Archive for the ‘People’ Category

Race for the Cure

August 16, 2008

Race for the Cure was last Saturday. I went out there with some of my girlfriends and braved the other 22,000 people that were there. We had so much fun and if you haven’t gone then you should next year. Plus it’s for a great cause.

We Are Family

Chavez SignBran #1

Pink Wig

Seeing this woman there really touched me because she’s actively fighting against cancer. Cancer impacts so many and breast cancer in particular can be so vicious.

Woman Fighting Cancer.

Kids Race for the Cure

Pink Balloons

A lot of the racers wore “In Memory of ” or “In Celebration of” signs and it listed their loved one who has fought cancer.

Celebration of Mamaw

Celebration of Shirley

Sarah Sticking out her tongue

Another Photographer

Western Auto BuildingRibbon on Back

Racers

I know absolutely nothing about this man except than he was waiting intently for someone at the finish line holding the rose.

Man holding RoseLittle Girl with Princess Hat

Dog Wearing Shirt

Two Breast Cancer Survivors

Two Breast Cancer Survivors

At the Lake

July 24, 2008

OK I know, I know I’ve been really horrible with updating my blog lately. I don’t think I’ve taken any pictures in at least a week.

Girl at Lake

More Jake

June 27, 2008

I hadn’t seen Jake in a long time. Fortunately my girlfriend Sarah had a jewelry party so I had a good excuse to see him. How can someone not love a face like this?? Jake is such a happy baby.

Jake #1

Jake #2

My girlfriend Beth is going to have a baby soon so she needed to practice.

Jake and Beth

More Lucy

June 17, 2008

Lucy is my neighbor’s daughter and she loves playing outside. Fortunately this day didn’t involve worms. :)

Lucy Playing

Weekend at the Lake #2

June 4, 2008

OK since I had so many more pictures I had to post a few more. As you can tell from the shots we had an absolute blast!

Becky with Bottlecaps

Julie with Mannequin

Kala with Mud Mask

Julie Reading

Becky on Ipod

Julie Swimming through purse handle

Carrie Reading a Book

Becky with a TigerBecky on Automated Pony

Monkey Towel

Kala with Blowup mat

Kala Jumping into Water

Don’t worry everyone if you want to see all of them then they’re here and yes they’re password protected – you’ll just have to play the guessing game on that one.

Weekend at the Lake

June 4, 2008

Last weekend I went down to Lake of the Ozarks with some girlfriends. We had an absolute blast shopping, swimming and chilling. We ate at this place called Backwater Jack’s, if you ever stop by there be sure to get their drink called “Pain in the Ass” you can add a floater of 151 to it. Let’s just say those things are strong!!

Backwater Jacks Menu

Kim at Backwater Jacks

Stephanie at Restaurant

Tigers tshirt

Umbrella Stand

Kim #1

Purse handle

Kala in Back of Van
Brandy at Restaurant

Boat at Restaurant

Julie at Restaurant

Kim Take home Box

Don’t worry that’s not all of them. I have a ton more pictures I’ll be adding tonight.

Bike Race – Part 1

May 29, 2008

Last night I was in the bike race for Corporate Challenge. This was my first year doing it and while I didn’t do as good as I had hoped they had better watch out for next year!

My coworker Dustin was in it as well and I hung out with his two sons – Amandus and Lucas – while he raced. Aren’t his boys handsome?

Dustin figuring a game plan before the race:

Dustin Concentrating

Dustin Posing

Yay Dustin!!!

Dustin Racing

He was a smart dad and brought toys and coloring books to entertain his boys.

Boys in Car

Coloring Book

Lucas Hiding

I would have totally won if I’d had this helmet!!

Spiffy Helmet

Visa

Doesn’t Lucas look just like his dad?

Lucas #1

Amandus Playing

Lucas Tired

Don’t worry I still have plenty of pictures left from the race to blog about. You’ll be seeing a part 2 post shortly.

Congrats Brandy!!

May 21, 2008

Brandy graduated from Maple Woods Community College with her associate’s degree on Friday. Way to go Brandy, I’m so proud of you!! Here’s Brandy with her husband Jason.

Brandy and Jason

Mothers Day

May 16, 2008

What do you get when you combine gorgeous day, food and a flame thrower? Oh that would be my family’s typical Mother’s Day (and yes I’m serious about the flame thrower). Let’s just say my dad is a little out there, weird, eccentric. Who doesn’t love flame throwers? As established previously, I am a pyromaniac so having one makes total sense. Everyone NEEDS a flamethrower. Why use boring matches and lighter fluid when you can see flames the size of small children with an apparatus that looks like it belongs in Halo? Who cares if the bag of charcoal was designed to be lit? It’s way cooler to do it this way.

My sisters, don’t they look stunning?
Abby #1

Angie #1

Sisters

Umm Jessica thought I was going a little overboard on the pictures by this point
Collin #1Jessica #1

Clean Park

Sweatshirt

Abby #2

Yes here’s the flame thrower I promised…..
Flamethrower #1

Flamethrower #2

Long Rant Warning Ahead!!

OK Kansas City you act like you’re so surprised that someone, ANYONE from our region has become “famous” on American Idol. When you live in a metropolitan area with almost 2 million people there’s bound to be someone at some point that gets on the show. More importantly, at some point, there’ll be someone that doesn’t make a total embarrassment of themselves during the auditions.

The ENTIRE morning news today was obsessed with David Cook. I turned on the news this morning expecting to find out the weather. Well much to my surprise all they were showing was the outside of his hotel. The blow-by-blow reporting was mind numbingly painful. “When David leaves his hotel in 42 minutes 18 seconds he will take this route, blah, blah blah. The ‘news’ reported live when he arrived at the local (Fox – big surprise) television station’s parking lot for an interview. It’s like they didn’t have the usual ‘a tree fell in Overland Park’ story to report on…. PEOPLE I NEED TO KNOW WHICH TREE IT WAS.

I don’t ask for a lot I’d just like hear the weather and find out whether I should wear a parka or capris today – this is Kansas City May weather after all – (yeah I should have just worn both because the weathermen have no clue). I digress.

Don’t get me wrong I like David Cook and IF I was going to vote for any American Idol I MIGHT vote for him. However, when every single minute of the morning news is obsessed over every iota of his itinerary…. well we’ve all become those obsessive tween age girls like these (bet you’d given up all hope on seeing any pictures in this post right?)

David Tshirt Marry Me David

David threw the first pitch at the Royals vs. Orioles game. Plus he sang ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ during the 7th inning. So of course everyone and their BFF (AKA the lovely news helicopter) were at the game to drool over see him. Oh yeah and to watch a baseball game. Ok now that my obligatory “OMG David I want to be the mother of your children” moment is over the real question I’ve been dying to find out – “Can I lick your stubble?”

First Pitch

David on Jumbotron

David Singing on Field

David with Slugger