Furniture amnesty day

 

Cameron has done an internship this summer at the city of Manhattan.  His big project for the summer was to help coordinate Furniture Amnesty Day.   He has worked really hard on this, and we told him we would come down for a while, see how the process worked and take him out for a celebratory dinner when it was over!   Here is what I learned.  You could make an appointment to have furniture picked up, you could make an appointment to drop your furniture off.  You like make an appointment to “shop” for free furniture.  At the end of the day, the city hauls off the leftovers at no cost.   There were a lot of people dropping and shopping!   I think it was a very successful event.  It was way too hot of a day for this sort of thing though.  Preston volunteered for a couple of hours.  I think he just wanted the shirt.  

 

While Cameron and Preston were amnestifing furniture, the girls and I went back to school shopping. I am happy to have that little task mostly done.   

Although I felt a little guilty, since the boys were out working in the heat, the girls and I spent some time at the Manhattan City park splash pad.  The girls had a lot of fun!  Luckily, between school shopping and some clothes Lauren gave them, we had dry stuff to put on to go to dinner!  

I was happy to get to have dinner with Cameron and Lauren.  It was nice to sit and visit with them for a while!   Lauren is in the process of moving, so I appreciate her stopping to visit with us!   

We also made a little stop off to get Preston and Quincy their second shots.   I am proud of them for making the decision to get vaccinated!  

It was a fun day in MHK!  

A Sunday Excursion

Grandma bought some tickets to the Auschwitz exhibit at Union Station in Kansas City.  The exhibit has some really amazing artifacts, extremely interesting testimonials, sickening historical facts, and leaves you with an overwhelming amount of sadness.  Preston and Quincy were really interested in the exhibit, and I was proud of how they walked through and looked over all of it.  We had a pretty good discussion about it on the way home.   

Apparently if you go to Kansas City, you also have to eat bbq food.  Grandma treated everyone to Jack Stack!   You can smell it for miles, and it definitely did not disappoint!   Thank you for a very nice day grandma!  

Just stuff

We had a great week with Colin around!   He came fishing and had dinner with us several evenings.  He also helped Quincy with her impossible ear black head.  I mean who doesn’t want to come home for that?   

Mallory landed, and is safe at home.  We are glad she had a fun trip.   I had to laugh about her coming home with a tattoo.  A few years ago, Colin went on a trip with friends, and also came home with a tattoo.  Let’s just say that perhaps Mallory made a more appropriate choice!  

We were happy to get to hang out with Evie one evening when Madison had to work.  She’s really taken off with her swimming, and stayed in the pool for a very long time.  She then played outside for a very long time, and by the time we gave her a bath and her mom got her, she was looking a little bit like a zombie.  I know the girls have missed seeing her every day!  So have I!   I am still having some issues with my incision, and am still restricted on lifting.  Hoping for better recovery and better news this week!  I miss my work buddy!  

Aaahhh evening!

It is so nice to have our evenings back!  The kids  have been swimming, and helping with some long overdue projects around here.  I truly love ball season, but it definitely is nice to be home!  

Colin is here this week for training in Topeka.  He and  Preston went fishing in the river and drug this bad boy out this morning!  They did not officially weigh it, but they guessed it to be around 50 pounds. 

Carlos, the great white hunter got ahold of this kitten.  He didn’t kill it, but now the mother will have nothing to do with it. Since it was in almost dead shape, we brought it inside.  The girls are now bottle feeding her until she can go to her new home.  Luckily, this one was already spoken for before this series of unfortunate events, so being tame isn’t too big of an issue.  

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Mallory seems to be having fun in Florida, but she obviously misses her girls.  She has been asking for photos.  Daisy Paige is a handful, and she wears us out!   Olive loves to play ball for hours and to run out the front door, and then come beg to be let in the back door.  I think I like them more when they live with Mallory!   

Sunday Fun bag

 

Today we had people everywhere!   Mallory spent the day at some Disney theme parks.  I admit, I will always have a special place in my heart for Disneyworld, and I wish I was in Florida with her!  At least today, tomorrow when she’s in teacher conferences, I will be happy I’m not there!   

Last weekend, when it was Quincy’s birthday, she said all she wanted was to go to World’s of Fun.   Colin was here, and he agreed to take her, but it was pouring down rain.  He is in a class this week in Topeka, so he said he would come back early and take anyone who wanted to go.  He even talked Cameron into driving up!  Harper immediately said she hates that place and she was staying home!   

Turns out, Saige doesn’t love the roller coasters quite as much as she thought she would.  Colin said they took the chicken exit a few more times than he cared to talk about.  They all got to ride enough to say they had fun!  

I offered to have a fun day with Harper, but she wasn’t sure what kind of a fun day she wanted to have.  Everything I suggested was quickly dismissed as lame.  She did want to try the New Mexican food place in Overbrook though!  We were not disappointed!   Since she had nothing better to do, we went ahead and took care of grocery shopping.  Harper also went to the pet store and picked out a few new fish and a snail she named Jeffrey.  She’s a pretty easy to please kid!  

At the end of the day, we all met in Harveyville for Quincy’s final game.  She started off the game with a monster hit for a triple.  Her team had a rough night with a lot of errors.   They lost by 2 in a really hard fought game.  The thing about this that was so hard, was that these girls have really bonded this season. They had a lot of success, a lot of fun, and they all just really like playing ball.  Quincy played amazingly, and I am so proud of her.   Ball season is now officially over for the summer.