Kansas City Trip

On Thursday, I went to Kansas City with some girls that I teach with.  We planned the trip for the last part of our spring break.  

We decided to gamble and get our hotel on Priceline.  Zach and I have done this a number of times before, but it is always scary.  We ended up getting an apartment-style hotel room for only $58 a night. On the door of the room, the price was listed as $249 per night.  What a steal!

As soon as we got to KC on Thursday, we got ready and went out.  

We took a shuttle downtown and had the driver drop us off at a fancy restaurant.  Apparently our idea of fancy is different than fancy in KC because the food was crazy expensive.  We actually ended up leaving and going across the street to another restaurant to eat.  The food there was delicious.

After dinner, we went around the corner to the Power and Light District.  We started at Tengo.  Most of the girls there pranced around in fluorescent tank tops and shorts with their bodies painted.  We didn't stay there long.

Then we went to Howl at the Moon, a dueling piano bar.  We loved every second of it.  The musicians were extremely talented and the music had a great variety.

At one point, I texted Zach that I wanted him to send me a picture of my family.  This is what I got.  Notice Zach in the corner.  It was so sweet!

On Friday, we got up and got ready to spend the day shopping.  After hours of shopping, we left the mall with lots of full bags.

Then, we got ready to go out again.

Night number 2.  

Before being at the Power and Light District, I couldn't picture it at all.  Here are a few shots of the outside.  There were bars and restaurants on all four sides.

Back to the piano bar

We got photo bombed.

Hayley and I ordered fun drinks

The second night of the dueling pianos was a lot different than the first.  Being a Friday night, the place was packed.  We still loved the music, just not the the other people at the bar.

It was so nice to get away for a few days with the girls.  I was definitely excited to see Monroe and Zach when I got back though.

Weekend in North Platte

 On Friday night, Zach, Monroe and I drove to North Platte to spend the weekend with my parents.  One of the purposes of our trip was to help my parents hang their headboard.  Last fall they brought two doors home from my great grandma's farm house.  They painted them and wanted them hung on the wall as a headboard.  For my mom's Christmas present, we told her we would come hang the doors.

The first thing we did was frame the back of the doors with 2x2s.

Then my dad painted the edge.

While the paint dried, we screwed 2x2s into the studs in the wall.  We also put the face plates and knobs on the doors.

Then, we hung the doors and screwed them in place.

 Here is the finished product with the bed in place.  It looks great in the room!

Monroe had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa's.  Although she asked about her cousins often, I think she enjoyed having my parents all to herself.  She liked rocking her baby in Grandma's chair.

We took Monroe for her first wagon ride while there.  She loved it!

Monroe and Grandpa

On Monday morning, we went to the park to feed the animals.  Monroe had no fear of the animals and let them take the bread straight out of her hand.

 After feeding the animals, we went to a playground to play.

Grandma and Monroe

While in North Platte, my mom and I went shopping at an antique shoppe.  I have been looking for an old dresser that we could redo for Monroe's room.

I found this dresser, and fell in love with it immediately.  We got it for only $45.

We don't need the dresser until Monroe is potty trained, so we plan to start redoing it this summer.  

We plan to do something like this with the dresser.

Going to North Platte was a great start to our spring break!

February Phone Dump

The first time Monroe tried on her big girl panties, she didn't want to take them off.  When it was time for bed, we compromised by putting her panties over her pajamas.

When Monroe was home sick with a stomach bug, she wanted to play in our bed.  The bed was covered with her toys.

Sick Day

 

Since Monroe got sick in the middle of the night at Grandma and Grandpas, she didn't get to open her present.  We FaceTimed with them while she opened her gift.  Monroe got a new teddy bear and her favorite--a sticker book.

Monroe and I were playing a game on my iPad.  She didn't like that these angels didn't have socks on.

Reading in the car

We used a broom to measure the snow on our snow day

Monroe wearing a onesie from my high school friend, Leslie

Driving the car cart for the first time.

Getting ready to go to Grandma and Grandpa's