Ma's Day Tailgate Party

One of the local churches set up a tailgate party which also happened to be Grandparent's Day or what I like to call "Ma's" Day.

Food trucks, bounce houses, slides, face painting and the Chiefs mascot KC Wolf were all on hand to celebrate the opening day of football season in Kansas City.

Best of all I was able to get an updated picture of me with Violet, Lincoln, Hazel, Goldie and Pearl.

Lots of fun and excitement for all ages.

Childhood Friends

There's something about getting together with friends from your childhood. They know all the fun stuff we did as kids.

Jana, Jamie, John, Jim and I got together for dinner at Jana and Jim's house. We laughed and laughed about things from grade school and high school but then things turned to kids, grandkids and ailments. I guess old friends still do old people stuff.

New Storm Day

I got a Grandparent's Day present a little early this year. I finally went to the top of Jamie's "To Do" list and he installed a new storm door for me.

I'm a little...okay...a lot claustrophobic and I like having my front door open. Nothing really happens in my neighborhood but it's nice to know if something does I'll be able to see it!

Football and Soccer

For the next few weeks, Saturdays will be spent at the football field and the soccer field.

Lincoln had his first tackle football game. That's him on the end in the maroon jersey. I wasn't very comfortable watching him go out on the field to play tackle football. There were a few boys I'd like to have checked their birth certificates. They were huge. But Lincoln seems to enjoy playing.

Later that day was Hazel's soccer game. Watching 7 year old girls play soccer is..what can I say...rather uneventful. The girls haven't quite learned to play a zone defense. It's just a bunch of little girls in a group trying to kick a ball. There are a few who seem a little more versed in the sport but not many. What a way to spend a Saturday. 

Starlight Theater - Neil Diamond - A Beautiful Noise

I haven't been to Starlight Theater in years. My best friend from high school invited me to go and see the Neil Diamond musical "A Beautiful Noise". It's the story of Neil Diamond's life. I didn't realize he started out by writing music for other artists. When the cast started singing "I'm a Believer" I turned to Jamie and said "wasn't that the Monkeys song?" Turns out it was written by Neil Diamond.

While the temperature was extremely hot, it's nice to have friends with season tickets next to the stage where you can feel the air conditioning. It made for a "Beautiful" night!

4th of July

It's not really 4th of July yet but Trish asked me to help her with her car so we took advantage of the day and went to breakfast and then shopping.

We finished off what should have been half a day but turned into the whole day with ice cream from Andy's. Now that's a 4th of July bang!

Milestone Anniversary

Melissa and Jamie celebrated a milestone anniversary - 20 years.

I offered to help Violet babysit so they could go out to dinner. There was a lot of pool time which made me very nervous. I kept counting heads to make sure no one was lost.

Add to that, Pearl wanted me to keep filling her water table so the water would rain down. Not a hard job but when she gave me the cup with holes in it, it was much harder to keep filling the upper trough.

We then went inside where I had 5 kids demanding my attention - reading books, playing with babies. Just goes to prove why we have kids when we're young. Happy Anniversary Melissa and Jamie. May you survive another 20!