Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Jan 10, 2008
Jan 8, 2008
Back in the Saddle
In case you read my last post, you will see that I do not yet have pictures up from our time in Kansas. I'll try to do that later today or tomorrow.
After "Christmas" and ringing in the new year with my mom's family in Manhattan, we had "Christmas" with my dad and step-mom in Topeka. Sadly, Erin and Jay were only able to stay through New Year's Day because Jay had meetings in St. Louis on the 2nd. But it was great to spend quality sleepover time with them in my mom's living room! :-)
Thursday we headed to Lawrence to spend the rest of our time with Jeff's parents. It was a busy and high-tech couple of days for us. Thursday the KU Jayhawks played Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl, and won! I watched most of the game, some of it through closed eyelids, but it was a fun time. We met friends in KC on Friday, had lunch with a family friend Saturday, and had dinner with some friends of Barb and John Saturday night--so much fun!!
Barb had Sunday off, so we enjoyed sleeping in, and went to The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection for their Sunday night worship service. I've been to the church before, but this was the first time I've been a part of their worship. It was interesting to see "big church."
Along the way, we learned a couple of things:
#1--take the dog's car harness, even if you don't think you need it
#2--take the dog's crate, even if you think you don't need it
#3--packing meals for the drive makes stop times less lengthy
#4--time with family is good
#5--coming home is good
After "Christmas" and ringing in the new year with my mom's family in Manhattan, we had "Christmas" with my dad and step-mom in Topeka. Sadly, Erin and Jay were only able to stay through New Year's Day because Jay had meetings in St. Louis on the 2nd. But it was great to spend quality sleepover time with them in my mom's living room! :-)
Thursday we headed to Lawrence to spend the rest of our time with Jeff's parents. It was a busy and high-tech couple of days for us. Thursday the KU Jayhawks played Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl, and won! I watched most of the game, some of it through closed eyelids, but it was a fun time. We met friends in KC on Friday, had lunch with a family friend Saturday, and had dinner with some friends of Barb and John Saturday night--so much fun!!
Barb had Sunday off, so we enjoyed sleeping in, and went to The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection for their Sunday night worship service. I've been to the church before, but this was the first time I've been a part of their worship. It was interesting to see "big church."
Along the way, we learned a couple of things:
#1--take the dog's car harness, even if you don't think you need it
#2--take the dog's crate, even if you think you don't need it
#3--packing meals for the drive makes stop times less lengthy
#4--time with family is good
#5--coming home is good
Mar 22, 2007
New Orleans
Last week Jeff and I took a vacation with our sisters down to the New Orleans area. We worked Tuesday through Thursday and then headed down to the French Quarter to play for the weekend. We spent St. Patrick's Day down there, and even got to be in a "parade!" (Ok, so we joined a wedding party processing down the street, but whatever!) Below is the family we worked for in Slidell, the Atlows (minus Brandon and Erica, who were working).
We were blessed to work with Carl Bauer, a man from Ft. Wayne, Indiana, who was in week three of the six weeks he planned to be in Slidell helping with hurricane recovery. In the picture, he's holding up the baby he found in the King Cake that Megan brought for us. That means he's throwing the next Mardi Gras party!
There is still so much clean up and restoration to be done that it truly is overwhelming, even a year and a half after the hurricane. The good news is that the two women whose houses we worked on in September had been moved back into their houses before Christmas! There are moments of hope in the midst of the devastation. It makes me proud to be a part of an organization that has promised to be there for the 10-12 years predicted to recover. (UMCOR, the disaster recovery agency of The United Methodist Church, has made the commitment.)
I'm so glad we made the trip with our sisters, truly one we will talk about and remember for years to come. We made some good memories!
We were blessed to work with Carl Bauer, a man from Ft. Wayne, Indiana, who was in week three of the six weeks he planned to be in Slidell helping with hurricane recovery. In the picture, he's holding up the baby he found in the King Cake that Megan brought for us. That means he's throwing the next Mardi Gras party!There is still so much clean up and restoration to be done that it truly is overwhelming, even a year and a half after the hurricane. The good news is that the two women whose houses we worked on in September had been moved back into their houses before Christmas! There are moments of hope in the midst of the devastation. It makes me proud to be a part of an organization that has promised to be there for the 10-12 years predicted to recover. (UMCOR, the disaster recovery agency of The United Methodist Church, has made the commitment.)
I'm so glad we made the trip with our sisters, truly one we will talk about and remember for years to come. We made some good memories!
Mar 8, 2007
Jeff and I have been on Atkins for a little over two months now. Jeff has lost about 26 pounds, and I have lost 10. Woo hoo! Even though I had read the book and can see and feel the results, there was still that guilty part of me that thought "most of the world thinks this is bad for me." But then, deet-de-de-dee (imagine a trumpet), lo and behold yesterday a study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that says women like me achieved better weight loss and health results while on Atkins. Not that I doubted before, but it was just nice to see more support. Dr. Mary Vernon, a family friend, is kind of the new Dr. Atkins and you can read her blog here. Also, you can read the report from her blog here.
On an unrelated note, Jeff and I are getting ready to be on vacation, which means that we have bunches of things to get done before we leave (which I am currently not doing). We're going on a trip with our sisters, and this will be the first trip that the four of us have taken together. I'm really excited! Kayla will have a live-in buddy for the week, so that's a plus since we won't have to feel guilty about her being in the kennel. In the meantime, trying to cram two weeks of work into one is exhausting. Makes me really long for the vacation!
On an unrelated note, Jeff and I are getting ready to be on vacation, which means that we have bunches of things to get done before we leave (which I am currently not doing). We're going on a trip with our sisters, and this will be the first trip that the four of us have taken together. I'm really excited! Kayla will have a live-in buddy for the week, so that's a plus since we won't have to feel guilty about her being in the kennel. In the meantime, trying to cram two weeks of work into one is exhausting. Makes me really long for the vacation!
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