Have I shared how much we like it here?? First of all, it has barely hit 90 degrees and it's July!!! And there is always fun stuff to do with the kids that's accessible...no traffic to fight!!! So, this past weekend we went to the Overland Park Farmer's Market. It's in cute downtown OP...street gets blocked off, lined with vendors of all sorts of fruit, veggies, bread, herbs, flowers, etc. We ate an amazing breakfast sandwich on the sidewalk, saw a really good little band perform, and popped inside a few cute shops. We got some good stuff to cook and grill that night, too! I just kept thinking how neat it was that we could do that with our family...I never got to do stuff like that! Then, Sunday after church, I heard about something on the Plaza near downtown KC called the "Duck Derby". I thought they put rubber ducks in this creek there and race them. Well, that was only
part of it! They also had streets blocked off, tents set up with all sorts of things for kids, food, free stuff, etc. If you "adopted" a duck to race, the proceeds went to a children's therapy center. They also had this group that played drums and danced come down the street and perform. They were of all ages and some were tiny, but amazingly talented! SO good and the kids loved watching them. Then, one of our local favs, "Funky Mama" performed and P&P sang and danced and Porter cried when it was all over.
So, it's not perfect here by any means, but we truly do love it! I think it's even appreciated more after having the longest winter ever of my life:) We still mourn the distance from friends and family and will always do so (but we sure love visits)!! Texas will always be our home. However, we are glad that this is our home away from home.
Have I shared how much we like it here?? First of all, it has barely hit 90 degrees and it's July!!! And there is always fun stuff to do with the kids that's accessible...no traffic to fight!!! So, this past weekend we went to the Overland Park Farmer's Market. It's in cute downtown OP...street gets blocked off, lined with vendors of all sorts of fruit, veggies, bread, herbs, flowers, etc. We ate an amazing breakfast sandwich on the sidewalk, saw a really good little band perform, and popped inside a few cute shops. We got some good stuff to cook and grill that night, too! I just kept thinking how neat it was that we could do that with our family...I never got to do stuff like that! Then, Sunday after church, I heard about something on the Plaza near downtown KC called the "Duck Derby". I thought they put rubber ducks in this creek there and race them. Well, that was only part of it! They also had streets blocked off, tents set up with all sorts of things for kids, food, free stuff, etc. If you "adopted" a duck to race, the proceeds went to a children's therapy center. They also had this group that played drums and danced come down the street and perform. They were of all ages and some were tiny, but amazingly talented! SO good and the kids loved watching them. Then, one of our local favs, "Funky Mama" performed and P&P sang and danced and Porter cried when it was all over.
2 weeks ago today, Tyler and I went with another couple to see Bon Jovi and Chris Daughtry!! What a fun night!!! Probably the biggest concert we've ever been to and it was a BLAST! We ate downtown with our friends, then walked over to the new Sprint Center. Thank goodness my mom gave us her umbrella when we dropped the kids off with her, because we would have been soaked...many people were! Anyway...we were high up, but it didn't matter--so fun (and my camera has a nice zoom!)! I think I want Tyler to get a Superman tattoo now:)
