Rats!

It's been a great day! Right now, most of my days are filled with unpacking, painting, getting tags changed, and sooooo may other super fun things like that...It was really great NOT to do any of those things today!

Our neighbor Laura (and a member of our church) got wind that I was a bit of a foodie...so today she picked me up and took me to Penzey's Spices shop. They are a mail order spice company, but also have several store fronts across the county. It was AMAZING! I got to see and smell spices I've only heard of or read about...but never actually seen.

My favorite part were the "sniff" jars. You could smell any spice in the place. I got dried orange jest, a French Vinaigrette spice, and a salt free Italian blend.

After the spice store we went to Great Day Cafe. I had a wonderful Raspberry, Pecan, Fetta Salad with Field Greens.

Next door to the spice shop was an bulk Olive Oil and Balsamic shop! I get the shivvers just thinking about it! Another gal from church told me she loves the blood orange infused oil. I even noticed a blackberry infused balsamic in the window!

The boys have several good friends in the neighborhood. The trampoline seems to be a pretty popular place for them to all hang out.

The 3rd graders had their end of year production was tonight. It was all about rats! I wanted to throw up! Riley only sang in the chior since he only had 13 days to practice with the group, but he was still GREAT!

The kids were fooling around when it was over...Riley looked pretty cute in his Easter hat!
Here are a few quick snapshots I took of the LR and DR.

This is the dining room. As you can see I've only been able to get 5 of the 10 red shades I need for the light. I found out Hobby Lobby only gets 5 at a time...and I took all of them!

I had to throw this one in for Riley...He tried to get in EVERY shot.
Tomorrow Derek and Val and Em come to spend Easter weekend with us! We are planning to go to the KC zoo, and cook Easter lunch together, and swim, and hunt eggs...I can't wait!