Day 44

8/30/10

Merriam, KS

Sunset at Antioch Park- Lindsey and I went on a walk with Wally. 

Day 43

8/29/10

Merriam, KS

Organizing my pictures for my scrapbook- 31 pages! Yikes!

Day 42

8/28/10

Lawrence, KS

Dad and I went to Au Marche'- the French store in downtown Lawrence. This is the counter with all of the cool looking chocolates and candies. We all had a fun time shopping!

Day 41

8/27/10

Lawrence, KS

These are the white roses I got my grandma for her birthday. The ladies at the VA retail store wish her a happy birthday too!

Day 40

8/26/10

Merriam, KS

I went swimming at my apt's pool at night- no one was there so I was able to get some exercising done in the pool. :)

Day 39

8/25/10

Shawnee, KS

Lindsey and I watched 'The Backup Plan' at her apartment and Wally was being particularly affectionate! :)

Day 38

8/24/10

Merriam, KS

The view out my window- the sky had some cool clouds

Day 37

8/23/10

Merriam, KS

The day I found out that I'll be headed to Washington D.C. in a month for the ASHES Conference. I drew a map of downtown D.C. to commemorate. :)

Day 36

8/23/10

Kansas City, MO

Dinner at Buca de Beppo with my parents! We stopped by the 'Pope' room :)

Day 35

8/22/10

Overland Park, KS

Lindsey and I had a cool snack at Dairy Queen after swimming at my apt. and then went shopping! I had a cherry starkiss- my usual. :)

Day 34

8/20/10

Olathe, KS

Lindsey, Anna and I went to see the movie 'Eat, Pray, Love' at the AMC theatre in Olathe- and there was a HUGE thunderstorm!! :) We had a blast!

Day 33

8/19/10

Merriam, KS

Sunset after bootcamp and Lindsey and I went to eat at Chipotles- very pretty!

Day 32

8/19/10

Merriam, KS

I made my peach desert with the peaches from Emporia, KS. (Thanks Grandma!) :) 

It was VERY tasty!! :)

Day 31

8/17/10

Kansas City, MO

This is a logo on one of the online annual trainings that I had to do at work. It was supposed to represent how if one thing (a little snowball) goes wrong and isn't fixed then it can end up smushing you inside a huge "snowball". I thought the logo was hilarious- poor little guy! :)

Day 30

8/16/10

Merriam, KS

Lindsey and I went to take Wally on a walk at the Antioch Park, and a bunch of ducks were standing in a group one on each of the the 'stepping stone bridge steps'!

What great weather for a walk!

Day 29

8/15/10

Lawrence, KS

At the public pool with the cousins. The weather was so much better than it has been!

Day 28

8/14/10

Kansas City, MO

Danielle and I saw Disney's Beauty and the Beast at the Starlight Theatre. It was AMAZING! :) I love Beauty and the Beast- it's my favorite Disney princess movie! :)

Day 27

8/13/10

By Exit 148 on i-35 headed to Emporia, KS

BIG thunderstorm headed my way! It was really windy, and there was a lot of lightning, thunder, and crazy looking clouds! At this point the sky was really orange and beautiful, and everything was so green.  :)

Day 26

8/12/10

Merriam, KS

Lindsey and I went to Antioch Park. Wally saw something in the water and flipped out, at one point he was up on a bench looking at the water around Lindsey's back. It was a really nice evening- but I guess I'm too far in the city to see the meteor shower- all I saw were some stars!

Day 25

8/11/10

Merriam, KS

My Homemade Mini Strawberry Mascarpone Tarts. Yummy!

(Mascarpone is an Italian cheese, it takes on the taste of whatever you put on it, and strawberries make it good.) :)

Day 24

8/10/10

Merriam, KS

I hung the flags that I bought at the Market in San Antonio on my window in my apartment. I like them a lot- they add lots of color!

Day 23

8/9/10

Shawnee, Kansas

Lindsey and I ate dinner at Applebees- I can't believe they had a magician wandering around bugging people! How annoying.

Day 22

8/8/10

Merriam, KS

One of my souvenirs from San Antonio, a blanket I purchased at 'The Market'- very colorful! 

Days 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 & 21

Back from my trip to San Antonio, TX! I had a great time, but it was HOT!

Here's the sketches!

Day 12 (The day before leaving on the trip)

7/29/10

Johnson County Rec Center

Boot camp. Every Thursday. Sigh...

Day 13

7/30/10

Somewhere past Council Grove, KS

Headed to Wichita for the night, part 1 of our drive to SAN ANTONIO!! :)

Day 14

7/31/10

San Antonio, TX

THE LONGEST DAY OF DRIVING EVER. The delivery pizza at our hotel from Papa Johns made it all better. :)

Day 15

8/1/10

San Antonio, TX

On the Riverwalk- lots of things to see and eat!

Day 16

8/2/10

San Antonio, TX

Seaworld- so much fun, but HOT! The pix is from the penguin building. The one penguin was facing away from us like he was angry with his arm/wings spread out. The others were diving and playing with each other.

Day 17

8/3/10

San Antonio, TX

The Alamo- so much fun! Everybody was warning me how small it actually is in real life, so that when I saw it it was way bigger than I expected! :)

Day 18

8/4/10

Corpus Christi, TX

The beach. :)

Day 19

8/5/10

San Antonio, TX

The Market- lots of cheap merchandise and great eating :)

Day 20

8/6/10

Hillsboro, TX

Thunderstorm at our hotel on our way back to Kansas. Fun time! :)

Day 21

8/7/10

El Dorado, KS

Our dinner at the Fiesta Mexicano restaurant on the last leg of our drive back to Lawrence. Definitely a fitting way to end our vacation to San Antonio!