For Valentine’s Day Chris got me an orchid plant! It is very beautiful and special because I love tropical flowers, including orchids. Hopefully I can keep it alive and enjoy it for a long time. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Category Archives: Holiday
Merry Christmas from Florida!
We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!
Christmas in Kansas
Since Chris and I will be with our families on Christmas, we celebrated our Christmas together a little early. Here we are with our gifts. We also got some cards from friends and family (thank you everyone; we love you!) I got an iTouch from Chris for Christmas and an iTunes gift card! The iTouch is...
Christmas Party
On Saturday Chris and I went to my work Christmas party. It warmed up a bit this weekend and was in the 40′s making our trip more bearable. It was fun because they did a lot of raffles for cash and prizes. Here I am with my winnings, $50 cash! Woo-hoo. The Christmas party was...
Our Thanksgiving Meal
For Thanksgiving this year we tried something new: we made Rock Cornish Hens for our protein. It tasted great and was something different for us to try. We also had some great mac ‘n’ cheese!
The 80th Annual KCP&L Plaza Lighting Ceremony
We decided to spend Thanksgiving Night on the Plaza in Kansas City. When we got there the traffic was already pretty bad and we couldn’t find anywhere to park besides the $20 and $10 lots that weren’t even actually in the plaza. We discovered the valet parking at The Capital Grille (cheaper than $10 and...
Operation Christmas Child
This week is the national collection week for Operation Christmas Child by the Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian international relief organization. It is a really good cause. It allows people like us to send a gift to a child in need, such as refugees, in a different country. Here’s our box that we created for a boy...