Winter Jam… Ice Roads and a Suite Time

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Queenie

The 31st was WINTER JAM day. If you don't know what Winter Jam.. it's 10 Christian bands in one place on one day for $10. There is not assigned seating, so we try to get there pretty early and wait in line so we can get a good seat.

When we pulled up to the Sprint Center there wasn't anyone there waiting… You know what that means… FIRST IN LINE!

These children were pretty happy about that.

We had a plan for this cold last day of January. #3 and 3.5 would stand in line for an hour, while #2 and #4 would go to Consentinos and warm up. Then they would switch.

Here they are waiting….

While they were waiting #5 and I did a little shopping, ran some errands… and you know hung out with a few Lego people. I knew the weather had the potential to be bad on Friday, but I didn't think it was going to get icy until AFTER the concert was over. Right after this photo was taken I receive a phone call that the roads were really bad, and that none of the others that were coming up to meet us wanted to take a chance on the icy roads. I called #2 to let him know and he informed me that #3, #3.5 and #4 received passes and were getting into Winter Jam early… he didn't want to wait any longer and was going to take a taxi to where I was…

As it turns out he couldn't get a taxi, so he rented a bike to come see me. I don't know if you can tell by the picture, but it was raining little ice pelts in this picture. Since we were about 60 miles from our house… I thought it would be best if we stayed at a hotel, and maybe the weather would be better in the morning.

Here they are all safe and snug in our hotel room.

A fantastic breakfast on Saturday Morning.

A view of Kansas city from our hotel room.

WordCamp KC Day One..

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Queenie

#2 and I headed up to JCCC (Johnson County Community College) for DAY UNO of WordCamp KC.

#2 Drinking his frappachino

Welcome message

Hello Donut..

Did you know that eating a donut at WordCamp has -0- carbs and calories?

#2 networking…

And again…

LUNCH!

These people look cool sitting outside and enjoying the day.. networking and eating. This violates all my rules.

I don't eat outside
I don't sit on the ground outside.
See rule #1

I sat in this room most of the day. You know what impressed me? That little "pop up" plug in on the desk. I would love to have some of those in the school room.

After it was over we all headed over to the Marriott Bar for a tweet up.

Guess who's not old enough to go to a bar?

So I took him to get a shake.

Want to know more about WordCamp? Check it out HERE.

American Girl Store Opening Overland Park Kansas

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Queenie

Last week was #3’s birthday. I’ve never been one of those “birthday party” parents. I just don’t have confidence in my party throwing abilities. #3 loves anything that has to do with American Girl Dolls, so it was very lucky they decided to have their grand opening on her birthday weekend.

#3 and her Doll in front of the Grand Opening Sign.

We arrived at Oak Park Mall at 9:15 on Sunday. I knew the first 200 people in line received a goody bag. I hoped by arriving 3 hours before it opened would insure we got that bag! We were given ticket numbers 91-94 which meant we were one of the first 200! Now all we had to do is wait.. and take some photos.