Go Royals!

In a quest to check off our entire "Leavenworth Bucket List," Chris, Ava, Brian and I headed out to see the Kansas City Royals on Saturday evening. The weather was absolutely perfect and even better - military members get 50% off ticket prices the day of the game! We arrived at the stadium about 30 minutes before the start and got seats in the highest section above third base. There really aren't any bad seats in the stadium though, so these were perfect...they were in the shade! 

Unfortunately the Royals lost to the Tigers, but it was still a lot of fun to get out there and enjoy the beautiful day with great friends! 

Heading up to find our seats!

What's a baseball game without hotdogs and nachos!

Brian being silly...

7th inning stretch!

A final shot before leaving the stadium with an amazing sunset backdrop!

Queen's Romp 5k

On Sunday, despite severe thunderstorm warnings and a possible tornado, Chris, Ava, Teri, Callie, Leigh, Grant and I headed into Leavenworth to run the Queen's Romp 5k! I can't remember the last time I saw this much pink in one place!  

We arrived at 7:30am to a swarm of tutus, tiaras and pink t-shirts. There were lots of little booths set up, so we did some exploring before the run started. Leigh was pushing Grant in a stroller, so we headed to the back of the masses to find a place to await the start. 

We are ready to run!!!

Especially this little guy!

And we are off! Check out Leigh, an awesome MOTHER RUNNER who pushed Grant on his first 5k!!!

Post race group photo!

Amazing Sunset

I saved these pictures from the Smithville Lake camping trip for a separate post because they deserve their own special post! While a camera cannot truly capture all of the beauty in nature, I did my best to try to do so.

Smithville Lake

The weather finally took a turn for the better and five of us headed up to Smithville Lake on Friday afternoon to take advantage of the sunshine! We immediately set up camp and then played a little frisbee. 
 

Once everything was set up, the next task was to get a fire going. Dirt had a new toy that would start a fire WITHOUT a lighter or matches, so Brian set up the fire pit and Dirt got to work shaving wood and magnesium - Turns out, it worked!  

 Once the fire was going, it was time to hangout, drink some beers and just relax! 
 

A break in the frisbee game for a Dirt story...

Time for dinner! Steaks, corn, black beans, and potato packets!

Waiting for the food to be ready.

Apparently everyone enjoyed dinner!!! 

 We had no idea that the LARPers would be back, but we were super excited to walk up the hill to chat with them after dinner. Unfortunately, the battle started long after I went to bed, so I only got a few pictures of the costumes. 

Door-to-Door Organics

A few weeks ago, we signed up to receive produce through a local service in Kansas City, Door-to-Door Organics. Once a week we get a delivery of fruits and vegetables that are in season. We just leave a cooler outside on the porch and they drop off a bag of goodness! It's an awesome program and it has introduced me to vegetables and fruits that I would never pick up at the grocery store. Plus, the produce is cheaper than I would find at the store and better!  

Here's a sample of what came this week - artichokes, a cucumber, two zucchinis, red-tipped lettuce, a head of broccoli, an avocado, and white carrots! 







And for fruit, we got two grapefruits, three pears, lemon, a mango and five bananas!

If you have a local community supported agriculture program, I highly recommend checking it out!