Day 288: Awesome Sunday!

I've got to start this off by saying that we had to skip church this morning so we could extend our time with Steven and Leslie, but I fully think it was worth our while today!  We slept until 10, or so, and then woke up at our leisure and had some cereal.  The best decision came when someone suggested we go for a walk.  We took a frisbee down to a clearing and realized that it was far too windy for that to be successful.  Then we headed down the trail and found ourselves at a storm drain, which was at the end of a creek that was about 15 feet wide. 

We decided to explore down the creek a little bit - and each "little bit further" led us on an advendure that lasted over an hour.  There were places in the creek where it wasn't easy to hop over rocks and we either had to climb up to the bank and walk around, or carry stones the size of shoe boxes to make a rock bridge.  It was great exercise and excellent fun!  I was the most adventerous with bridge building and ended up with completely soaked socks and shoes, oops!

By the time we made it back to their apartment, I had decided that ice cream was in order.  We all decided to go to Sheridans and grab some frozen custard.  We had perfect timing and were their second customers of the day.  Within 5 minutes, the line was at least 15 people deep!  All four of us enjoyed a mini sundae with various combinations of toppings.  Leslie was craving hot dogs, so we went to HyVee to buy some SmartDogs, buns, ketchup, and chips.  Paired with Steven's mad grilling skills, we had a delicious lunch!

Next I dropped Eric off at the JCCC gym and went to Mom and Alan's house to unload our garage sale stuff.  While I was there, Alan showed me his pen making shop, and made me a wooden mechanical pencil for my Dave Ramsey envelope system wallet!  Then I picked Eric back up from the gym and we returned to Mom and Alan's house to pick up Eric's (Alan's) motorcycle.

It was Eric's first ride of the season, and after he rode up and down the street once, he picked me up and we rode to Paul and Debs house for dinner!  The ride went great and Shannon was really excited for Eric to give her a ride around the neighborhood.  We made pita pizzas and watched some Scrubs on Netflix before heading home and enjoying the remaining time of our eventful Sunday! 

 The boys skipping rocks.

 Leslie and I on a sunny (humid!) day.

 Eric and I crossed the creek on this fallen tree, while Steven and Leslie found a safer route.

 Mom and Alan escorted Eric and me to Paul and Deb's house, just to make sure we made it safely.

Eric and me, ready to roll out!

 Eric taking Shannon for her first ever motorcycle ride, and Eric's only passenger other me.

The night ended with two major waves of hail.  It only reached quarter size in Eudora, but Olathe was hit with massive amounts of golf-ball sized hail.