White Sox in KC 8/3

My pal Steve came to town for a visit this weekend, and he was entertained by watching the Royals pound the White Sox (both literally and figuratively) Saturday and Sunday afternoons. For White Sox fans like myself, the only entertaining aspect of the weekend was seeing Ken Griffey Jr. in a Sox uniform. Here are a few photos taken at Sunday's game.

-Scott

Symphony in the Flint Hills

Brian K. called me Thursday evening inviting us to the 3rd annual Symphony in the Flint Hills concert Saturday June 14th near Council Grove, KS. Unfortunately, Brian only had 3 tickets, but 4 of us wanted to attend. So, Friday morning I called the concert organizers and successfully procured a last minute ticket... This was surprisingly easy, considering that the concert had sold out (5,000 tickets) within 4 hours on the day that tickets went on sale months earlier.

Saturday at noon, Brian, Eric, Ann, and I loaded up the Camry with chairs, cooler, and picnic basket and made the 2-hour drive from Liberty to Council Grove. We resurrected a BA (Before Ann) vacation tradition by stopping at Dairy Queen in Council Grove for Blizzards, and then we proceeded to the concert site 2 miles south of town. As soon as we pulled off the highway, I regretted bringing the Camry, because it was not designed with driving across the prairie in mind. The Camry protested mightily with many underbody scraping sounds, but we managed to park it on the prairie with no apparent damage.

To reach the concert site, we had to hike across a mile of prairie hauling 4 chairs, a picnic basket, a stuffed cooler, and a 25+ week old fetus. Ann was a trouper, hauling both the fetus and the picnic basket!

Both the location and the concert were amazing, punctuated by a wagon train and a cattle drive. The concert ended as the sun was setting around 8:55 PM. By the time that the crowd cleared out, we arrived back in Liberty around 12:30 AM.

For a photo slideshow of the day, click below.

-Scott

Baby pictures

In case you hadn't heard yet, Ann & I are pregnant, nearly halfway along in fact. The due date is September 23. Today was Ultrasound Day, so we got to "see" Baby Heider for the first time. Ann didn't want to learn the baby's gender, but we saw enough onscreen to give us a good hint... Don't ask, though, because we aren't telling!

Vacationing at the Lake of the Ozarks

All the Heiders (Al, Joyce, Todd, Corey, Scott, and Ann) just wrapped up a week on vacation at Lakeview Resort on the Lake of the Ozarks. The wind was biting for most of the week; unfortunately, the crappie were not! Still, between the 6 of us, we were able to catch enough fish to fill a couple of large freezer bags.

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Birthday fountain fired up

In February Ann received a 3-tier urn fountain for her birthday from her loving husband. The weather has finally warmed up enough to assemble the fountain on top of "Heider Hill" in the front yard. We filled it up and plugged in the pump, and IMHO it looks and sounds great. After Ann finishes the landscaping on the fountain level of Heider Hill, the front yard landscaping project will finally be complete (I hope).

-Scott