The Wall That Heals

I have been working on this project for as long as I have been in Blue Springs. This is The Wall That Heals - the traveling half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. Blue Springs is currently hosting it at Pink Hill Park.

We hosted a family preview night on Wednesday night. I snapped off a few photos of Niko waving the American flag.

I have been super busy at work trying to make sure this event was well publicized and well managed by the Media. In the last 3 days I have been interviewed by over 7 news agencies about it. Whew..... 3 more days to go!

Sleepy

Guess you can't hang with the big dogs....

Baking cookies

We baked cookies on Sunday night. It was messier than I anticipated, but Niko did better than I thought so it all worked out.

He really liked helping cut out the cookies - the decorating was not for him just yet. Maybe next time. I didn't have the royal icing ready to go so he grew impatient and decided it was Toy Story time instead.

Notice on the last photo that Woody wanted to help too...

Sullivan Visit

Susan and Mike Sullivan came to Kansas City this weekend. Niko had a good time playing with them. Niko shared his hat and chair with Mike.

Niko discovered something new... he now knows how to get out of his crib! We were showing Susan and Mike around the house and who came down the stairs but Niko to find us. Time to convert the crib....

We took them to the famous Arthur Bryan's for lunch before they headed to the Plaza for the art show.



Niko wanted to run off some of the BBQ after lunch.

Working it

A communications director's job is never done. What a horrible assignment... I had to drive a brand-new 2011 Mustang Convertible in a parade. Sigh. :)

I drove in the 2010 Fall Fun Festival parade. My car was council district #2's Councilman Chris Lievsay.

Crashed out

After a full day of playing with Monica's kids, Niko crashed as soon as we got home. Thanks Monica for the hair cut!

Microburst

Saturday night our neighborhood was hit by a microburst. We were lucky that our house had no damage, but others in our area weren't so lucky. There are a lot of trees down, but no reports of any injuries. They estimated that we were hit by 80+ mile-per-hour winds during the storm. I would say they were right - it was brutal!

The bottom photo is our backyard after 6 hours of work... not much accomplished. We got the large limbs cut down, but there is a coat of small limbs, leaves and debris all over the yard. I would say we still have another 12 hours to go! Ack!