No Weather Damage for Us in Kansas City

The storms a couple of nights ago blew through town and really spooked the dogs, but we were fortunate not to get any damage where we live in Lee's Summit. A few small brances came down on our river birch tree, but that is about it. Spring is definitely here and it is great to see everything green up and bloom, but you have to deal with the thunderstorms that come too.








The bradford pear and weeping cherry bloomed well this year in the back yard, but this spring will probably be the last time for the cherry tree because its roots are growing too close to foundation. We will see if I can get that tree cut down and hauled off before the baby comes. Notice Mollie by the fence scoping out bunnies in the neighbor's yard. She is still way too chunky to catch them, but she will never stop trying. In the front, I chopped down the ugly dogwood and planted a saucer magnolia sapling. Maybe in a few years it will look like my neighbor's magnolia...





Last weekend we had a great trip to St. Louis although Mollie and Lucy didn't get to see Uncle Kurt because he was away at a conference all weekend. The dogs got to sniff around for both squirrels and bunnies in my mom's backyard which is always a treat since we don't have many squirrels in our neighborhood. The puppies also got to finally meet and play with Clementine at Uncle Stinky's (Matt and Mia's) house so they had a pretty full weekend, especially once you add in all of treats that Grandma fed them. My mom was also happy because she finally won a game of Skip-Bo (I lost the lead at the very end). At least Joella was getting crushed in Phase 10 before we finally quit and went to bed so I didn't have to hear her gloat. Good luck to Lisa too...we wish the best in finding a new job as soon as possible so you can get out of that current place!