How To Train Your Dragon

Have you ever thought that your almost 3 yr. old is ready to sit through a movie? I did. He was decent when he was sucking his thumb, but after about 45 minutes things unraveled...fast. Shouting, swinging on the bar in front of us, asking for my Sour Belts (which was the most annoying thing to me).
Anyway, darling movie and for the most part Noah did well, but I am going to wait for another several months before I attempt that again.






As for my birthday it was fun. We went to breakfast, temple and then I napped my brains out. Mac got me beautiful flowers and...Birkenstocks. SHUT UP. I have wanted these freaking shoes for two years! I need comfortable walking shoes! I go through a pair every other year. Anyway, I didn't take any pictures of these moments, but when Mac left for work last night my darling friend's husband (Mitch Tippetts) called to tell me that he'd watch Noah while his wife (Megan) and I go out to dinner!
We had so much fun just sitting and talking. Thank you Mac, Megan and Mitchell for making it such a special day!! And thank you all for the birthday calls, texts and emails. I love you all!!

Our Trip to Kansas

So before I show pictures of this highly unexpected city I would like to share some facts my mother-in-law sent.

KC has the cleanest water of all 50 states
KC has over 200 working fountains, second only to Rome
KC has two soccer teams (Wizards and Brass)
KC was site of a Bonnie and Clyde shootout in the 1930's
Country Club Plaza was the first suburban shopping district built in the US
Large Irish population (buy green for St. Pat's Day)
KC was on the Santa Fe, California, and Oregon Trails westward
Jo. Smith declared Independence, Miss. Garden of Eden and there was a settlement of Latter Day Saints in present day KC;
they were run out of town in 1833, 2 years after coming
KC is the Anglicized version of Cansez (area owned by the Spanish for a long time, although they allowed French trappers to
operate there)
During the Civil War bitter strife between slave owners and non -- the area went with the Union eventually.

I know she was doing her best to get us psyched to move to Kansas, but little did we all know what was coming our way...

It was BEAUTIFUL! Mature, lush green trees EVERY WHERE. Tons of parks and Mac would probably want to mention the most beautiful golf courses we've ever seen.
Did you know Johnson County (where we're going to live) is one of the top school systems in the country? BOO-YAH! Oh, and high end shopping. A lot of high end shopping, which is great because we'll be getting a pay cut when we move.

We spent most of the time in our car driving around speechless that Kansas could look like this!!! When we spoke to renters they would tell us that it was further west that looks like crap, but KC is a magical little secret and then they would do a dance for us.

The very first moment we got in the car we got lost (shhh) and ended up in an area that looks like a Jane Austen movie so I'll show those first.








Mac's work





Union Station had a cool mechanical dinosaur. We had to capture the moment.


Last night hanging out in down town KC.



One last reason we loved this place...one of our favorite actors (Don Cheadle) came from here!!

Words You Hate to Hear...

"Come see what your son did". Ah crap. Permanent marker all over our carpet? Correct. All over himself too? Yes.








I know, I know...buckets of rubbing alcohol...and magic.

Easter

Well, the day began as usual. Noah peed through all of his clothing, but after he was cleaned up it was time to find some Easter eggs. He also got a water slinky ("water mountain" as Noah calls it) and bubbles.
Funny, we knew we had to put the eggs in PLAIN SIGHT, otherwise we'd still be looking for them. I think Noah may have dad's eye sight. Anyway, Noah had so much fun looking for the eggs.
After the hunt we had "egg wars" with the eggs we dyed the night before. My orange egg crushed all but the last one...darn.
Happy Easter to all and hope you had a great day celebrating Christ.

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