Trip To Warrensburg and KC!

On Tues. I made the long journey to see my Delana in Warrensburg! After driving in the rain, I got there to be greeted by a huge hug and pizza! We didn't do much Tues. night but catch up and prepare for Wed. On Wed. we woke up early (even on my day off!) and drove to the Plaza. I have never been there before! Of course we stopped by Hobby Lobby and couldn't help but find fun things there.

That is some pretty bling Delana! But check out mine :)

John-I found my 2 Carat but even larger :)

So after we raided the entire store of all the wedding things we trucked on to the cutest, little restaurant called The Classic Cup. I enjoyed a chicken salad sandwich while Delana chose some fancy sandwich I can not pronounce. Then we proceeded to walk around and explore.

I must be sheltered because I thought these steps (to nothing really) were amazing!!!

Delana looking Fabulous!

Then after the wonderful city sites, we went to a nearby, awesome, park where we got camera happy. It was interesting. . . we saw all white ducks, chipmunks, and rats. Yes, that is right, rats live freely in this park. I really wish I could have got a picture of this guy cause he was 50 times the size of Ratatouille. Then we drove to the Bridal Mansion. What an experience. The lady who helped us out ended up being from St. Charles. Her son went to school with me I believe. She also told us her whole life story. Details and all. Very strange lady. She was about 5 feet tall, horribly fake blond hair, black eyebrows, 75 lbs, and tan as a Mexican. But hey, we had a great time :)

Isn't it glamorous? I was going to post a few dresses that I liked but won't be getting, but you never know what will happen. So we'll have to leave it at this one for now! Maybe in one year you'll be lucky enough to see the real thing! lol.

Lake Weekend!

Sooo Windows off Washington really screwed us and a lot of people over. We are still waiting to go talk to the manager about prices.

In the mean time, we went to the Lake of the Ozarks this last weekend with my family. It was hot, hot, hot, and fun! We got there Friday around 5 and bbq-ed. Haha, John somehow volunteered. So he was responsible for 10.5 people's food! Great hotdogs! We stayed at the Knolls. It's literally right across the street from Tan-tara resort. Very nice. We had a level 2 and 3 condos. The "kids," youngest one being nearly 21, stayed up-top and the "parentals" stayed in the bottom. Saturday we went straight to the dock at about 11 am. All Powderly's are addicted to water (including Ellie). So we layed out, got bored, wondered whether it'd be too soon to break out the beer, then headed to the pool. After that we ate lunch then went back to the dock to ride Sea-doos for 3 hours. I would say John, Brett, and I had the Sea-doos the whole time. And after the 3 hrs, I only had one huge welt on my leg and a broken bottom swim suit. Yes, Brett and I see how long it takes to throw the other person off. I was doing great until we went about 40 doing a donut. The impact ripped my ties and broke my suit :( But overall, great trip. We all walked away sunburnt.

Rob and my dad right before going into the "restricted swimming only" area.

From left: Jess, mom Nate, me, John.

Look!! John swims!

View from our room.

Weekend News

Well, John and I went to visit the priest and talk over some things with him Saturday. All is well and we were all good to go until he said March 27, 2010 is not good. It is Palm Sunday! I have idea how I didn't even think about that. Regardless, we were forced to pick a new date. Even though we love March 27, the new date is October 9, 2009. I know John loves this because it is sooner and I am very excited also. So now we have one year and about 3 months to plan things!

The best part of the new date was telling all my friends! Delana has been giving me crap about the date being too far away so when I told her the Oct. 9, 09 she was jumping for joy :) I'm sure she will be a huge help in the planning. And if not Delana, I'm divorcing you as a friend :)

Well, I suppose I should say the Econo Lodge is booked for Oct. 9, 09 so we are once again forced to take our second choice, Windows Off Washington. Okay, okay, I am kidding about the Econo Lodge!! So I called our lady at Windows and left a message. Hopefully I'll be getting a call to confirm we get the room I want by Tuesday. I'll keep you updated don't worry.

We also had a taco night on Saturday! It was a lot of fun. Thanks to John's family who brought some food and joined us!

Here is my niece Ellie. This is my summer job if you consider playing with bubbles, attending baby gym, mall walking, park playing, napping, and watching Elmo a job.

Let's see here. So far, I'm great at posting once-a-month! John and I have been Reception Shopping as I call it! I find that it's more tiring and work than I thought. But thus far, we have three favorites: Windows On Washington, the Renaissance Hotel, and the Econo Lodge. Debor-ah, you would LOVE the Econo Lodge. John and I are going back this weekend to book. We get a half-off deal if we book ASAP! Exciting.

Other than that, I find that John and I are growing up quickly. We found great enjoyment in buying a mattress and box spring this weekend. Old? Yes, indeed. No need for bbq's or anything, we prefer to go old fogey shopping for things like lamps, sofas, and bricks to landscape the house with :)

We are looking forward to seeing my best friend Delana on Saturday for her bbq. (It's great when you don't have to provide but rather enjoy bbq's!)

Chrissy, check back in a month! Just kidding :)