Golf Girl

Wesley enjoyed her second year with The First Tee Golf Academy.  She really improved her strokes and her 9 core values golf knowledge (Grayson opted out of golf saying it made no sense to her to hit a ball, chase it and hit it again!)

She even got to play in a golf tournament with her dad!

Doggie duty

Got an email from a  complete stranger named Tonia from Florida that need help with transporting a rescue dog from Macon, GA to Aurora, CO.  She was setting up 3 days worth of travel for Blondie, a small labbie mix that was granted a one day reprieve from euthanasia at a high kill facility and was adopted by a lovely young couple in Colorado.  Tonia needed somewhere for the dog to sleep last Wednesday night and to be driven to Abilene for the remainder of her trip on Thursday.

This is Blondie, she was only here a few hours but was a sweet girl!!  We loved being a part of this rescue!!

Kansas City fun

We all enjoyed a family filled long weekend trip to KC this past weekend. 

 The kids had a great time with their cousins celebrating Chloe's (far right) 5th birthday!

Beckham was inducted into the Superman Club thanks to Luke (who bought him this cute shirt!!)

The adults even got a chance to have a night out watching a (losing) Royals game while Mimi and Papa hung out with the kids.

And then there were 4...

Hard to believe that my due date is just 10 weeks away.  We hadn't really committed ourselves to having a 4th baby...sometimes the days are so crazy with 3 but we are so excited to have her join our family!  Here's a sneak peek of girl #3, baby #4 at the last of her 12 weeks in a row sonograms.  (Won't see her again until 32 weeks!)

28 weeks

28 weeks (ALWAYS has her hand up at her face!)

Lots more updates to come about our pregnancy journey with "the misses" in days and weeks to come!

My binky boy

All of my kiddos have loved binkys (parental laziness) but this kid may be my toughest to ween!  Maybe its because he is my baby (not for long) or because he is so darn cute but momma knows its time to potty train and get that binky out!!

Gift Store Galore

I am finally done working at the Flint Hills Discovery Gift Store.  What had started out with a friend nearly begging me to layout, design and purchase for the FHDC gift store turned out to be a very challenging yet rewarding job.  Having worked in retail I knew I could handle product selection but I never knew how much work it took to completely design cabinets, fixtures, select art and work with the many contractors that it takes to make it all come together.  I learned so much and really loved the purchasing part of the job.  Sales exceeded expectations and it was hard to let go of "my second retail baby" but with 3 kiddos at home and one arriving soon...it was best and even better that I got to hand it off to a great friend that will keep the ball rolling.  Thanks to Melissa for trusting that I could do this!!  Here a few (not really great) photos of my accomplishments!

Finished the cabinets to match some of the other finishes in the center.

Had to cover what was once a wall of standards with some beautiful moveable shelving.

Selected art (with the help of other staff) that would fill some of the space-thanks Liz Workman for a beautiful photo!

All the product in the store must relate to the Flint Hills...now that is something I REALLY had to research!

Somewhat of an overview of the store!

For the dogs

As many of you know I am a huge animal lover and would do just about anything to save an animal of any sort.  While my networking on Facebook may drive some crazy, it actually has resulted in saving a few dogs lives here and there which is all I can ask for since my husband said he would move out if I adopted another animal.  Grayson and Wesley have had several lemonade stands over the past year or so and have wanted to donate their earnings to the Humane Society. I have never taken the time to drive them out to the shelter for fear I would return with a new furry friend.  When we stopped at a yogurt shop few weeks ago there was also a benefit for the Humane Society so we ran home to get their donation.  The group was so appreciative that the girls chose to donate their $45 plus change to their organization that they wanted to honor them at their monthly meeting.  So proud of my girls generous hearts!!