What's new...

Well not a whole heck of a lot. Amber made it through her first week at her new job. She is really enjoying it, and looks forward to knowing more about her duties and what exactly she is to be doing. Other than that, there isn't much happening that is too new. Between classes (Amber), work, church, and the animals, life stays pretty busy.


However, we do take time to have fun. Last night we went to our friends, Matt and Darcie, and played game with them and another couple. It was fun. The guys first picked out the game called Shadows over Camelot. Yes....Amber thought it sounded like a spin off of Dungeons and Dragons. But, once we got into it and learned the many rules, it was fun. Then we played a few rounds of good old Revolution. If you have never played that game, we won't go into details, we will just say, your status is EVERYTHING. We figured out that the boys are incredibly competitive (not that we didn't already know that) and the girls don't really care. We did get some good pictures of the boys pouting through. Justin and Christie took those, so we will post those when we get them.

Well, the cinnamon rolls need to get out of the oven...and then its time to get ready for church. Talk to you all soon.

We know how picture hungry you guys are, so we wil leave you with a few pictures.


This is a shot into our office of Amber's desk...and most importantly her new laptop.


Another shot into our office.


A shot into our living room (it was laundry day)


This is our $25 table that Amber's mom found at a garage sale. The top is a little scratched up, but it is SOLID wood. Someday, when we have the space to do it, we will sand and refinish it.


Probably Amber's favorite part of the apartment...the walk-in closet. Yes, Ben gets a little portion there in the bottom left corner, but the rest is hers.


And this is hers...


and this. Pretty much all the clothing storage space in the house is Ambers.


Something we do share.

Ok...Gotta run now. Hopefully next time we have more interesting news so we don't bore you to death! Love you all

A and B

Let's Go Royals, Let's Go!

Ok, we said we might post about the Royals game last night...so here it is. It was a lot of fun. We got there and then ended up on the complete opposite side of the stadium as our seats, so we didn't get seated until the bottom of the second. However, when we go there the Royals were up 1-0, and they kept that momentum throughout the rest of the game. Jeter struck out a grand total of 3 times, and then had a pop fly on another at-bat and got out that way...needless to say, not a good day for Derek Jeter of the mighty Yanks. The Royals ended up winning 5-0 and even though it makes no difference at this point in the season, it is always nice to beat a team like the Yankees at home. Anyway, here a few pictures of the game for your enjoyment.


A shot from left field where our seats were. There actually was a homerun hit right to our section by a Royals player...it was caught about 7 rows down from us.


A shot of the score board and jumbo screen. because of our seats it was hard to capture the score and whatnot.

Us...about the top of the fifth


The fountains were pretty awesome. I got pretty obsessed with trying to get a really good picture of the fountains.


Amber took this picture, right before Ben called her a freak...really sweet huh?

Ok guys...thats all for now. Love ya!

New Beginnings

Hey guys, this is Amber again. Well last Friday was my last day at JCDS. It was pretty awesome. I would love to say that I will miss that place, but I can't. I will however miss some of the people there, and I will miss my consumers. I had gotten pretty connected to those guys. Anyway, today (Tuesday) I started my new job at Johnson County Human Services and Aging. I am really going to love it. I have a boss, however he is the director over the entire Area Agency on Aging...so I am somewhat autonomous. And my mentor, Barb, is awesome. She is the coordinator of volunteers for Catch-A-Ride, the area that I will be working in specifically. She has a great personality, and you can tell she sincerely cares about people, both the clients and the volunteers. I am looking forward to getting to know new people and also getting the hang of what I will be doing.

Well here are some pictures of my last day, and then after work when my co-workers took me out to dinner.
Lynn and me towards the end of the day.
John, on the rare of occasion that he sits at his desk.The happy couple, Chris and Becky
Charlie...a.k.a. ladies manThe whole gang at Fox and HoundMe...just happy to be done.

Ok folks, thats all for now. Ben will be home soon, and then we are going to see the Royals vs. Yankees at Kauffman Stadium. Maybe you will get some pictures of that later...we'll see. Adios.