Congratulations Mom G!

We have renamed our blog. It is now The P Funks: Paige and Peter's Pics and Prose. Thanks to Mom Gillespie for the idea! We love you!


Thanks to everyone else who participated in our contest. Your ideas were all great. Love you all!

Next Stop...KANSAS!

Day 1:
JoLee took us to the Deanna Rose Farm our first full day in town. I had been there before on my last trip to Kansas, but it has grown since my last trip and so have the animals. This buffalo and cow were babies on my last trip.

The best thing about the farm is feeding the goats. As you can see, they’re eager to be fed. The big one with black on his face was particularly pushy.

The best story from the farm came while we were looking at the chickens. A little boy, probably about four years old, came running up saying that he found more animals (the chickens). His grandma asked what he had found. He replied, “I found…eagles!” He said it with such awe. It was great!

After the farm we Red Boxed some movies and relaxed in the apartment. This is Zephyr, JoLee and Nate’s awesome cat, snubbing Peter. Don’t worry, she can’t resist that toy for long and was soon playing along.
That night I went to JoLee’s humanities class. She teaches at the Johnson County Community College and I had fun going with her. I even did the homework. Of course, I’d read the play Trifles before and really liked it, so I didn’t need much convincing.

Day 2:
We spent this day in Kansas City. We started the day at the National World War One Museum. I was particularly excited about this because I am teaching WWI this fall to my sixth graders. We started by looking out over Kansas City.

The exhibits contained two videos that talk about the causes and when the United States got involved in the War. They had model trenches set up so you could see what the soldiers lived in. There were also interactive stations where you could learn about the planes and weapons and even create your own war memorial. This is my memorial, and Peter’s is underneath.

The museum has a tower that stands as a memorial to the war. We didn’t go inside but we did take this picture in front of it.

Next we went to the Kauffman Gardens. We got a little artsy in our pictures here. JoLee liked the cat and the orchids and the gate and I loved the fountain.

We picked up Nate from work and went to dinner and then to the art museum. Before going inside, we walked through the sculpture gardens. They had an amazing collection of Henry Moore sculptures. This is JoLee inside one.

This sculpture is made of wood. It looks like stone. We were all very surprised.

This museum has four sculptures of shuttlecocks. This is Peter and I in front of one before JoLee and I played a smashing game of badminton.

The next day, we took off for St. Louis.

Adventures in Colorado

Peter and I recently had the opportunity to take a ten day vacation. It travelled through three different states and included my entire family. We started in Colorado.

Day 1: Come in, eat lunch with Dad, pull out all his family history records, put lots of dates and names into my computer, eat pizza, watch The Point, and sleep.

Day 2: Peter's 28th birthday! We celebrated his birthday by seeing Iron Man (which I enjoyed, surprisingly). Afterwards, I took him to Zio’s, a little Italian restaurant, so he could eat pasta for dinner. We went to Barnes and Noble to talk to my dad and buy some books. Happy birthday, Peter!






Day 3: Zelda’s 1st birthday! Zelda is my best friend, Jenn’s, daughter. She is cute and we had great fun celebrating and talking with Jenn and Nathan. Unfortunately, our camera was broken so we have no pictures of this event (or anything in Colorado for that matter), so I'll substitute with this picture of Jenn, me, and OP (left to right) at my wedding.


Day 4: Little Johnny Rodgers and Emili came over for a barbeque, Mom came back from Chorale tour, we picked her up, chatted, and played Nutsy.

Day 5: Mom took us to lunch at Cracker Barrel and to the airport so we could get on our plane bound for Kansas City.

Unfortunately, we were unable to spend as much time with Mom and Dad as we would have liked. I guess that means we’ll have to go back soon.

Our time in Kansas to follow.

On a related note...

I wanted to post a picture from Peter's graduation. He graduated just before we got married and all of our parents were there. It was great. This is my favorite picture of the event. I think Peter looks really good and I love pictures of people laughing! Enjoy.

Graduation (finally)

So, I graduated on April 25th. It was a really fun day. Mom, Dad and Taggart came from Colorado. Momma Funk and Jennie came down with Nathan and Adam, but I wasn't able to see them. This picture is the proof that they were there.

We were blessed to have Elder L. Tom Perry attend our convocation. He spoke to us at the end of the ceremony and shook our hands as we crossed the stage. This is me shaking his hand. You can see him really well. Me, on the other hand...

Here are some pictures of great friends I made in the Elementary Education program.

Holly

Andrea

Emily

Danielle

Kaylene

Thanks to everyone for your support as I finished school. It was a great ride and I feel very proud of myself and know I couldn't have done it without you. Family and friends are the BEST!