Happy Birthday Trish & The Groundhog Sees His Shadow

Happy Birthday to Trish.

Last night Trish and her twin sister, Stephanie, celebrated their 45th birthday with a gathering at the Lunar Bowl in Blue Springs. Inside the Lunar Bowl is a bar called The Blue Moon featuring Karaoke music. Mostly a country bar but at least entertainment. Short night for me, Melissa and Teresa. The party didn't start until 7:00. We visited for about an hour then I had to hurry home to meet my 9:00 bedtime.

Also today is Groundhog Day. Of course Punxsutawney Phil saw is shadow which means 6 more weeks of winter. After the blizzard conditions and cold weather we've had in January, why does February have to start out with sunny skies and temperatures above average. Let's hope it stays this way so I can get to Vegas next Saturday for the Super Bowl watch party.

Updating My Blog

If you're reading this you know I'm terrible at updating my blog.

It doesn't matter if I make it a New Year's resolution or publicly proclaiming that I'll keep up with it. It just doesn't work for me. Mostly because I forget to take pictures of an event then get discouraged when the next thing happens and I don't post that.

I'd just quit posting on my blog but with NBT (new baby Taylor) coming in a few weeks, I have to keep up with my blog for at least another year. How else would I be able to complete NBT's baby book 5 years from now without documenting the important things that happen during the year. I'm going to try and keep up but no promises. Just keep checking back about once a month!

Cowboy Cookies

Teresa gave us canning jars fulls of ingredients for making cookies. I thought it might have been nicer to have baked the cookies first. My jar was bigger than the others because they were supposed to be for both me and Michael. 

I was scanning my pantry for a snack and saw the jar of cookie mix so I thought I'd bake the cookies. I was too lazy to make individual cookies so I made sheet pan cookies. They were very tasty. Good luck Michael with getting your share. I did freeze half the batch but I'm not sure they'll make it until the next time Michael decides to come visit.

Melissa's 42nd Birthday

It's hard to believe my baby is 42. I think I say this every year.

Dinner was at Texas Roadhouse. It's getting harder and harder to get a reservation at restaurants because the kids are getting close to out numbering the adults.

For our family this was also another Chiefs game. Not only a Chiefs game but the AFC Championship. When Melissa blew out the candle, we were all hoping she wished for a Chiefs win. And that's exactly what happened. Happy Birthday Melissa but most of all - THE CHIEFS ARE GOING BACK TO THE SUPER BOWL! 

Violet's Volleyball Mishap

Nothing like getting up and on the road by 7:00 in the morning with temperatures in the single digits to get downtown and stand in line for over 30 minutes to watch Violet play in a volleyball tournament.

Violet was all ready to start her tournament. She stood in line with her teammates during opening ceremonies then started her warm ups.

I should have known things would turn out bad with these terrible weather conditions. During warm ups a loose ball came hurtling towards Violet and smashed her hand back causing her to strain the tendons in her wrist. Long story short...she couldn't even play. Hopefully the healing process doesn't take too long,

Goldie's Blizzard Birthday

Well the blizzard knocked out all plans for the brunch scheduled for Goldie's 3rd birthday.

Not that Goldie would care. She prefers staying home and playing with her new doll house, her Barbie camper and Barbie ambulance.

If you're real lucky you might get to play with one of the Barbies for a short period of time. But don't do anything Goldie wouldn't do. She's very particular about her Barbies. Makes for a real treat when I have to babysit. Those items keep her completely occupied for hours.  The words on the back of her shirt tell it all...Sweet - Sassy - & Three. You people think the terrible twos are bad - try playing Barbies with Goldie!

All in all Goldie had the best birthday party she could have had. Too many people mean sharing too many Barbies. Happy Birthday Goldie!

Looks like Daddy brought you a birthday donut?

The Blizzard of 2025

Violet had a volleyball game on the day a blizzard was forecast. The blizzard wasn't supposed to start until 4:00 in the evening but Teresa and I left around 1:00 and decided against our plans to go to Rosedale's Barbecue and stopping to get polish sausage because ice was beginning to form on the roads.

Melissa left about an hour later and had a bit of trouble getting home. She got off the main road because as she says "it was a parking lot". But that decision turned into the wrong decision because as she crested the hill close to her house there was a truck fishtailing in front of her. In order to avoid hitting the truck, she chose the side of the road with a sign and struck it. Oops! Just confirms how much I hate winter.