Kansas City Fun

We spent last Saturday in Kansas City taking in the Renaissance Festival during the day and then going to a KC Royals baseball game that night. We really had a great day and we definitely got a little culture in.


Going to the Renaissance Festival was like stepping back in time 500 years. Everywhere we went there were people dressed in medieval clothing, those participating in the festival and those just visiting it. We saw a guy walking around with a black bird perched on his arm and a woman with a snake draped around her neck.
The festival runs from Labor Day weekend to Columbus Day weekend and each weekend is themed. The day we were there the theme was Scottish/Highland Games. About every hour there was a new event going on and
Ken participated in the stone throw getting first. While there we also saw knights jousting, a fire eating man, and just about every corner we turned there was some sort of entertainment going on.
After about four hours of walking around and exploring we headed to the baseball stadium.


We had a blast at the baseball game. I have to admit I'm usually ready to go about halfway through the game but this one was actually pretty exciting to watch. The Royals played the Chicago White Sox and they won which I know doesn't happen very often.
Every time the Royals scored a home run, which happened three times, they shot off fireworks which was pretty fun. When arriving at the ball park and heading up to our seats a lady who worked there asked if it was Matthew's first game. Since it was, he got a certificate from the Royals for attending his first game.


Something else that happened there that I just have to mention really showed Americans patriotism and makes me so proud to be an army wife. Before the game started there were a few players on the field warming up and people in the stadium started clapping. I figured they were clapping for the baseball players until I looked over to the other side of the stadium. Filing up on either side of a row was a steady stream of Soldiers in their uniforms. I then realized the clapping was for them and joined in. Pretty soon the whole stadium of fans were on their feet and clapping until each Soldier got to their seat. Wow! I'm definitely not ashamed to admit I had some tears flowing by the end of that and am even tearing up now typing about it. God bless our Soldiers!!

Silly Boys

Well, Matthew will be 9 months old on the first and he's had a lot of big changes this past week. He got his first tooth, became a full fledged crawler and can pull himself up to standing in his crib. He crawls faster and faster every day and the dogs have already figured out if he heads their way to get up and move. No more long, lazy, uninterrupted naps for them. I'm sure their slightly annoyed.
It's pretty cute to see him standing in his crib. The bad thing is he does it the second he wakes up and if he's still tired he doesn't give himself a chance to get back to sleep.
We also got woke up the middle of last night to his crib mobile music. He woke up, turned it on and was sitting up and watching the fishy swim by. Ken and I were watching him. After the music stopped he laid back down and went back to sleep. He's just a busy little boy now and so much fun!!

Matthew's 8th Month

Well, I thought I should do an update on our little guy. He's now 8 1/2 months and time is just flying. He's not going to be my little baby for too much longer. There is no keeping him in one place anymore, he's always on the move. He doesn't exactly crawl in the normal sense, he rolls all around and gets up on his arms and scoots backwards.

No teeth yet but he still drools gallons a day. He has an easygoing and very sweet personality and we're just hoping that continues as he grows. He's eating more and more people food and we haven't found anything he doesn't like yet. He loves the girls (Zoe and Zariah) very much and is always moving to get to where they are. Matthew is also an excellent traveler. He's flown to Montana, Nevada and Florida and has taken two long car trips to Montana. He just goes with the flow and we can take him anywhere. We really haven't had to change our lifestyle we just bring him along and do what we've always done.

He says dada all day long but no mama yet. He's always jabbering and seems to put a smile on everyone's face that he encounters. He gets to talk to his grandparents and aunts and uncles on the computer using Skype. He knows what's going to happen when we sit at the computer and he loves the keyboard. The only time he's a little stinker is when he's tired. He loves to fuss to sleep instead of going to sleep peacefully. That's about the only time he ever cries. We're looking forward to all the fun he brings and we'll keep you updated!