Kansas City Trip

Nikki asked us to come see them sometime and since my tournament got canceled, due to lack of teams, we headed up to Kansas city to visit her and Jay (and Sam). We decided to all go to Worlds of Fun because it was their works FREE day. Let me just tell ya, I was a little uneasy about it at first and with the first ride being a twisty roller coaster called the Patriot, I got sick. But after other rides I was great. I loved the Mamba!!! Nikki was terrified to ride all the roller coasters and even wanted to leave the line several times. I got batted in the head on the Mamba because I was giving her a hard time and by the end of the ride she was giving me a massage and saying how wonderful the ride was... what a crazy fun friend. She went on more roller coasters then all of us combined. The lines were so short we rode most of the rides in 2 hours but the taxi ride line was a little long and claustrophobic feeling. Good thing we had good conversation and pics to take. The ride was well worth it. Scott and I had the back seat!! LOL
We enjoyed everything about our trip to KC. Scott and I loved playing with Sam and Scott was such a good care taker of him in Church. It was almost like we had our own little guy. Nikki did a great job of hosting us. Sam is six months and can't crawl yet but he has a much stronger arm then his mother (Nikki and I are very competitive and she threw a ball missing the target and it marked it at 27 mph.) I think he threw his rubber blue ring about 45 times in church. We had great food and good talks. Nikki is such an encourager. I love my friend she is such a blessing in my life.

This Fall? Volleyball and Football

Well, I am getting into officiating volleyball at the High School Level first. I have gone to some clinics and am very excited to start. I will be starting my first tournament Sept. 6th. Please pray for me as I will be very nervous. It's been great to get out there again. Scott has been a good encourager because he knows I want to stay involved in sports and bring some fun money home so we can go on trips and things. This makes it nice because I can say yes and no to certan dates and if we have something planned I can say no. Unlike coaching! In coaching you are committed full time for the whole season and it's everyday! I miss working with the kids but somehow I really enjoy just making the calls and letting someone else do the coaching. Several officials have been super sweet and are excited that someone is coming into officiating already knowing the game well. I think I am going to enjoy it. The thing I am very excited about is not having to wear white shoes with black pants.. PTL!!! They changed and wear black shoes now.. I always thought that was a little dorky.
Scott is still working away. He is very excited for football season as K-State will be taking the field very soon. Scott was invited by a friend to attend their first home game! He is so pumped and the next weekend he is going Dove hunting with the guys. This is an annual thing and Scott loves thinking about it. He enjoys being with his friends and getting some good guy time!

No Surprise- It was a wonderful Birthday!

Scott had a wonderful day planned for us to go to the Botanical Gardens. We arrived a little after 3:00 and enjoyed the afternoon looking around. We started taking lots of pictures of butterfly's. It was pretty amazing how hard they were to catch still. We found ourselves very determined to catch a particular one with red wings but neither of us got a good shot of it. We went shopping shortly after eating and enjoying buying some new fall clothes for the next season. There isn't anything more special then feeling loved and Scott has been so wonderful it really wasn't any different then every other day except it was my day to celebrate.
I did receive several phone calls from women I haven't talked with for months. Kathy, who is a missionary in California and Michelle, whom I played softball with at WSU, from Australia. They were both quite a surprise and wonderful to hear from them. There are a few people, in which, hearing their voice just makes the world a little sweeter. Although, when my nephew (who is three) spoke through the phone he whispered for some crazy reason that day! All in all it was such a great day to reflect on being loved.

Family Times

Scott met my Schremmer side of the family this past week. It was very amazing how long it had been since most of us got together. We missed a few cousins and my niece and nephew. It was so great to hug on my Aunts and just talk with them about life. I miss having them in my life. Uncle Stan and Cousin Ryan worked hard all day making sure the kids and adults got to ride the horses. I hadn't seen some of my second cousins for 15 years so some of them I didn't recognize because they were babies when I last saw them. It took me awhile to figure out who belonged to who. It was so amazing to feel loved and missed. My cousins son Landen said the family prayer and it was precious. My brother came into town and spent half a week with my mother. We enjoyed spending time with my nephew Huck playing magic tricks,lincoln logs, swimming, throwing toy spiders on the wall and going to the Harvey County Fair. It was a great time to see Grandpa and get to spend a little time with him and my Aunt and Uncle at his house.