Hot Air Balloon Fest

So a couple of weekends ago the Great Midwest Hot Air Balloon Fest was here in Overland Park. So Jessica and I got up really early to go and take pictures. It was fun, super foggy as you will see in the photos, but still a fun experience. It got so foggy that we could not even see the hot air balloon until it was on the ground. They actually stopped all flight activities for the morning because it was so foggy. So here are a few photos that I got from the day.

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON.

He's at it again

Colorado for a wedding

So I spent my Labor Day weekend in Ft. Collins Colorado for Jinger's (Tres as I call her) wedding. Jinger is a girl I met around 12 years ago when I was her sophomore basketball coach. She was and is such a great person. Well she got married this past weekend to a guy named Chris - I really think they will be a great pair. I of course was going to go to her wedding regardless because we have remained friends over all these years. However, she asked me to read scripture in her wedding so now I was going to the wedding to watch and to be a participator. I was honored to be part of their big day! While I was there of course I went around town a little - I did not have a car so walking or tagging along with others was my way around town. So here are a few pictures from a fun weekend get away.

A pumpkin patch at a local community garden

I thought the sky looked cool in this shot

A biker with the mountains in his background - awesome

Pretty

This is my favorite flower shot I took while there

This is Hops - an ingredient in Budweiser beers (went on a brewery tour)

Tour de Fat - a bike event, people dressed up, the tiki torch gets my points for creativity

Maase & Tres

where i spend my days at now

Well school/work is in full swing. I am back to teaching middle school P.E. and coaching 9 months out of the year (really 10). Right now I am coaching 8th grade volleyball, the girls are awesome and we should have a pretty decent season that is the coach is decent. :) Here are some pictures of where I hang out some of the day time, the rest is in the gym or on the football field.

My big office window - that looks out onto the locker room - I know exciting! If you are in need of a good window view someday just stop on by and I will share my office view with you.

This is the view I have of my office most of the time

This is the view you get when you first walk in my office

i taught this kid

KC ROYALS DRAFT PICK: With the fifth pick in the 2010 MLB Draft, the Royals have selected Jason Adam, a local prospect out of Blue Valley Northwest. Adam is 6′ 4″ and around 225 with a blazing fastball. He was named a 2009 East Kansas League All-Star and a 2009 All Sun Baseball Team honorable mention last season. He has a lot of room to grow and can improve his power dramatically over the next couple of seasons in the minors. The consensus amongst most baseball scouts was that Adam would be a second round selection, so the Royals may have caught a huge break by him falling to the fifth round and can get him to sign.

I tried to find a picture of Jason however I cannot locate one. I know that people read the posts when there are pictures!

I liked Jason when I taught him he was one of those good kids. He was always doing the right thing, he even participated in the FCA huddle that I helped lead.

I am pumped to cheer him on when he is wearing the powder blue!! Heck I might even buy a jersey!

dog wash

So a week or so ago Leah took Yuma to the dog wash - that is set up like a car wash (sorta). I went purely to see what it was like and to take pictures to blog about it! There was a small scary moment but we survived it. If you decide to take your dog here I highly recommend taking another person with you since it is very hard to manage solo.

The dog was area

The different options - check out the one in yellow! :)

For some reason Yuma was not to willing to climb the ramp!

It's go time, Yuma is getting the oatmeal shampoo wash! Her skin loved it!

All finished: blow dried and clean!