Calling all crafters, scrappers, card makers and anyone who enjoy's making a child's day. It's time for : The Valentine Card Shower. We have come together as a blogging community for several years to make Valentine cards for the kids who will be spending the holiday in Children's Mercy Hospital. One of the local radio stations and grocery stores co-sponsor this fun event. Here is what you need to know according to the hospital: ~Cards must be homemade. ~Please do not use "Get Well" or any religious phrases. ~Cards must be appropriate for children. ~Please do not send candy or toys with your cards. Please let me know if you would like to participate. Hope to see the oldies and some newbies this year, it's a lot of fun!! ***I will need your cards by February 8th so that I can get them to the radio station in time for them to get the cards to the hospital. Gather all your friends and family, make an afternoon of it and have fun! ~Keep on Dreaming~
Well folks, I did it! I planned an adventure for Mr. Ken and I was successful. We went downtown to the Sprint Center to see the Harlem Globe- trotters.
Pre-game entertainment. A Kansas City Line Dance Group.
This is Globie.
Globie is playing musical chairs with some of the kids.
Here they come.
Their famous trick. Spinning the ball on their finger.
Putting on their moves.
Big G.--another mascot.
Ace--their female teammate, showing a little girl how to spin the ball.
More smooth moves.
Halftime entertainment.
Hanging around during the game.
After much back and forth the Globetrotters won!! It was a nailbiter. Wow.
Mr Ken bought me and official Globetrotters ball and I was able four autographs. We had a blast and I am so glad that I was able to keep the secret and surprise him!! ~Keep on Dreaming~
So my question is: What happens at you house in January? At ours we are we are putting things away, cleaning piles that have been put here and there. We are trying to purge some clothes and other things that we don't need anymore. I have put up a few "Winter" type decorations. It is so bare after Christmas. Soon Valentine's decorations will be put up. So let's hear it... ~Keep on Dreaming~
Hello-- Back with part 2 of Christmas 2015. Above is : "Before opening presents."
And here we have : After opening presents."
Here is our third tree and one that I am so proud of!! This is our Kansas City Royals World Series Tree. Blues, silver, white and hints of gold were the colors for this tree. I used a Royals flag as the skirt and Ken got me a Royals Beanie Ball--he is tucked in under the tree. I made the crown out of sparkle scrapbook paper. So fun!!
Mr.Ken got me this beautiful necklace and earring set. It is hard to see the earrings, they are smaller versions of the necklace. He was so proud of himself, getting out to the store and after a moment of panic in the store (couldn't find them) one of the store owners came by and helped him out and the crisis was averted. Love them!
This is a holiday lights show at Deanna Rose Farmstead. During the warmer months, families can come out to see the animals, different areas of interest, the fishing hole and many more fun things to do. But apparently for the last few years they have put on the wonderful light show set to music that you can listen to in your car while you are parked.
The farm animals were singing.
Mr. Ken all aglow from the lights.
Frosty the Snowman.
The Lucy and Linus song. Very well done. So fun to watch the characters move to the music.
And last but not least a tribute to the World Series Champions--The Kansas City Royals!!!!!
Some holiday silliness.
Christmas dinner was an informal meal but festive: Baked Ziti Green Salad Garlic Toast It was afun holiday season at our house. Lots of time spent with family and friends. We are truly blessed. Hope your 2016 has started off well, we are off to a running start and I don't see us slowing down much this year. :) See you soon. ~Keep on Dreaming~
Happy Monday Everyone! I have tried several times to get this posted but life is there to keep us busy. Plus two days down with the "creepy crud" did not help. Anyway we are going to look back at our wonderful holiday season. First up is: The Lee's Summit Magic Tree. This unassuming little tree sits off the highway during the "off season" but come Christmas time ii is decorated with many lights and people come from all over to see it.
It is free to see but donations are taken and shared with a variety of community charities. Also visitors may drop of non perishables for the local food bank.
This is a drive through wonder for the eyes. If you blink you might miss something!
Donations are taken at the end and shared with a variety of charities in the county.
Look who I ran into on the way to a holiday concert!
One Sunday, we went down to Union Station and as a surprise for Mr. Ken we went to see "The Holiday Express.
The Conductor working hard to make sure everyone went the right way.
On the way to the train we ran into this fellow.
Three train cars were fully decorated. A flat car held Santa's sled and the front car was the engine named Rudy.
Here we are in front of Rudy.
Someone was in heaven to see these two lovely ladies. These two Kansas Chiefs Cheerleaders were doing some fundraising by selling their calendar. Yes, we bought one. :)
Trees at the Station.
This year we put up three trees. The tall one is my pencil tree, it had our family ornaments and my White House ornaments on it this year. The small tree to the left was my Mom's Fiber Optic tree. The third tree is on the other side of the living room. It will be in the next post.
I am especially proud of my bow because I made it! Normally I have a gold bow but I wanted a new one this year and since our color scheme was red,green, silver and gold, I went with the plaid. You can see it's length in the photo above. The top of the tree does not hold anything very heavy so I do the bow. In part two, I will show you the third tree which I was very excited to create plus some other fun stuff. Thanks for hanging with me on this lengthy post. ~Keep on Dreaming~
