After meeting with them a few times, I was a little concerned. . . .
. . .but Mickey surprised me by being a natural in front of the camera!
They are just a little over a month from their wedding.
James is looking forward to being the ring bearer.
They are so sweet together!
Congratulations Stacey and Mickey! See you soon! 
And he chose one of my favorite parks for our location.
Peter is very involved at North. Choir, band, track, football. . . and on and on.
There aren't enough hours in the day for all of his interests and activities.
One of the highlights of his senior year was being on the Kansas State 6A Championship football team.
And another very cool thing was sharing that great season with his "little" brother Josh.
They are both receivers, although Josh has been QB in the past. Josh is equally accomplished as his big brother, and being a sophomore, the fun has just begun for him. Nice job, guys. . .
. . . and some really nice bling! 
Congrats on the season, and congratulations on graduation, Peter! Best wishes, always!
She and Charlie are waiting for their daughter to be born in about 10 weeks.
Here is just a little bit of what we did together yesterday.
He is just crazy about Valerie and his baby girl!
Can't wait to see her! Congratulation, you two!
Of course, it's been 14 years since we've been to the beach - and what do we get? A craft fair. We spent a little time shopping.
I was "so cold" that Angie's thin Florida blood couldn't deal with it, so after awhile, she went back to the restaurant to warm up and wait for us.
Mark didn't last too long after that, but did spend a little time along the shoreline with us.
Taking Dan anywhere; there is always a risk of hilarity breaking out. Here is sponge-snot . . .
and I'm not sure what this tasty morsel is - something totally inedible, you can bet.
Dan and I loved the sun, the wind, the waves and the sounds of the surf and the gulls.
and quoting Liz Lemon from "30 Rock" - - "I want to go to there!" . . . again sometime!
A perfect place to spend Valentine's day!
Ybor is part of Tampa, like Westport is part of Kansas City. Actually, Ybor is very much like Westport.
Ah - Yonder's Tour Bus. Dan stopped me while walking down the street to introduce me to someone. I thought it was one of the many friends he's met while following the band around. I was introduced as his mom who gave him this cool trip for Christmas. This guy, then says, "Hi, I'm Ben. You'll be seeing me play bass tonight." Really nice kid - and a great bass player!
Ta-da! Here they are (Ben is second from the left)
Dan knew tons of people there. This is random guy on the left, with Gary from Lawrence on the right - sporting a D-Boogy Brim, by the way. Gary has been on the entire winter tour.
There will be more of the Florida trip coming up in the next post.
The section in the back isn't quite that long, but hair that they cannot use, is sold to support the mission which is: . . . "to return a sense of self confidence and normalcy to children suffering from hair loss by utilizing donated ponytails to provide the highest quality hair prosthetics to disadvantaged children."
The first time Dan donated was when he cut his hair to start off his senior year of high school, back in 2006. I think this current crop has been growing about two years.
The chop-job done on the ponytails produced quite a rad look. Drew is not really sure of what he's gotten himself into!
But he happily joined in the process and fixed the mess I created.
I might add - Drew did a fabulous job with the clippers! I think I recognize that handsome face!
I spent a lovely morning with Nancy and Heather and their families, so I stopped to snap a few at the Cedar Creek waterfall.
It was quite cold that morning.
Black and white makes it look even colder, I think.
I love living in the Midwest. I love the changing seasons. 
