Savannah's working, so I am cooking!

Savannah has the best work schedule in the entire world.  She works at nights and on the weekends.  In case you were not aware, I work during the day.  Basically, we do not get to see each other.  I've been pestering her to turn in her notice and she finally decided to listen.  Now only a few more weeks of this being apart crap.  In the meantime, since Savannah works at nights, I have been perfecting my cooking skills.  Please see the pictures below of the creations which I have been making.  First, we see some swordfish.  I love fish, but my wife doesn't.  Second, we see a barbecue chicken pizza along with a cheese pizza.  Savannah likes pizza on occasion.  Then we have alfredo sauce, pasta, and baked chicken.  She absolutely loves chicken.  So, you see we went in progression and by the end of the week had something that would make working all the time at least part way worth it.

And it has started....

Many of you know that I have quite the collection of Legos.  This continues to this day.  Savannah has recently decided that "yes, some of the Legos I have are cute".  If that is how I can continue with my collection, I will take it.  Anyways, the other day we were at the mall and what is a trip to the mall without a stop at the Lego store?  The day before I had just received  my order and was not planning on buy any.  Savannah on the other hand found something that was cute and "practical".

Independence Visitor Center new exhibit

For those of you who do not know, I really enjoy learning about history.  With that being said, I learned that the Independence Visitor Center had a new exhibit that had pictures from the early 1900's that followed historical sites dealing with Joseph Smith.  It is called "In the Footsteps of Joseph Smith".

The Church had called this guy on a mission during 1907 or so to go around to historic sites that Joseph had been at and document (with photos) what they looked like.  It was very interesting since we have been at almost every site (from Sharon, VT to Palmyra, NY then into Missouri, Nauvoo and finally Carthage).  It was amazing to see how the sites looked 100 years ago and then to remember how they looked when Savannah and I visited them.  The pictures were amazing.  This gentlemen must have had a state of the art camera, because the pictures were large, crisp, and still visible.

After our trip to Independence, we drove around the area and saw some deer jumping around in a large field.  It was crazy because KC is only 20 minutes away.  How many places can you see wildlife while still in the city?

Spoons and Chicken Soup



For those of you who say most posting a few months ago on the donut trail, you will understand this post.  If not, you should go back and read that one first and then read this.

I have been craving some good chicken noodle soup and I know that my wife makes a tasty batch.  I must have been hinting (what she refers to as nagging) because I came home from work one day and found this:

And then I found this note that said -

Who could deny that request?!?

I love you Savannah!

Our Latest Adventures

Memorial Day was very nice.  I had the day off and Savannah only had to work in the afternoon. We were able to spend all morning together.  I made breakfast (which consisted of eggs, bacon, cheese, tortillas, and salsa) and then we headed to the pool and hot tub.  Afterwards, we drove around looking at different areas. Don't worry, most of the time, the driver is paying attention to the road! Remember that breakfast I told you about?  Well, for the next couple of days both Savannah and I were not feeling so hot.  We were trying to figure out why.....I finally thought that maybe...just maybe the eggs were bad.  I looked at the expiration date...somehow it had changed.  I thought it read May 27 when I used them, but it actually said March 27!

Our wonderful apartment complex has just opened up both the pool and hot tub.  Savannah and I have a new hobby of going down to the hot tub whenever we can and relaxing in it.  With the weather being so nice, it is great!  The pool is still a little too cold, but the temperatures are supposed to rise into the 90's, so here we come!

Everyone who knows my wife will smile at our next place we visited.  It was the downtown City Market.  We went there on Saturday and really spent all afternoon looking at all the different items that people were selling.  We ended up purchasing all of our produce and then as we were leaving, we found a "garage sale" that was taking place in the city park and Savannah ended up purchasing this vase.  She thinks it is cute, so that is all that matters, right?

 

Italian Buffet

Then came Friday night...with all the fun places to eat, Savannah and I have a hard time determining what we should try next.  So, we drove around and finally settled on a place called Cinzettis. It is an all you can eat Italian buffet. Savannah liked the idea of the 16 flavors of ice cream.  Well, this place had a 20 minute wait, okay that's fine....wait....wait....wait...finally I was fed up with waiting and went to ask when it was going to be our turn.

The "nice" hostess said "well I paged you and you never came, so we moved on".  I calmly replied "oh, our buzzer never went off", she said "yes it did, were you sitting outside?"; in my nice kind voice informed her that we were inside the entire time waiting and that "she was wrong and our buzzer never did go off."  She promptly took the buzzer out of my hand and punched the digits into her control panel........oh wait.....it didn't go off. She then commented that "it must be defective".  Wow, thanks.  I didn't move.  She looked at me and I said "when are we going to be seated since our buzzer never went off." She took her radio and said "I need a table, the customer is up front looking at me".  See, if you are polite, things will happen and I didn't even threaten to call a manager (but I should have!)

Since it was our first time, we were given the tour and told all about the food.  Then we were told to enjoy!  The food was really good and we really liked the atmosphere.  For dessert, Savannah had her 16 scoops of ice cream and I got a banana strawberry crepe.  If anyone ever visits, we will take you there!

New Car

For the past few months, Savannah has had to walk 2 miles to work.  While this was okay, it has been getting quite warm....so Savannah decided that she needed a car.  I thought okay, we can afford to get a car that doesn't cost a lot or need a lot of work.  We both started to look at different options.  Finally, we drove to the car dealership for a test drive.  I told Savannah...no matter what we were not going to purchase a car the same day.  We had done that and we were not going to do that again.

After driving a few cars, we had made our choice and ended up purchasing a car!  It is a 2013 Hyundai Sonata, and it's very nice.  According to everyone else who isn't color blind, it's dark blue/black.

Happy Birthday Savannah!

Today is Savannah's birthday.  The following are some of the pictures of Savannah and the qualities that they display.  I love you!!!

Always on the move!  Savannah has lived in at least 9 cities since she was born. 

Savannah has the patience of Job.  Here she is posing again for one of my random stops at some historic site (normally this happens at night).

Isn't this a great picture?  Who couldn't love her!

She is such a great sister.  This is when we went to support one of her sisters for a race that she was in. 

No matter whose kid it is, they always cuddle up to Savannah and she can put them to sleep in no time!

And of course, who can forget that my wife is an amazing cook.  She can take the most simplest of items and turn them into a gourmet meal!

Treasures in Kansas

I think this says enough, yes?

Savannah had been craving some donuts, so right before I picked her up from work, I went to Krispy Kreme and laid out all the donuts as you see above.  We walked up the stairs and I told Savannah that she needed to go in first.  She walked in and almost stepped on the donuts!