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~
