Audrey's Birthday Party, and Amber's, and Eric's.

Audrey opening presents...

Hapy Birthday to Audrey, Amber, and Eric.

America's Best Places to Live

When I tell people I'm from Kansas they immediately imagine Dorothy, cows, and tornados... but according to yahoo's top story of the day Kansas isn't so bad. Told ya so.

No. 9: Overland Park, Kans.




Population: 166,700

Miles from Kansas City: 10

Typical single-family home: $275,000

Job growth since 2000: 16.8%

Pros: Reasonably priced housing, great job market

Con: Sometimes feels a little too planned

Overland Park’s flat terrain and grid layout don’t provide much drama, but for its residents, reasonable housing prices, good jobs and proximity to Kansas City, Mo. are excitement enough. “I’ve had a lot of opportunities to move,” says Chris Price, 46, a manager at an engineering consulting firm, “but the quality of life has always kept us here.” The city (where Sprint Nextel employs 12,000 people) recently began building a dozen soccer fields to host national tournaments—good news for local businesses. There are six major medical centers here too, and schools are among the best in the nation. Happily, development hasn’t paved over the green space: The Arboretum and Botanical Gardens covers 300 lush acres, for example.

Fireworks in DC

Waiting for the fireworks to begin. It was raining off and on, but stopped in time for the show.



Me, Katie, and Rene.


The sea of people.

Boston Birthday

Ogunquit, Maine




Boston Commons


Mollie, Kara, some colonial man, and Heather downtown.




Heather and I at Faneuil Hall.


Riding on the T.

Road Trippin'

As some of you may or may not know about a week and a half ago I went up to Boston for a visit. My friend Sam and I then flew to Kansas on Mother's Day and drove her car all the way back to Boston. It was an awesome time and I have a lot of great pictures...



Back Bay Fens. Gorgeous Trees.



I got to see Mom even if only for a couple of hours.



First Stop... Indianapolis. The hotel clerk gave us a great room with a view.



Sam in downtown Indy.



Then onto Buffalo, NY. I don't recommend it.




Then randomly we saw a sign for Palmyra and had to check it out.



Sam rediscovers her favorite childhood plant. Elephant leaves of some sort.



So do I.



We like this grove. Let's get to Boston already.

We made it. 21 hours total. Broken up into a 3 day adventure. One speeding ticket (Ohio) Sam was driving, maybe some toll tickets coming our way (we forgot we needed cash for tolls in MA so EZpass lane illegally... ha. oops.)

Chipotle

Today Audrey and I were leaving Gymboree and she looks at me and says, "we going to chipotle now." How can I say no to that? So we went and she looked so cute eating guacamole and chips. I love that we both love Chipotle.

Quote of the day

So sorry i haven't posted in a while, but I've been busy with work and school and blah blah blah. Anyways, I'm reading this book, What Dreams May Come, and I came across a line I really liked. It says, "That which you believe becomes your world." I agree. Boring post? Maybe. Thought provoking? I hope so.