Kansas City. Kansas City here I come ...

... but first I have to stop at Becky's for a haircut. Afterwards, I gassed up my four wheeler ... ... and headed home.

Friday night after school we loaded up and headed to see Uncle Eric. He's a great guy and we have a lot in common.

After a good night's sleep everyone went downtown so we could spend the day at Union Station. Here we are buying tickets. Eric and I went to Science City while Dad chaperoned Mom at the Diana exhibit. (Check back later for photos from Science City - they're worth it!)

Mom was very excited!

Dad was glad to see daylight again after a long line and a gut wrenching reminder of the day-to-day impact Diana still has on each and every one of us.

Home to Gardner and I got to get a tour of Eric's truck. It's cool!

He keeps some of his police equipment with him at all times and I got to wear a real police hat! Looks good, huh?

Could this guy's life be any better?! A four wheeler?! Are you kidding me?!

Park!

I was impressed that Uncle Eric climbed so high ... and was even more impressed when he actually got back down!

So, been playing at parks long?

This is a photo Daddy calls his new screen saver. I was just pointing out the water to Mom.

Eric performs like a horse when you ride his shoulders. Just grab his ears and you can steer him.

Today was a return visit to the Deanna Rose Farmstead. This place is great!

This is my new friend. He's a baby goat or a kid. I'll call him George.

The trip to see Eric was great. Thanks Uncle Eric! (I hope you can get your house back in shape!)

After driving back to Des Moines I spent some time with Grandma Maggy while Mom and Dad signed me up for swimming lessons. That's exciting, but I'm really going to have to start working out to get into swimming suit shape.

Have a great week everyone!

Remember, if life gives you lemons make sure to keep the receipt. You paid for ice cream.

Toodles.

Pierce

It's good to be me!

A trip to the playground ... Primping for school pictures ...

Prepping for some farming at Papa and Grandma Kathy's ...

Firing up one of Papa's AC tractors ...

Visiting with Clayton ... (he really liked Llama Llama) ... Stopping at Hall's for ice cream...

Inspecting the play set for winter damage with Grandma ...

Making cinnamon rolls ...

Blowing bubbles ...

Helping in the yard ...

Driving tractors ...

Raslin with Papa ...

Watching the Masters ...

Sharing my life with my blog friends.

Yep, it's good to be me!

Two parties ...

What a week ... just when I start thinking, "Hey, I haven't been sick in awhile!" a cough comes up and I lose a day at school. Oh well, there are worse things than a three day weekend and Monday home with Mom means one thing ... trash day! Tuesday everything was back to normal and I got to see my friends at school and check out progress on some construction work being done next door. The guys and I spend recess supervising and the construction workers seem not to mind. I also got to turn in my art homework. This week's project? An umbrella. Thurdsay was a big day for Grandma Maggy. She retired! Mom said that means that she never has to work again ... a lot like Grandma Kathy. Anyway I got out of school early and Mom, Dad and I headed to a retirement reception at the Des Moines VA. There were lots of people there and I got to give Grandma a big hug then enjoy some cake.

Oh, by the way, I'm "Butterfly of the Month" in April. Snap!

Fast forward to Saturday. Uncle Chris flew in from California for a visit before he finishes classes and heads to China so Mom, Dad and I had everyone over for lunch. Not only was it a celebration of Chris's upcoming trip it was also Grandma Maggy's birthday! (I'm a little jealous as she got to have two cakes this week.)

Because I'm a helpful guy I volunteered to pick up potato salad at the store for Mom. She was appreciative.

The gang's all here!

Happy birthdaytirement, Grandma!

Hurry up, Mom!

Weird, but after lunch and a piece of cake the size of my head I had some energy to burn off.

Uncle Matt called via Skype and we got to talk to our favorite Texan. I'll be visiting the Austin crew in a few weeks.

Today was church. Grandma sang in choir and Uncle Chris joined us. I was proud of he and Dad ... they didn't cause any disruptions at all! Big boys!

Home we go ...

Grandma Maggy had Dad help her buy a car seat so she would always have one ready in her car. I think she and I are going to have fun this summer. Zoo trips? Yep!

Bye Uncle Chris. I love you. Have a great trip to China. Be safe and learn lots. Tell Katie hello for me!

Mom, I'm hunnngggggrrrrrryyyyyyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Wow. Nothing like a mommy lap to put a boy to sleep. I didn't even finish my apple sauce!

The final thing on the agenda this weekend was drawing for the Miller family majors pool. Four tournaments. Five players each. Big money. Big pressure. Lots of trash talk.

Seriously Dad, I think David Duval is due for a win.

Much love to all.

Pierce

Couch

I slowed things down this week. Not only was I still recovering from my visit to Denmark last weekend, I started coming down with something on Friday. After school we invited Grandma Maggy over for family movie night. She seemed to like Despicable Me and I liked sitting on her lap on the couch. Saturday was a slow day. I didn't even get out of my jammies! My nap just wasn't happening in my bed so I talked Mom into cuddling on the couch and I feel asleep pretty quickly!

After my nap Chelsea from school came over as Mom and Dad had a wedding reception to go to. I'll admit, though I really like Chelsea I just wasn't in the mood. (I plan to apologize to her at school tomorrow.)

Today was a most lazy day. Again, a nap on the couch ...

... followed by loading cookies onto the baking sheet ...

... and quality time watching them in the oven.

A quiet week capped off by a lot of couch time. Not bad, I guess.

Love to all ...

Pierce