7 Week Break

So I realize my last blog might have been a little harsh to those who live around me. I know I'm probably getting my fair share of payback for my noisy party days. But I still have the right to complain, right?

Anyway, Matthew is done with his summer semester of school and now has a 7 week break! This will free us so much time for us, as my hours at WM have been cut back a little bit too. We've really struggled this summer to spend time together and do fun things so we decided to make a list of fun activities we can do over the next seven weeks. Here are a few of my ideas:


Picnic in the Sand Dunes - we found this perfect little spot in the sand dunes that would be great for an afternoon picnic.

Play laser tag - this new place just opened up in town. We haven't played laser tag since before we left Missouri!

Visit home - in August we are planning a trip home to go to the Lake of the Ozarks with our family. My parents go every year but this year will be great since Matt and Kaye and Frank are coming.

Explore the caves - back home, Matt talked about these a lot but we have yet to go explore them.

Cook 5 new recipes - in the busy bustle of it all my cooking has been slacking. I only do it on nights when we are both home, so you can guess how often that happens, but whats worse is that I've fallen into a routine of the same recipes. Tonight we are making chicken and dumplings. Never made them before - never even tried them until two weeks ago!

Hike "R" mountain. I hear people talking about it all the time and it sounds so fun!

Have a date at the drive-in - I've never been to one. It sounds so "old school." We are going to get slushies from Sonic before we go.

So I'll keep you posted. I'm looking forward to our adventurous summer :)