BaCK in Teyhaus

yo readerz i am back from the midwest. Twas a glorious fun filled adventure I must say. A vacation should truly be an escape from "real life" and this was. I didn't know it at the time but it sunk in on the drive home. If it weren't for the Huz being here I may not have returned. The moment I entered Kansas City I had this feeling of "I want to live here again". I can not explain this feeling to Jarrod because he does not see why I would love it there so much. It is gorgeous, peaceful and most importantly my best friends and family live there. It was cool seeing my cousin Adam as soon as we arrived and his adorable 21 month old son who looks just like him. His wife and stepdaughter are awesome people who make you feel just at home. Shortly after we ate a homemade spaghetti dinner I went over to Kelly and Lynne's to see my little angel Golden Kindred who has grown a foot just since Thanksgiving. He was in the upstairs window when we drove up and squealing in delight through the screen. I couldn't have felt more welcome and anticipated if there were a zillion flowers on the lawn. Mahna, my little shy flower, took immediately to Gold in a magical way. She met him at Thanksgiving when they came to Texas, but she was 3 months old at the time. They do "talk" on the phone, but seriously it was so cool how immediately comfortable and happy she was with him. The rest of the trip grownups were trying ever so persistantly to get her to let them hold her with not much luck. She is a mama's girl, what can I say??? So the first night I stayed with them and spent the next morning playing w/ mahna and gold for a couple hours then my aunt becky came over to meet her favoritest great neice. Then Nikki came over and we went out for THAI food *YUM* and had great conversation. My mom took gold and mahna to play w/ my cuzins baby Blake so Nikki and I could catch a movie, too. We saw "Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants" which is awesome and I highly recommend. It is a chick flick just to warn you. Anna, Mahna and I stayed the night w/ Nikki and she cooked us up an amazing dinner and we watched Little Black Book which was pretty cute. It was very fun and memorable. Saturday I hung out at Lynne and Kelly's playing w/ Mahna and Gold and Sat. night Kimmy came to get me and we hung out at her house. She just got a new house........ she is a homeowner, her and her husband. They made me feel very comfortable. Their house is awesome and struck a jealous tingle in me. Mahna started busting thru a top tooth that night and there were HUGE storms so she didn't sleep well, but Kimmy and I still had fun and snuck in some good conversations and watched half of RAISING HELEN on her super comfy bed. The next day we went to Wally world and I went back to Kelly and Lynne's to hook up w/ Becky, Spencer and Lori. It was so awesome to meet up with everyone and I really enjoyed the house full of family and food. Every conversation was great and this blog entry may be sounding repetitive but every ounce of the trip was just wonderful. That night I stayed w/ kelly and lynne. Gold had to go to summer school early Mon. morning so I looked at a cool website ASTRO.COM w/ Lynne and then Kimmy picked me up to have lunch w/ her at work. Some people got stuck on the elevator at her work which was so crazy. She works at a hospital. Then Lynne and Gold and Mahna and I went to some groovacious shops in Brookside that afternoon. Lynne got Mahna two cool books and bought us all ice cream....mmmmmm. On the way to the car Mahna reached over and grabbed Gold's head and started kissing it then reached out her arms for Lynne..... it was asif she realized we were leaving soon and needed to show them some luv. I am really tired now so all these words are blurring together but I want to get out as much of my memories as I can. My mom came and got me from their house around 8 :15 and I got my cell phone from her which I had left in her car on accident GRRRRRRRR so I noticed I missed a call from Lori. So I called to see what was up and she said she would see me next trip since we were almost to Adam's house. Then I checked my voicemail and she had invited us for coffee at 7:15. I felt REALLY horrible because I would have loved to see their place if I had KNOWN. It is my stupid fault for leaving my phone in the car and that was the only bad point of the trip because I feel like I might have made them feel like I was ignoring or blowing them off and that is not what I meant to happen. We had fun at Adam's house that night> Cynthia and Ryan came over which was awesome. I miss Ryan so much as he was like a brother to me for so long and it had been prob. 2-3 yrs since I last saw him. This morning we got up at 7 and were on the road by 9 but lots of stops along the way so we got home late. My mom did all the driving and was very patient w/ mahna's screaming at times and my grumpiness for wanting to be HOME already and tired of being in the car. Ahhhh. To be home. Jarrod was on cloud nine seeing Mahna and I think they played for like 90 minutes straight without a break. She even said DADDY! She has said da da but she actually looke dat him and said DADDY! TOO CUTE. So on with life we go.......... Tomorrow (WEDS) is my dadeo's fiftieth bday. YES THAT IS 50! Maybe a little shindig going on this weekend. Jarrod will be out of town, but Kendra will be IN TOWN! Woo hoo. Sounds like a good excuse for a sleepover at my parents house. Thanks for reading. Caroline