Jack came to visit!

This past weekend Ryan's fraternity brother, Jack, came to visit us from Texas.  He flew in Friday night and we went to Stroud's for our second time (Jack's first).  Since you probably aren't familiar with Stroud's, I suggest you check out this clip from Man Vs. Food:

http://www.stroudsrestaurant.com/mvf.html

It was delicious, yet again, and Jack gave the thumb's up.  We were in a food coma after leaving, so we just hung out until we passed out.

On Saturday, Ryan insisted that Jack tries his new favorite doughnut place, John's Space Age Donuts.  We saw Unstoppable later that afternoon, then went to Oklahoma Joe's for an early dinner.  That night, we checked out Kansas City's Power & Light District.  We really liked it and had fun!  Even though it was downtown, everything was super clean and so CUTE! We first went to a dualing piano bar and then checked out another bar that had women dancing on bars in Santa outfits.  I was a little skeptical, but this bar only played awesome Christmas music & boy bands! Heaven!! I'm talking Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" and "Backstreet's Back".  I loved every second of it.

We had the Chiefs/Broncos game to go to on Sunday.  We were hoping it would warm up, but we were dead wrong.  Our seats were in the shade and facing the wind.  Add those two factors with an already 20 degree day and that does not equal fun.  We had fun at the game, but by the end of the 3rd quarter we were so miserable we had to leave.  I did get some good pictures:

At the dueling piano bar, Howl at the Moon

This guy thought it would be cute to propose to his girlfriend at the bar.  His proposal "We've been through a lot, babe, through the years.  I never had the chance to have a formal proposal, so will you marry me?" Ryan, I'm glad you didn't propose to me like this guy :) 

Huge cowgirls & cowboys in front of the KC skyline.  Coolest thing ever!

Freezing our booties off before the game.  

Arrowhead Stadium! KC has some hard core fans!

Jack, we had a lot of fun with you and hope we can see you again soon!  

On a side note, Ryan and I booked our flights to Richmond this morning! :) Since I won't start working until January, I'm going to be there an entire week.  Ryan has to work til the 23rd, so he's only going to be there for 2 days.  I'm glad we found the same flight back on Monday the 26th! I can't wait to spend Christmas in Richmond and see everyone I miss so much!! 

It feels like home...

Alright, I know I've been saying for a while I would post pics of the apartment.  I finally took the time to break out the camera so you guys can get a better idea of Home Sweet Home!  There's a lot of things I'd want to do with decorating, but since this isn't permanent, we'd rather save the money on decorating on a place that's ours! Without further ado, our humble abode:

The front door!  Once you walk in, there's an inside staircase that takes you upstairs to our apartment.

The living room. I can't wait to get rid of our mismatched furniture!

If you take a step away from the living room, you'll see this leads you directly into the dining room.  Hi Christmas tree & Zoe! 

Guest bathroom

Bad picture of the guest bedroom.  Yes, we desperately need a bedskirt. And a headboard/footboard :) 

Our little kitchen. The door next to the clock is the laundry room. Yes, those are sugar cookies cooling because I'm a good little stay at home wifey ;) To be honest, I get bored to death so baking kills the time! 

One side of our bedroom

Our closet was so big we put the dresser inside...holler

Our bathroom.  Yes, it desperately needs more color :)

The other side of our bedroom (closet & BR)

Our apartment building!  Don't be fooled - not everyone in the midwest is nice! Our neighbors are not friendly. Please note Miss Nellie (my car) at the bottom of this pic.  I can't wait to get a job and get rid of her.  Sorry, Miss Nellie!

So, there you have it.  Our Better Homes & Garden apartment isn't so Better Homes & Garden :)  It's definitely built nice, has really nice fixtures, and the apartment workers are by far the nicest & most reliable people we've ever worked with.  However, it's definitely a very small apartment and we don't see ourselves living here for more than a year.  After that, hopefully we'll have a HOUSE!  Zoe wants a backyard to do all of the squirrel and badger hunting she dreams about :)