Deanna Rose Farmstead

We visited the farmstead in Overland Park today with my MOPS group. What a fun place!

7 Years Without Him...

May 17, 1983 - September 16, 2006

Photo taken Christmas 2006

Molly - Panama City Beach, FL

Sammy's favorite beach

13th Wedding Anniversary

Labor Day marked our 13th weddin anniversary. Geez, has it been that long? :-D We celebrated by going on a morning canoe adventure at Clinton Lake. Linkan and Palmer had all sorts of fun finding "treasures" such a clam shells, frogs, snakes, bugs, and cool looking rocks. We got very close to a beautiful bald eagle. The weather was perfect. We had a perfect day hanging out together. I included the last two pics of Link because she was totally naked (swimsuit was making her cold), sitting in the bag seat, eating popcorn and making silly fads with Palmer. They were cracking each other up!

Silly Face!

Ben's Broken Heel

He is the habanero to my vanilla. Life would be so boring without him. :-) Broke his heel while bouldering on the rock wall in the garage the night before Palmer's second birthday. Thankfully, it wasn't a bad break and doc hopes that he will be able to walk on it without assistance in about 6 weeks. 

 

Palmer Turns 2!

Wow, what a fun day we had celebrating my precious baby's 2nd birthday! All of Palmer's favorites were there. Both sets of grandparents, our special friend Jing, Uncle Tim & Aunt Rach and of course, Aunt MoMo. 

Palmer woke up to a room full of balloons and chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast.  We did a loosely-themed-bubble party. She got a bubble machine for her birthday and that was a hit. Uncle Tim made home-made Korean Pho. Yum yum! Everybody loved it. My tummy so happy. I made Palmer's cake and I have to admit that it sure was delish. 

Palmer was given such special and thoughtful gifts by everyone that came. Linkan even got some gifts. What's up with that?!? ;-) (Linkan has been taking the adorable Pony from Jing with her EVERYwhere.) Molly took Grampy's stepstool (it was his as a child), painted it and wrote her name on it. Too cute. The highlight of the day was unveiling the baby cradle that was refurbished and given to Palmer. Grampy fixed up the vintage find, Gramy painted it and our friend Rhonda made a special quilt and bedding to match. So much love put into that special gift for her. Palmer plays with it nearly every day. She also got THE most adorable monkey apron, handmade by Grandma P. She walks around with her apron and monkey bag (also made by Grandma P) like she is hot stuff. 

Palmer had a wonderful day. Quite a contrast from her first birthday (a little overwhelmed!). I love the little person that she is now and is becoming. She is Ben's personality inside my body...so it's easy for me to understand and love her. She makes you work for smiles if you are new to her but once you're in the fold, you're golden. She is feisty. I won't have to worry about whether she will be able to stand up for herself. No doubt. She is an observer. She studies things and is cautious...but once she makes up her mind, she is fearless. Her speech is above the cut. She talks and enunciates so well that I regularly get comments when we are out in public. She loves playing with babies. She loves to ask questions. She loves making us crack up. Recently, she has started telling me randomly through out the day, "I love my daddy." She loves her big sister. 80% of the time, they play well together. Linkan makes up a pretend world and she will

play and go right along with it. The other 20% of the time involves not sharing and shrieking. Haha

At her 2 year check up, she was 7%tile in weight (that is up from the last visit!) and 29% in height. She has grown 2 inches in 6 months! 

She is a blessing, an absolute gem and I love her so.

First Day of Preschool - 2013

This is Linkan's second year of preschool. She goes two mornings a week and absolutely loves it! This year, her teachers are Ms. Willis and Ms. Winn. Their first introduction to Miss Linkan was huge hugs from her. That's how my little bug rolls.   

Gage Park Train/Carousel/Discovery Center