even bring crayons to the library :)  Well I'm not really sure what else to say, without rambling on and on. So.........Cheers until next time!

Hello blog world, I'm alive.

Well, hello there.  It's been over a month since my last blog.  SO. SO. SO. much has gone in our lives since my last post.  Kyle and I have been on a missions trip and vacation.  We have had a great summer.  I will do my best to relive the last month of our lives the best I can.
Well, let me start with the beginning.

Wisconsin Mission Trip

Kyle had drill the weekend we left for Wisconsin, so we weren't able to leave to for our trip until Sunday afternoon.  We left Missouri and headed for Illinois.  We made it to Illinois Sunday night, and stayed with my parents.  Monday, before we left, I was able to spend time in the pool with my mom and the Buskirks (Pam, Whitney, Tabytha, Mallory, and Charlie), I know they all aren't Buskirks, but that's how I'm describing them today.  It was so good to see them, but the fun had to end and we had to get back on the road.   Kyle and I arrived in Wisconsin, just in time for the first activities of the week. Campers were making crafts, playing games and swimming.  Later in the week we spent a day at a paint ball park.  Campers were able to play bags, frisbee golf, go on paddle boats and kayaks, and shoot paintball guns.  At the end of the day medals were given out, and the campers loved it!  The trip ended with a great talent show, full of fun and laughs!  Our missions trip was so much fun.  We saw old friends, and met some new ones.  Inspiration Ministries will always hold a special place in our hearts.  We headed back to Illinois on Friday to stay with my parents for the weekend.

Ohio

Well, I got to go on a surprise vaca.  I ended up being able to go on vaca with my family, while Kyle came home and worked and went to school.  I have the greatest hubster EVER!  I went with my family to Ohio to visit some family, we also went to New York to Niagara Falls.  It was just as beautiful as I remembered.  In Ohio we visited my moms sister and her family.  They live in amish country.  We saw amish people and buggies all over.  It was fun seeing family, plus we got to meet my cousins new baby, Thomas.  We also visited more family on our way home.  We had a nice family dinner together.  We went back home, for a day and then off for another week of vaca!

Madison

Well we came back from week 1 of vacation to make sure things on the home front were good.  AND to pick up the loved ones!  On Monday, Kyle and Ashley came to our house and we left for Madison.  It was so nice!  We had so much fun there!  While staying in Madison, we visited a lot of places.  We went to Louisville, KY a lot.  We visited the Louisville Zoo, and it was really nice.  It was just super hot when we went there.  After the zoo, we went to dinner and the mall.  We also visited the Louisville Slugger Museum and the Creation Museum.  We spent some time at Clifty Falls State Park pool.  We walked around downtown Madison, and also checked out some restaurants.  We played games, and relaxed in the wonderful home.  Ah, we had a great time!

Home Sweet Home

Now I've been home for a little over a week.  The first week home I spent nannying full time for Olivia and Gregory.  We had a fun, busy week.  We swam, went out to do things, and played games.  It was such a HOT week!  This week, I'm working on my house, and things I have to do here.  I need to get my sub certificates switched over, so I am able to sub this school year.

Until next time! Cheers!   

Summer is Busy!

Well, I must say, summer is busy and I love it!  I love having things to do, even if it's just going to the pool!  I must admit I especially love going to the pool, it's one of my favorite summer things to do!  Well, I feel like Kyle and I this summer have done a lot and still have a lot to do.  We've visited my parents, he's taking summer classes (I feel like I'm taking them as well), we're making things, I'm sewing here and there, going to Royals baseball games, spending time with friends, being at the pool, and we have travel plans!  Last week we went down town to see The Band Perry for free!  It was awesome, but incredibly hot! I love them!  The entire time they were on stage, it just seemed like they were having fun.  It made the concert really fun! I also nannied for two kids 2 weeks of the summer, and will resume in August.  They are a lot of fun and super nice kids!

-----Break-----

----Kyle's taking me for ice cream----

Well ice cream was great!  We also made a stop at CVS because poor Kyle is suffering from a bad earache.  Poor guy, he doesn't complain about being sick or in pain ever, but this is really bothering him.  We bought some drops and I hope they make him feel better, we've got a lot going on this week and next.  Tomorrow we're babysitting for Luke and Alana!  We haven't seen them all week, it's definitely going to be fun!  Saturday and Sunday Kyle has drill, and Sunday we make our way to Wisco.  We're stopping to stay the night at my parents, and making the rest of the trip Monday.  We are going on a missions trip to Inspiration Ministries with the team from my Dad's church.  It's were Kyle and I met, so it's pretty special. Even if we didn't meet there, it would still be special to us, it's just a great place.  Needless to say we are excited!  After Wisconsin, we're coming home for a week, then vacation time with my family!  I am also VERY excited for that too!  Well I need to take care of my aching hubster, until next time!

A little late...

The past two days (now it's been a while...), I've spent my evenings with Luke and Alana.  More so Luke than Alana.  Yesterday I spent the most time with awake Alana than I ever have.  It was so much fun!  All three of us played, laughed, and had a fun night!  Alana, being the observant baby she is stopped smiling the minute she saw my phone, so there were no smiling photos of her.  Luke on the other hand loves when I get my phone out, he prefers videos to photos.  He loves to watch them back, they are super fun to him! I just can't get the video to upload to my blog...bummer.   I love it, both babies were so happy!  

Alana, checking out my phone.  She was smiling just before--even letting little giggles out!

Weekend Bliss {also could be a photo shrine of Luke}

Kyle and I had a great weekend!  On Saturday we met our friends Jon and Rebecca at the city market for a fun morning.  Kyle and I brought Luke with us, and I think he had a blast too!  He had breakfast in the car on the way down there.  He road around the market in his stroller and he and Kyle also went exploring.  Luke led the way, Kyle let him out of the stroller and followed him all over.  On their way back to finding the rest of us, they found a super entertaining magician.  He pulled a bowling ball out of his floppy hat!  Like always we bought lots of wonderful, yummy produce, and this time I found homemade hummus and all natural organic, locally made whole wheat pita bread! Yum!  Luke also played in a super big puddle and dumped the left over water he had in it to make it bigger.  He was screaming his excited scream and hopping around the puddle!  So cute!  It also happened to be the 6 month marker for Kyle and I being married.  It was a really fun way to spend our day.  Here are the photos from our little trip to the market!

Little Lukester doing his best to share his milk with Kyle

Kyle giving it back ( don't worry, we were waiting for our friends to come, Kyle wasn't driving still)

He's not mad here, just laughing at funny cousin Kyle.

Making silly faces with Kyle

There's the Luke smirk!

The delicious bottle of water and AWESOME straw Luke got.   The straw may have been his favorite part of the day!

The yummy hummus and pita bread.  He couldn't get enough of it.  Great snack!

I don't know how to rotate this photo but more pita goodness.

Oh the beloved straw.  He was also stomping around  in a super fun puddle.  

Looking at all the booths there.

Love this photo.

My flowers from the market!

 After our trip to the market, we took Luke home.  He was a little disappointed.  After dropping him off, the schillings came over to hang out and have lunch!  We had calzones! also yummy!  Saturday night we ended up at Buffalo Wild Wings, it was UFC night.  The Schillings met up with us too.  It was freezing in there!  We watched all the fights and ate until I thought I was going to die.  I also had the new strawberry lime bite mojito.  It was delicious!  Saturday was a very fun day!

Sunday, we went to church.  There was a missionary speaker there who lived in Honduras.  After church we went out to lunch with the Schillings and other people from church.  We met this guy named Joe, I think.  He was so particular.  He vacuumed his carpets perfectly so the lines were symmetric.  No one was allowed to wear shoes or bare feet in him home.  The foot oils are too much for him.  He made everyone wear socks, and there were some rooms no one was allowed in.  He only went in them to clean them.  He was crazy.  I don't know.  Just an interesting guy.  Had his own supply of hospital shoe covers for people too. Whoa.  Extreme.  Anyways we had fun at lunch.  The photo below was the BBQ place we were supposed to go to but they were closed.  This place is attached to a gas station, but supposedly world famous.  Crazy Kansas/ Missourians.  I was willing to try it, but I am not a huge fan of going to eat at the gas station....Cheers until next time!

Farmers Market

Kyle and I went to the farmers market this morning for some fresh produce and fun.  It's always nice to be outside, even if it's cloudy today.  I love looking at everything people are selling there, I love the produce, flowers, homemade goodies, and all the other entertainment there.  While we were there, we ran into Dan, Damara and Dan's family who were in town for the weekend. We were all watching this man juggle knives while on a unicycle.  He was very familiar looking, Kyle and I think we've seen him at the renaissance festival.  We bought a bunch of great produce today, I can't wait to use it!  Kyle also bought me a bouquet of   peonies!  I LOVE peonies!

Play Date with Luke

Today, I went to hang out with Damara, Dan, Luke, and Alana.  It was a fun filled day.  Luke and I went to Zona Rosa, an outdoor shopping mall with an indoor play place.  We played for a while until the big kids came and went a little too wild and crazy!  Luke's favorite thing to do was walk through the door of this little house and slide out the window!  He was so much fun!

Here's a video of Luke going through the window!

He also loved getting on the little animals that were scattered about the play area

Here he is jumping on the fish!

Trying to climb on the frog's head

Coming out the window!  Too funny!