this past weekend i was blessed to host my parents at my house in kansas city. the troopers that they are, they spent 12 hours in a car (or should i say "the ugly") to get here. but i think it was worth the drive!
we of course spent a large portion of our time together eating at various restaurants - getting lots of ideas of what to do, and sometimes what not to do, at schmucker's. i started the weekend by writing down each thing we all ordered, but soon forgot as we were eating such delicious food! i of course made them return to my two favorites: Blanc Burgers & Bottles as well as Oklahoma Joe's for classic kansas city barbeque. but i have to say my bestest culinary adventure that weekend was eating CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER PIE from the one and only Schmucker's! dad brought out the deliciousness and it was by far the best thing i have eaten in months. definitely beats the typical beans and rice i eat on a daily basis! in the words of my aunt cynthia... "YUMMY!"
we also spent a fair amount of time working outside around the house. we drove about a half hour southeast of the city to pick up a rain barrel from some old warehouse.... 250 gallon bucket for $30! sign me up! but then we had to clean it and dad spent a long time hooking it up right to the gutter and getting a good valve for the end of it so we can water our GARDEN! yay! we also put up a fence around the garden to keep out the stray dogs that have been making their way into our beds of vegetables on an all-too-regular basis these days. and of course mom made two beautiful planters of flowers for our front stoop like she always does for my house! i am so grateful for all the help my parents lent this past weekend to beautify/mejorar my home :)
