Naughty and Nice Party

Carrie and Mark hosted a Naughty and Nice Party. At first I was a little confused at what this type of party would look like. I did know I had the perfect shirt!

Here is Drew in his Christmas sweater while I sport my 'Naughty but Nice' shirt.

Although some people didn't dress up at all Carrie took the cake with her Mrs. Claus outfit! Way to go all out Carrie! And thanks for a fun time. Next time I will know what sort of gifts to bring to a Naughty and Nice party and will be prepared to participate in the gift exchange.

Colorado Springs

I know this Thanksgiving post is a little late, but here is goes anyway. I drove to Colorado Springs over the break with my boyfriend to visit my best friend, Kathryn, from high school. Although I don't have any good pictures from the actual Thanksgiving. Kathryn has some good ones here. These pictures are from our visit to the Garden of the Gods. We lucked out and had a beautiful day to walk around and check out the sites.

Kathryn and me!

Me and the boy!

Halloween!

I love Halloween! This year I threw a party at the wonderfully dated condo clubhouse. Costumes were required and everyone came out in full force. Although I wasn't very good at taking pictures, I did get a couple good ones.

Here are the girls. Tara won one of the prizes. Anne didn't want to dress up and then showed up as a homemade pumpkin. Kate was a homemaker and her husband Adam was the milkman. Erica is sporting the bee costume I made a couple of years ago, but added letters to make herself a spelling bee. She also won a prize. and Lisa is of course Twister...which she made. Very impressive ladies!

And here is baby Olivia. She was the hit of the party even when she cried because she didn't recognize her mom as the devil in disguise.

I was a peacock. Although I couldn't find yellow tights I did sport some yellow shoes, that you can't see, with blue tights. My mask spent most of the night on my forehead but you can get the full effect below. I think I left glitter everywhere I went.

Thanks to all those who came to my party! Next year I'll have to plan some themed games. I've already starting thinking about what I want to be next year.

Happy Halloween!

The Rodeo!

I had never been to the rodeo before this past Friday. Luckily, Kate got free American Royal Rodeo tickets! Here is Kate showing off her cute belly. Although Kate isn't sharing the name of her baby boy, she did tell us proudly that none of the cowboys bore her son's name.

And here are Anne and Nanette. We enjoyed to privacy of our own private box at long forgotten Kemper Arena. We were glassed in to separate us from the common folk. There weren't many people at the Rodeo, but we had a great time nevertheless. Since I had never been to a rodeo before it was a good thing we brought Nanette along. She told me all sorts of fun facts. For example, do you know why the bulls and horses buck the way they do? It's because they tie something around their balls and of course they don't like it!

So the rodeo is hard to photograph and here are my attempts blurry as they may be. My favorite event was the mutton busting. This is where little kids ride sheep like the cowboys ride bulls. It was pretty cute. I also enjoyed when all these kids had to wrestle calves to ground, tie a rope around their neck and then drag them to the middle of the arena. I was impressed, as I don't think I could do that.

Plaza Art Fair

Some of you may know that I broke a favorite mug that I bought at the Brookside Art Fair in the Spring. Luckily, the artist I bought it from was at this weekend's Plaza Art Fair. I sought her out, but my mug wasn't there. She changed up her mugs a little. I was devastated, but Rachel (the artist) came to my rescue. She offered to remake my mug! She drew it up and it will be arriving on my doorstep sometime in the near future.

Here I am with artist Rachel Akin. She has come very beautiful ceramics. Check her out here!

Of course there was plenty of other great art. And Lisa and I enjoyed checking it all out and eating at one of by new favorites, Blanc Burger.

When my new mug arrives I will be very careful it in the hope that I will have it much longer than the last one. Thanks Rachel for being so kind and remaking my mug. I can't wait for it to get here!

Mission Pub Crawl 2010

Pub Crawl Commissioner

(As crowned by Kate Gasper in 2009)

During the 2009 Mission Pub Crawl we were all a little worried about the fate of our annual pub crawl due to our fearless planner, Victoria, moving to DC. It was this fear that lead me to be crowned the new Pub Crawl Commissioner. This is a serious job that involves picking a date, inviting everyone, and last but not least, designing the t-shirts. It wasn't an easy job, but I think it was a success. We had a great time starting out at Mission bowl and working our way though the surprisingly many Mission bars. Thanks to all that attended to make a fun night!

Be sure to join us next year for the Fourth Annual Mission Pub Crawl. (date and time TBA)

Jazzoo!

Erica got a hold of two tickets to the very posh fund raiser for the KC zoo, Jazzoo. Since Jon was out of town I got to be Erica's date. So we each went out and bought new dresses the day of for this special night. I think we look pretty cute!

Although we hardly knew anyone there we had a great time sampling food from the 100+ vendors, drinking, and people watching. People wear some pretty crazy things to Jazzoo. Although I don't think I would pay the $150 ticket price myself, I had a great time. Thanks Erica!