Mother's Day

This year Dallin was so excited for Mother's Day. He kept telling that it was my special day and that I didn't have to do anything. It was cute because we told him that it was going to be Father's Day in June and he said, "When is it going to be Boy's Day." He is so cute! Anyway, I was spoiled with 3 delicious meals and tons of pampering. I could totally get used to that! My sweet family made me chocolate roll-out cookies with a sweet message! And this was lunch- a monte cristo sandwich. Isn't it pretty! For dinner Jon made the BEST salmon with a warm black bean and corn salad. It was AMAZING! I didn't get a picture because it was gone as soon as it hit my lips. What a great day! I loved every second of it!

Camping

We decided to do an overnight camping trip in April thinking it would be a good time of year; not to hot not to cold. Ha! It was so cold! We had a lot of fun, but our Vegas sleeping bags did not cut it at night. Although the cold weather did keep the bugs away which was a HUGE plus. The kids loved our campsite because it had a great playset for them. After we put the kids to bed, Jon and I were sitting around the camp fire talking and I saw these little glowing eyes staring at me and I jumped out of my chair. It was a raccoon! I'm glad it wasn't anything else, but those things have wick claws on them. They just kept coming back too. We kept see them so we went to bed so we didn't have to take one down. :) The next day we went to the lake and rented a boat and did some fishing. The kids had so much fun! And so did we.

Closet Activist...Out in The Open

I decided it was time for me to say my peace at the last city council meeting. It was second read for the gun ordinance (it's the same one Jon spoke at awhile ago but it got vetoed by our Mayor. But after the elections with new pro-gun councilmen it is back. It is a veto-proof majority this go round). I was a bit nervous with the news and newspaper there and all, but I thought it went okay. And yes, I was actually interviewed by the news after and I was on the 10pm news too! And I made it into 2 newspapers with pictures and all (one was the front page- it was a SMALL town paper). Okay to warn you the lady before me is kind of funny but after her, you get me. Feel free to fast forward through her crazy talk. Enjoy!

My Newest Find!

I have always wanted new dining room chairs since we only have 4 that match and they were hand me downs. But being frugal, we made it work. Until my silly neighbor set out 6 BEAUTIFUL matching chairs on trash days and they were calling to me! I had my dad snatch them all before the trash man came. (They are MY neighbors so yes, I had my dad do my dirty work.) All they needed was a quick wipe down and now we have 6 BEAUTIFUL dining room chairs. I love them! Can you believe that someone was going to trash these?

Easter 2010

We have a fun Easter. We did an egg hunt the Saturday before at the park down the street and the kids got tons of candy. Then the night before we dyed the eggs and the kids went to bed early :). The kids got some toys and the family got a basket of candy. Elise was so excited about her new coloring book that she grabbed it and got to work.
Elise in her Easter dress.

Busy Busy

For the last 2 months we have been NON-Stop busy! It has been a crazy time for us. Jon has been campaigning every Saturday all day and almost every day I went out for 2 hours and put flyers on doors. We did a lot of talking, smiling, shaking hands, and putting signs out. On Election day we sat at our polling place for 12 straight hours greeting people and giving out homemade cookies. Jon's competition was a lifelong Raymore resident who is in her 80's and has several streets named after her and her family. Jon did such a great job and I am so proud of him. After all was said and done he lost by 7 votes (He got 356 votes and she got 363, less than 1%)! This was the BEST turn out in our area for a really really long time. It was really hard to swallow how close he got, but it was such a huge accomplishment for him to get so close to winning. Noone else has ever come that close to beating out the current councilwoman. Good job Jon! I'm so proud of you! You stuck to your beliefs and you were an honest candidate!