We played Quirkle.
That's some bottle of wine!
10 p.m. bedtime for Ali.
Sparking apple cider and champagne at midnight.
12:01 a.m. - it's 2018!
Sunday, December 31, 2017
New Year's Eve 2017
(I created this post in Aug. 2018, so I can't really remember what we did. That's why there's just mostly photos 😒.)
We played Quirkle.
That's some bottle of wine!
10 p.m. bedtime for Ali.
Sparking apple cider and champagne at midnight.
12:01 a.m. - it's 2018!
We played Quirkle.
That's some bottle of wine!
10 p.m. bedtime for Ali.
Sparking apple cider and champagne at midnight.
12:01 a.m. - it's 2018!
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Kansas Underground Salt Museum
We haven't been here in a while...2010 to be exact. Here's what the boys looked like then...
And here they are now.
We dug for salt rocks. No one licked the wall this time.
We all took our picture by the pick axe...
And here they are now.
We dug for salt rocks. No one licked the wall this time.
We all took our picture by the pick axe...
Monday, December 25, 2017
Christmas 2017
(I created this post in Aug. 2018, so I can't really remember what we did. That's why there's just mostly photos 😒.)
Christmas Eve.
This interesting one was a re-enactment of one the grandchildren took in 12 years ago...
Newport Grill. The wine was very "approachable."
Christmas Day. It's after 9 a.m. and the boys are not awake yet.
Ali is annoyed.
Best stocking stuffers: Adam and his shredded cheese, Zach and his hot pockets.
Played some games. Scattegories. This is when mom put down s*** for a four-letter word that started with "s."
Bananagrams.
Glasses with lights!
Adam got Vans.
Zach got a robe.
Santa brought the family a robot vacuum cleaner. We named it Jeffrey.
Christmas Eve.
This interesting one was a re-enactment of one the grandchildren took in 12 years ago...
Newport Grill. The wine was very "approachable."
Ali is annoyed.
Best stocking stuffers: Adam and his shredded cheese, Zach and his hot pockets.
Played some games. Scattegories. This is when mom put down s*** for a four-letter word that started with "s."
Bananagrams.
Glasses with lights!
Adam got Vans.
Zach got a robe.
Santa brought the family a robot vacuum cleaner. We named it Jeffrey.
Friday, December 15, 2017
No More Brace Face!
December 7 - Adam's braces off!
December 14 - My braces off!
Disclaimer: I'm miffed I got mine on a full year before Adam, and he got his off before me.
December 14 - My braces off!
Disclaimer: I'm miffed I got mine on a full year before Adam, and he got his off before me.
Sunday, December 3, 2017
December soccer
Um...outdoor soccer in December in Kansas? It can work when it's sunny and 65 degrees!
This is Zach...
Under the lights!
This is Adam. See that ball way up there?
Team dinner at Red Robin after...
This is Zach...
Under the lights!
This is Adam. See that ball way up there?
Team dinner at Red Robin after...
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Haul out the holly...
Since everyone was in bed at 8 p.m. last night, I was up at 5 a.m. on Saturday (the weekend after Thanksgiving). Nothing to do except...decorate for Christmas?
I basically had our house decked out before anyone else woke up.
When Scott finally walks into the living room: "Um...how long was I asleep?"
Awww...how sweet. Two brothers playing a nice game of Connect 4. They must be really bored.
This is what you get when you ask teenage boys to "put these bins in the spare bedroom." 🙄
I basically had our house decked out before anyone else woke up.
When Scott finally walks into the living room: "Um...how long was I asleep?"
Awww...how sweet. Two brothers playing a nice game of Connect 4. They must be really bored.
This is what you get when you ask teenage boys to "put these bins in the spare bedroom." 🙄
Saturday, November 25, 2017
London, Baby! November 23-24 | Thanksgiving!
Post 4 of 4 about our London trip
Thursday, November 23 - Thanksgiving Day
We ate lunch before Pam, Ted, Lisa and Jason left. There was no place open for lunch before 11 a.m., so we ate at the little coffee shop next door to the hotel.
I was finally able to change the “old” pounds to new pounds. Papa had given us some extra pounds from their visit in 2015, but that version of coin is no longer in service.
We rode the tube to Hyde Park and walked to Kensington Palace.
We walked through the sunken garden (a week later Prince Harry and Megan Markle will announced their engagement here).
We toured the King and Queen’s quarters and viewed the special exhibition, "Diana: Her Fashion Story." The exhibit was a collection of dresses and clothes that Princess Diana wore. It told why she wore it and where...*I* thought it was interesting...the males were bored.
We walked down Kensington street where we saw lots of American stores. England does not celebrate Thanksgiving so it was business as usual in London. Since it was Thanksgiving Day...we dined in style...ordering from the kiosk at McDonald’s.
Our Thanksgiving meal!
Tasted exactly like American McDonalds!
Near our hotel there was a cool "art gallery" or underground tunnel full of graffiti.
Friday, November 24
Bye bye London! We headed to Heathrow in the morning for a 12:15 p.m. flight. We took the tube to Paddington station, then got on a train. Checking our bags and going through security was pretty fast...the airport was not busy at all, contrary to what U.S. airports might be like today.
Scott got stopped at security for his bottle of booze. They had to check it before they would let him through.
We arrive in Chicago and have 1.5 hours to get our bags, go through immigration and customs and get to the next terminal for our flight. The line at immigration was super long, and for a while, we didn't know if we were going to make our next flight. We did see a cute drug smelling dog at the airport, so there's that.
We arrived back in Wichita at 6:45 p.m. - but to us it felt like 2:45 a.m.
Another crisis! I leave my backpack in the taxi-it has my laptop in it! Scott rushed back to the airport while I call the taxi service. I couldn't remember which service we used, but luckily there's only three in Wichita. The first one I called was able to help me...crisis averted and I got my laptop back!
Everyone is in bed by 8 p.m.
We ate lunch before Pam, Ted, Lisa and Jason left. There was no place open for lunch before 11 a.m., so we ate at the little coffee shop next door to the hotel.
I was finally able to change the “old” pounds to new pounds. Papa had given us some extra pounds from their visit in 2015, but that version of coin is no longer in service.
We rode the tube to Hyde Park and walked to Kensington Palace.
We walked through the sunken garden (a week later Prince Harry and Megan Markle will announced their engagement here).
We toured the King and Queen’s quarters and viewed the special exhibition, "Diana: Her Fashion Story." The exhibit was a collection of dresses and clothes that Princess Diana wore. It told why she wore it and where...*I* thought it was interesting...the males were bored.
We walked down Kensington street where we saw lots of American stores. England does not celebrate Thanksgiving so it was business as usual in London. Since it was Thanksgiving Day...we dined in style...ordering from the kiosk at McDonald’s.
Our Thanksgiving meal!
Tasted exactly like American McDonalds!
Near our hotel there was a cool "art gallery" or underground tunnel full of graffiti.
Friday, November 24
Bye bye London! We headed to Heathrow in the morning for a 12:15 p.m. flight. We took the tube to Paddington station, then got on a train. Checking our bags and going through security was pretty fast...the airport was not busy at all, contrary to what U.S. airports might be like today.
Scott got stopped at security for his bottle of booze. They had to check it before they would let him through.
We arrive in Chicago and have 1.5 hours to get our bags, go through immigration and customs and get to the next terminal for our flight. The line at immigration was super long, and for a while, we didn't know if we were going to make our next flight. We did see a cute drug smelling dog at the airport, so there's that.
We arrived back in Wichita at 6:45 p.m. - but to us it felt like 2:45 a.m.
Another crisis! I leave my backpack in the taxi-it has my laptop in it! Scott rushed back to the airport while I call the taxi service. I couldn't remember which service we used, but luckily there's only three in Wichita. The first one I called was able to help me...crisis averted and I got my laptop back!
Everyone is in bed by 8 p.m.
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
London, baby! November 21-22
Post 3 of 4 about our London trip.
Tuesday, November 21
Tour of Wembely Stadium.
At a "press conference."
Messi's jersey...we also saw David Beckham's too.
The white things on the field are used to simulate sunlight, to help the grass grow!
In the stadium.
This arc lights up a night and will display the winning team's colors. It's also shoots fireworks.
We also visited Selfridge’s department store. Near the store. The part of town had a lot of Christmas decorations hung above the streets.
Then we rode the London Eye. It moves one mile per hour...total rotation was about 30 minutes. It was originally built to celebrate the Millennium and caused a controversy in London. Some thought it looked too "new age" and didn't go with all the old buildings and such. So the plan was to run it for five years. Well, it became a tourist attraction and brought in lots of money...so...it still stands 15 years later!
View from the top!
Each capsule can hold about 30 people. There were only about 10 in ours.
Bird's eye view of Parliament and Big Ben.
Nighttime (or 4:30 p.m. 😂).
Wednesday, November 22
A visit to London isn't complete without a little Harry Potter. We rode the tube to the King’s Cross train station to visit Platform 9¾.
We waited in line to get our picture taken, then spent about an hour in the Harry Potter store...well, not all of us went in the store! We ended up buying three Deathly Hallows symbol keychains, a Platform 9 ¾ notepad, sign that says “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.” (the phrase to activate the Marauduer's Map).
Kings Cross train station.
We tried to go to Postal Museum but the fire alarm went off while we were there. We also found out that tickets had to be bought in advance.
We walked to a neighborhood pub for lunch.
The doorknobs are in the middle of the door.
Then on to St. Paul’s Cathedral...a huge church! It was ornate (more so than Westminister Abbey). St. Paul's was where Princess Diana and Charles got married.
We climbed 257 steps to the Whispering Gallery and saw where a bomb had hit the cathedral in 1940. We walked back over to Thames on the “wibbly-wobbly bridge” – Millennium Bridge. This bridge swayed so much when built, they had to close it for two years to make it more sturdy. It was destroyed in the Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 1 movie.
Then walked to an outdoor market for dinner.
Brough's Market.
Tuesday, November 21
Tour of Wembely Stadium.
At a "press conference."
Messi's jersey...we also saw David Beckham's too.
The white things on the field are used to simulate sunlight, to help the grass grow!
In the stadium.
This arc lights up a night and will display the winning team's colors. It's also shoots fireworks.
We also visited Selfridge’s department store. Near the store. The part of town had a lot of Christmas decorations hung above the streets.
Then we rode the London Eye. It moves one mile per hour...total rotation was about 30 minutes. It was originally built to celebrate the Millennium and caused a controversy in London. Some thought it looked too "new age" and didn't go with all the old buildings and such. So the plan was to run it for five years. Well, it became a tourist attraction and brought in lots of money...so...it still stands 15 years later!
View from the top!
Each capsule can hold about 30 people. There were only about 10 in ours.
Bird's eye view of Parliament and Big Ben.
Nighttime (or 4:30 p.m. 😂).
Wednesday, November 22
A visit to London isn't complete without a little Harry Potter. We rode the tube to the King’s Cross train station to visit Platform 9¾.
We waited in line to get our picture taken, then spent about an hour in the Harry Potter store...well, not all of us went in the store! We ended up buying three Deathly Hallows symbol keychains, a Platform 9 ¾ notepad, sign that says “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.” (the phrase to activate the Marauduer's Map).
Kings Cross train station.
We tried to go to Postal Museum but the fire alarm went off while we were there. We also found out that tickets had to be bought in advance.
We walked to a neighborhood pub for lunch.
The doorknobs are in the middle of the door.
Then on to St. Paul’s Cathedral...a huge church! It was ornate (more so than Westminister Abbey). St. Paul's was where Princess Diana and Charles got married.
We climbed 257 steps to the Whispering Gallery and saw where a bomb had hit the cathedral in 1940. We walked back over to Thames on the “wibbly-wobbly bridge” – Millennium Bridge. This bridge swayed so much when built, they had to close it for two years to make it more sturdy. It was destroyed in the Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 1 movie.
Then walked to an outdoor market for dinner.
Brough's Market.
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