-Lisa, Rusty & Emme Visit KC-

Lisa, Rusty and Emme came for a quick visit the last week of October, I was so excited to see them! Emme has really grown since I had last seen her in July. Rusty did some work on the church and we went shopping while poor Tyler had to work. But we met up with him in downtown Kansas City and ate at Buca di Beppo. Lisa, Emme and I had some fun girl time while Rusty and Tyler just laughed about anything and everything. Rusty is the only person that I know of who can make Tyler laugh until he cries. Tears like, seriously drip off his chin, it's ridiculous. We just roll our eyes when they get this uncontrollable. It seemed they were gone as soon as they came, I guess time just flies when you have an adorable little niece! Don't mind all the pictures of her, I'm just quite proud of her!

Lacie's 1st birthday!

On October 21st Lacie turned the big 1! However, this milestone in her life has not stopped her from still acting like a puppy! She has been quite a demanding personality in our house for the last 10 months, I think maybe she just knows she's pretty much ruling the roost so she is trying to get as much attention as she can. Just a theory. Sometimes she is just sweeter than sweet tea and other times I find myself taking deep breaths so as not to beat her to a bloody pulp after chewing large chunks off my favorite shoes. I am most definitely 100% positive that no one else in the world could quite hande this ball of energy. But........we love her!!! You will notice in some of the pics she has random stuff in her mouth, that's just a quirk of hers when she is excited. My personal fave is the one where she's waking Tyler up with a roll of TP in her mouth. Anyway, she's a laugh and a half, enjoy some cute pics I found of her blossoming from a baby into a young lady!

-Happy Anniversary To Us-

Sunday, 10/10/10 was our 1-year anniversary! And this year went by at lightning speed, I must say! We celebrated by staying at The Raphael in downtown KC and shopping at the Plaza and Brookside, a couple of my favorite shopping areas. (Tyler was very good and did not complain in any of the girly stores!) We ate lunch at a chef-owned cafe called ingredient that I've been dying to try out, and also at one our favorite reastaurants, Em Chamas. They bring you a ricululously endless supply of 14 different sizzling meats, and you get to take as much as you want. A perfect meal for us, anti-vegetarians! Also very heart-attackish. We try to limit our trips there to once every month or so. As you will soon see, I was thoroughly enjoying my 'retro camera' app on my phone (hence the many vintage looking pics below). Some are not, in fact anniversary trip-related but oh well. Anyway, we had much fun. Thanks to those who wished us well on our anniversary! Adios, and can't wait to see my Chico family at Thanksgiving!



-The Raphael Hotel-


-The Lobby-


-The room, it was so boutique-ish!-


The Riverwalk, which was right across the street from the hotel

One of the many Plaza Bell Towers

Some dumb car killed this picture.

Random cute restaurant @ the Plaza

So cute! In Anthropologie they had this set-up in the kitchen area,

(the french fries were made of foam) I LOVE this store!

Tyler boarding an old train @ Union Station

Union Station and distant north side of downtown KC

-More of the same here and below-

Spider Mums that Tyler bought for me @ the market : )

A vintage chair I was lucky to snag @ a thrift store

-Colton-

Fall is here! I had to get my porch in the harvest spirit!

'Megahugogargantuoso' doesn't begin to

describe this monster of a zuchinni.

-Another Miscellanous Post-

Well, life is just a-movin' on here in Missouri! I can finally breathe now that the humidity is gone, it was TERRIBLY TERRIBLE! It literally felt like you were in a sauna. And I know people say that all the time but it seriously felt like that. So hot and so humid. Heat indexes of 110. I couldn't go outside because I immediately started sweating and it was just miserable. All my West Coast friends and family, be so grateful that there are no chiggers there! I walk out to get the mail.... and I have bites ALL over my legs. The most I had at one time was 24. The weather people were even advising you not to go outside unless you had to! I was not a happy person. But the humidity seems to be gone now so I'm happy again! And I'll be happy for a few months, then I'll be cooped up all winter long. But, I'm whole-heartedly appreciating the easy, breezy 70's & 80's right now! Anyway, my house is coming quite along, we've gotten so much more done since the first pics I posted. I feel bad not sharing yet but I promise I will post some more recent pics of the house! Lacie is now 10 months and it seems she may be a petite-y like her mother. She got a short cut at the groomers and she looks so cute! Also, my only neice, who lives just 3 hours away is growing up NOT before my very eyes! Lisa, get your buns up here and see me! This guest room is just aching for some company, come on I'm bored!!!! Anyway, sorry I haven't been posting any pics of Tyler and I, we don't seem to take pictures together anymore. Haha. The ironic thing is that we took like 2,000 pictures while we were dating. Well, they should be coming shortly, on my word! Everyone pray that we can go to my parents for Thanksgiving! Plane tickets alone are like $800. Ya. We may have to drive 1,400 miles x 2 = 2,800 miles. That will be so much fun. I get car sick really easy. Yay. Anyone feel free to send me a sumptuous supply of Dramamine.

Enjoy some random pics below.


Tante & Colton


Colton; he looks too innocent here.


Tyler DOES still get me flowers!

Our beautiful offspring. (sort of)

-My Pretty Flowers-

I have slaved over this flower bed since spring and finally I think I'm reaping the benefits. I wish I had a 'before' picture to truly show you the extreme change. The peach one is my favorite, as you can see by my close-up. You can see the little ladybug in the flower! Lucky shot!

-Our Trip to Branson-

For 4th of July and for Ronnie's birthday, we headed out to Branson, MO for some good fun! We went to Silver Dollar City, Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede, and we saw the 'Shepherd of the Hills'. We stopped at Lambert's Cafe (Home of the Throwed Rolls) and I captured a video of the roll-throwing. It was great fun, I hope we get to go again sometime.

-Driving down the main strip-







-Colton's Fave Ride-



-Colton's, er my racing frog!-



-Below is the epitome of class and sophisication, THE BIG GULP!-



-Yes, that's a plate-



Everything about Dolly is big! Big hair, big eyebrows, big lips, big....um....voice!

I always jump when I watch this video for some reason.