End the Day with Teen Titans (Wyoming Day 20)

So Saturday started by Aron being tracked down by his client. The phone rang and I figured someone would leave a voice mail message. I was wrong. Instead, the manager of the place had to come and knock on our door and make sure Aron knew that he was being tracked down. Then his boss in KC called to make sure he knew he was being tracked down. So in to work Aron went. Such is the life of a famous engineer and husband of the star of The Kerrie Show. It's not a bad life.

Sam started his day with 3 Blo-Pops at once. And yes, I brush his teeth all the time with his cool Cars toothbrush.

Then we hit the River Beach for only about 30 minutes because it was windy and chilly and we don't like having sand blown in our eyes.

I needed a shower, but took a bath at Sam's insistence. He got in with me and we made it a Party Til You're Pruny bath. Then the snow started! So we drove to church in the mini blizzard and met Aron there. After that we went to TC's Steakhouse for dinner (they advertised on the church bulletin and I wanted to patronize them, and Aron said YES because they rock), which was amazing and warrants its own blog post. Below, the kids got to share a dessert.

Eva licked the bowl clean.

Parents of many, do you ever feel weird that your kids wear expensive name brands? Like Sam with his Gap jacket ... yet, all our stuff like that is hand-me-downs from the kindness of other people!

Got some gas at the Loaf n' Jug (why is the jug just loafin' around? is it just lazy?). Smith's for groceries. Decided WHY NOT turn the night into errand night? So on to WalMart ... I need a new book to read and settled on something called "Once" (usually I let the universe send me books and don't pick them out ... the ones at WalMart are either too easy or too deep for me right now). Everyone got a book or activity thing except Sam, who got a small basketball. Joel's now reading the book "Brave" before he sees the movie for his birthday.

SIDENOTE: Who else wants a stick shift minivan so they can feel badass? I miss my little 1978 stickshift Chevy Chevette sometimes!

Got to drive the Buick home with Michael and Callie in the back. Listened to that amazing XM satellite radio. Hadn't heard this one in a million years!


Got home by 10 and fired up some Teen Titans, a show we don't get at home that the boys used to love, and now they ALL love it and go into the woods and play it together.



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TC's Steakhouse in Evanston, Wyoming

I have a new favorite restaurant. Too bad it's not located where I normally live. It's called TC's Steakhouse and it is amazing. The kids would not stop talking about how yummy everything was.

It's not like you'll never be anywhere near this place. It's right of I-80, which leads all over the place ... from New York to San Francisco! You have to hit this place on the way to ... well, wherever you are going!!!!

photo courtesy of ithighway.com

So I had grilled chicken, salad with a cool celery seed dressing and mashed potatoes. Joel is a big boy now and ordered the salmon. Aron got a pasta thing with chicken and sundried tomatoes. The kids were dying over the clam chowder. Their kids' mac and cheese is really penne pasta with yummy cheese sauce (nothing like Kraft, people). The menu is simple but everything anyone would love is represented.

But the DRINKS .. holy crap. I had a strawberry basil lemonade that was out of this world. Here's me enjoying it incredibly:

See how happy this lemonade makes me? My goal is to try them all.

So it was $5.25 ... I would spend that on a Starbuck's for a slice of happiness once a week for sure. And they grow the basil on-site! Aron had a blueberry lemonade. Other choices were rosemary infused, baja herb, sage and MINT. Andrew is the front of house/beverage manager and the one who comes up with these amazing concoctions. Check out their Facebook page to see their funky martinis (s'mores!). If I was a drinkin' gal, boy, would I hit THOSE!

YouTube Kerrie Songs for Your Pleasure

Here's a little mix tape of Kerrie songs I compiled for your Sunday viewing pleasure.

"Kerrie" by Europe


"Hey, Kerrie Anne" by the Hollies


"Kerrie On My Wayward Son" by Kansas


"Kerrie On" (Come Sail Away) by Styx


Leave me your faves in the comments section. I saw something by Cypress Hill but was afraid to click on it :-)

Utah's Hogle Zoo (Wyoming Day 19)

This episode of The Kerrie Show is brought to you by ... my mom (Tutu) ... because she buys us a platinum membership to The Kansas City Zoo every Christmas, which got us into Utah's Hogle Zoo half price (about $25 for all 7 of us).

We finally made it to the zoo. We LOVE zoos! First we drove over the mountains, a way we've never gone. It was AMAZING ... so gorgeous, just as pretty as Colorado. It got down to 33 degrees up there and snowed on us! It took us 2 hours to get to Salt Lake City to the zoo, but the kids loved it and everybody was happy with their Blo-Pops on the trip. I love going new places and finding new ways ... reading a map and discovering things on my own is something I really dig. So enjoy the pictures from our fun day.

Staying Longer/Need Zoo Guest Posts (Wyoming Day 19)

We'll get down to business in a moment.

This day has made me start a new Category of posts on the blog: Zoos. I've been to 10 and the kids have been to 9 ... I think we need a new goal of hitting a zoo in every state (hell, why not in every COUNTRY?!) before we die. Until then, I'm happy to take guest review posts of any zoo you've been to (photos are a plus!). Here are the ones I'm writing about (Hogle Zoo will be another post full o' pix) or have written about, and you can take over the rest:

1. Kansas City Zoo
2. San Diego Zoo
3. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
4. Houston Zoo (2015)
5. Phoenix Zoo
6. Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
7. Deanna Rose Farmstead (it counts!)
8. Topeka Zoo
9. Dickerson Park Zoo
10. Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City
11. St. Louis Zoo
12. Does SeaWorld in San Diego count???

So here's the "spoiler" I was talking about on The Kerrie Show's Facebook page.

We are staying an extra 10 days.