Mother-Daughter-Sister Trip Summer 2009

I decided to plan a little trip for Mom, Debbie and I. We also invited Lacey and Sara, but they weren't able to come this time....hopefully they can next time!





I booked us a room at French Lick Springs Resort in French Lick Indiana. I HIGHLY recommend this resort/casino to anyone looking for a nice little trip away! You can check out their website HERE for more information. Talk about historical....beautiful.....gorgeous. I just can't say enough. This was my 2nd time staying there since the hotel was recently restored and Roger and I had also taken Sydney there in 2000 when she was about 5 years old.


We planned to leave around 4pm on Monday (July 27th), and just as expected, Mom showed up raring to go at 6pm! LOL




It was a beautiful evening for a drive. We decided to stop in Mitchell, Indiana for dinner at Back Yard Burgers. None of us had ever eaten there and it was fantastic. So good, in fact, that we stopped there on our way home on Tuesday for a late lunch! :o)






We got checked into our room in the Spa Wing at about 8:30pm. After lots of oohing and ahhhing and letting Mom "freshen up" {While Debbie and I teased her about picking up rich old man! Heheh), we headed for the casino! WooHoo! I played a little bit of Let It Ride...my FAVORITE game, but I wasn't doing any good so I switched to playing slots...which weren't any better! Debbie did pretty okay on the slots considering she was playing with bonus dollars from signing up for the Player's Card. Mom...well, she didn't do too bad, either, but I don't think she was a winner. :o(




Now for a couple of pictures...




This first picture is Mom, my sister Debbie and I outside what I call the grand entrance. It is just so pretty. Don't we look cute! Mom tried to mother us and make us take off our glasses, but it was really sunny and we didn't want to be all squinty in the picture!

I wish I had taken more pictures in our room, but this one makes me smile! Mom was just amazed with the room and had to look at EVERY.SINGLE.THING!! LOL I'm glad she liked it so much...it made me smile to see her smile!

That's all for tonight! I've got LOTS more pictures to share, but I also have work to catch up on and some cleaning to do. I'll try to share some more tomorrow!

Hugs&Smiles!

Kim

STAY TUNED!!

I am actually, really, truly going to post something tonight or tomorrow...with pictures even!! I know you won't believe it until you see it, but just you wait!!!!

Hugs&Smiles!
Kim

PS - I've actually got LOTS of posts to catch up on, so after I post what I'm talking about above, I'll get to work on the rest of them!

Time for some updates!

I have lots of things I need to post about and hope to get them posted (with pictures) over the next week or so...

Track Season ends

School ends

8th grade graduation/awards

Field Day

Perfect Attendance

Softball

500 Festival Parade

The Busy month of JUNE!!!

Hope to post about at least a few of these this week!!

Hugs&Smiles!
Kim

2009 COUNTY CHAMPS!!!!!!!

THEY DID IT!!!! Here you have the

2009 Putnam County Girls Track CHAMPIONS!!!!!

WTG Lady Clovers! These girls have worked extremely hard this season and have earned everything they accomplished. They had an undefeated regular season and then last night they won the County championship by A LOT! They scored 91 and the next closest team was 51! Mrs. Jordan does an awesome job with these girls and pushes them to always be all that they can be.

Now...tomorrow is their biggest task of the season. CONFERENCE. It is a 7-way meet and even though we've beat every team that will be there, there will be some challenges. We have a couple of girls who can't be there due to a band competition at King's Island, so that means changing up a few races, etc. I have confidence in them and I know they will all give it all they've got!

I'm proud of each and every one of you! It has been a really fun season watching you and cheering you on.

Great job, ladies!!!!

Hugs&Smiles!
Kim

Big SHOUT OUT....

to a very dear friend! My friend Marilyn, has decided to quit smoking and this is her third day! I am so proud of her and I KNOW she can do this!!!

I wish I could go straight to Oklahoma and give her a big, huge hug!!

Love ya, Marilyn!


Hugs&Smiles!
Kim

What???? It's May, already?????

Okay, I admit it....I'm a Loser - yes, with a capital L!!

I let the entire month of April slip by without a single post. If nothing else I should have made a birthday post. There were lots of people I love who had birthdays in April. Shame on ME!!!!!

I did get cards sent out (not all of them on time, but at least they did get in the mail!), but I didn't get to post individually, so here are the birthdays I celebrated for the month of April:

6 - Keri Hennenfent - My SpeedyRewards hotdog and soda buddy!!! (I still have your card since I don't have your address! LOL)

16 - Thomas Helmer - My great nephew turned 1 and had an awesome birthday party at Jump N Play in Avon...what a cool place! Thanks for inviting us, we had a blast!!

17 - Emma Crowe - My little tiny princess great neice! She turned 6 and is the cutest little thing! Well on her way to achieving the title of DIVA!!!!

20 - Alberto Moreno - My favorite guy from Spain! I miss you!!!

22 - Cheryl Cannon - My SB buddy in PA! Sorry I missed you when you were in town. :(

24 - Brandon Knight - Roger's nephew - and all-around good guy! I just love him!!!

26 - Judit Cortes-Cavanillas - My favorite gal from Spain and one of my dearest friends!! and also Rorie Boss - My SB buddy in Nevada who I hope to meet someday!!!

27 - Stephanie Cooper - My SB buddy in Owensboro! Sorry I missed your party! :(

I hope you all know you are special to me and I hope each and every one of you had a WONDERFUL birthday...and many more!!!!!

Hugs&Smiles!
Kim

Spring Break Recap

I can't actually believe it's over, but it really is. We had a wonderful spring break trip to Branson, Missouri. I didn't take very many pictures, but here are a few to show that we really were there!

First...big, big KUDOS to the Hilton Promanade. Talk about a wonderful place to stay. Our room was absolutely awesome (can't believe I forgot to take any pics of the inside...oops!). Everyone who worked there was so nice. The beds were very comfortable and the shower was wonderful...actually, the whole bathroom was great because it was huge! These first two pictures are the view from our balcony. Branson Landing is such a beautiful area. I can't imagine that we'll ever stay anywhere except there when we go back...we might even have to request the same room! LOL It was cool to watch the fire/water show. It went off every hour from about 9 in the morning until 11pm. Music would blare and the fountain would shoot off water and flames. I meant to take a video of the last show at night when they did the Star Spangled Banner...it was so cool.

We went to Silver Dollar City twice. We went on Sunday and it turned out to be a beautiful day and we had a great time. Sammie went to be measured to ride Wildfire and was about 1/8 of an inch too short. She was disappointed, but she didn't let it get her down. They gave her a token to go to the front of the line when she was tall enough, so that made her smile. Well, that plus the fact that she knew if she wore different tennis shoes, she'd be tall enough! LOL When we went back on Thursday...in new Nike Shox, she was tall enough and she asked to sit in the FRONT!! Roger and Syd have loved this ride for years and Sammie loved it just as much...she said it's her new favorite ride. The bad news was, when she and Syd went back to ride in the afternoon, the lady measured her and said she wasn't tall enough. Didn't make her too happy, but she got over it! LOL We also had fun riding Powder Keg and The Giant Barn Swing...as well as a few other rides. And the food is always awesome at SDC!

We bought the picture from the ride Wildfire so I'll have to scan that and get it posted. Actually, it's a pretty horrible quality picture, but we couldn't resist buying it since it was Sammie's first time on it and her she looked like she was having a total blast!

Here are the pictures I took of Syd and Sammie riding Powder Keg...this ride is awesome. It takes off from zero to 53mph in 2.8 seconds..and what a thrill that is! The first picture is when the ride starts and takes you to where the real take-off is! The second picture is waiting for the green light and I actually managed to snap the third picture right at take-off! It's hard to see on here since it's somewhat small, but the girl's faces are priceless!!!

Another ride we really like is the Giant Barn Swing. It's like a huge double pendulum that holds 32 riders. Hold on tight as you launch through the barn doors at 45 mph, bursting over 7 stories into the sky and nearly upside down! You'll fly a full 230 degrees from one side of the barn to the other! Again, these pictures are kind of small to see the smiles on their faces, but be assured, they love this ride, too!

Another fun thing we like to do at SDC is go to Geyser Gulch. We avoided the water part this time...but there were still lots of people playing in it (and I was AMAZED at the number of people who were riding the water rides...Brrrrrrr!!!!). We did have fun, though, blasting foam balls at each other at the Foam Fort! Syd also decided to pose for a couple of pictures for me!!

Syd and I got pedicures on Wednesday and Sammie got a manicure and pedicure (okay, so they really just polished her fingers and toes, but she was thrilled!). It was fun to have a little 'girl time' with them and get pampered. Syd and I spent time texting back and forth even though we were sitting right beside each other...but the ladies doing our pedicures were speaking amongst themselves in their own language and didn't say a word to us. Not sure if they didn't speak English well or if they just didn't like us! LOL

WE TOOK A SPECIAL PICTURE, JUST FOR KATIEJ!!!!!!!

There were also some other fun times, but we didn't manage to get pictures of any of it! We had a lot of fun shopping at Branson Landing and at the Tanger Outlets. The girls both had money they had been saving plus money that Roger gave them, and they bought lots of fun stuff. We decided it saves us a lot of money if we give them money to spend rather than just randomly buy them things! LOL They think a lot longer and harder about how bad they want stuff when they are spending "their own" money!

Another favorite pastime while there was playing Missouri Lottery Keno at Garfield's. OMG, this was a blast! Roger played one night when the girls and I went to bed early and he actually won $300!! Obviously, we should have just let him keep going back by himself because we weren't as lucky when we were all there! We won a few small prizes, but nothing big...but it was still fun. They draw it every 4 minutes all day long. Sammie also found the "MegaTouch" machine and loved playing the games on there...I'll have to agree, it was a lot of fun, too!

Roger and Syd met up with friends of ours, Neil and Sam, and played a round of golf. Syd was a little frustrated with her game, but I think she still had fun playing at a really nice course. Diana and Beka came and met Sam and I at the hotel and the girls swam in the indoor pool and then we walked around Branson Landing for a while. We also met them for dinner one night at Shorty Small's and had fun...Sammie was quite the little entertainer that evening. I wish I had a video of that!

So, there you have it. The Shrum Familiy 2009 Spring Break Adventure! It was a lot of fun that went WAAAAYYYYY too fast. Time to start planning another fun getaway!!!

Hugs&Smiles!

Kim