Well it’s Wednesday night and we are in full swing getting ready to take off for the midwest. For those of you who don’t know, we are flying out Saturday (early in the morning) to go to the midwest for 7 days with Dana’s parents. While we are there we will be spending 3-4 days with Dana’s grandparents in Bella Vista, Arkansas. After that Wayne, Elaine, Dana, Dara and I will drive to Kansas City (the City of Fountains) and they are going to take me on a tour of the areas where they used to live and show me around Kansas City. Did you know that not only do they have incredible BBQ, they have more fountains in Kansas City than Rome, Italy? And did you also know that Kansas City is home to Hallmark Cards? We are planning on taking a tour of the “Crown Center” the home of Hallmark and doing some of the fun activities there. A fitting venture for my sentimental, card making wife wouldn’t you say? Ok. I’m looking forward to it too- I’ll admit- I’m a softy and have been occasionally known to send a sappy card…
After a couple of days in Kansas, Wayne and Elaine are flying out and we are going to drive up to Sutton, Nebraska to visit some dear friends of ours, Kurt & Danelle Andres and their kids Nate, Ben & Karis. Yeah! They used to live in Vancouver but moved to Nebraska when Kurt was offered a great opportunity with his brother’s company. Since then, we have seen them at holidays- but we are pretty excited to see what their world is like in small town Sutton. We might even eat at Grandpa Jake’s Restaurant 
More on Grandpa Jake’s later…
So we are rabidly trying to clean and get things packed for our week away. I just got Dara in bathed and in bed. The laundry is started and as I am typing this right now- some Ultimate Fudge Brownies are baking in the oven. Yup. Comfort food. Imagine hot fudge brownies with a cool scoop of vanilla ice cream melting over it. That’s where I’m headed- oh yeah. In fact- the timer is going off. Ciao for now!
