Getting to the Root of the Problem

 We've had a lot of drainage issues with our house and part of our gutter also came off, we found someone to come out and try to find all of our underground drains.  They were so clogged that we couldn't actually find them.  They hadn't been cleaned out for the 7 years of the previous owner, and it turns out when we were paying people to clean out our drains they were only cleaning the gutters up top when they should have been cleaning out the rest of it.  It took them the entire day, but they located every drain and cleaned them out.  He found full root systems in every single one of them.  We have the honors of being the worst drains he's ever seen.  There was even a dead frog that go stuck in the roots in one of the drains.  So crazy!  I'm just glad it finally got fixed.

Twinsies

 I finally finished my star quilt tops.  They're for sisters, so I wanted them to match.

Memorial Day

We barbecued at a friend's house for Memorial Day.  MG got to come with us and make his very first S'more.  It ended up being an even greater adventure that evening trying to catch the Altman's escaped cat.  Joel was the hero and caught it and endured a fairly good scratching.  He took one for the team.  

That's a Wrap!

Last night the Children's Choir had their final performance of the year at Tallgrass Retirement Community.  We were missing a couple of kids, but oddly they sounded great.  It was definitely their best performance.  We're off for the summer!

 

A Sporting Good Time

Last night Joel and I went to a Kansas City Sporting game.  He was invited to one of the suites with other medical directors.  Joel starts a new position as Co-Medical Director of Safety and Quality Control tomorrow.  I was a bit worried, because Joel hasn't worked with them yet, so he doesn't really know anyone.  I shouldn't have worried though because pediatricians tend to be very nice human beings.  The VP is wonderful.  I loved talking to him.  His background is absolutely fascinating - he started out in aerospace engineering before going to medical school.  

Neither of us had ever attended a game in the box suite, so that was pretty fun - the food is good.  The Sporting as awful this season, so it was a pretty painful game to watch, but it was still entertaining.  The child sponsored that night for the game happened to be Joel's patient, so we got to go over and take pictures with him.  It was a fun coincidence of the evening.  It was an all around wonderful evening.  

   

Flying Geese

February and March blocks for do.Good Stitches are flying geese.  Solid backgrounds with patterned matching geese:

Fun Celebrations

We have a sweet friend who is one of the coaches on the Offense of the Kansas City Chiefs.  Friends gathered together to welcome Porter home and congratulate his family on the Super Bowl win.  (Funny side note - we weren't watching the game, but we knew exactly how the Chiefs were doing, because every time they scored people would set off cannons.  We knew the moment they won, because our town was lit up with fireworks).   We're really happy for the Elletts. 

Winning at School Spirit

My friend is amazing with her School Spirit Week.  For one of the days she dressed up as Coach Reid.  Kara nails it!