The Kansas City crew had a BLAST on intersession this year. Here are the top 10 things that we learned throughout our stay in Kansas:
1. Putting up walls takes many people
2. Using the nail gun is fun
3. Creating a driveway takes a lot of time
4. Some students will believe anything the site supervisors tell them regardless if it is true or not
5. Bats do exist is churches
6. Students are GREAT cooks
7. Four Square never gets old
8. Service at restaurants and stores are extremely slow and complicated
9. Having Loveland get lost can be a bit stressful :)
10. The Kansas City Zoo is miles and miles and miles and miles and miles long
Ms. Loveland and I had an absolute blast working with each and everyone of the students. We most certainly will never forget this trip. We certainly hope that everyone was able to take something back with them. We are proud to be considered a bulldog.
Enjoy the slide show of our trip!
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
Petersburg
Goodbye Andrew and Gloria! It was great meeting and getting to know you. Thanks for taking care of us; you're definitely part of the habitat family now!
Petersburg
Day 5: our fun day! We went to the Confederacy Museum to get a different perspective of the Civil War complete with a tour of the Confederate White House. Very cool! The rain put a bit of a damper on our day, but we made the most of it! After the museum we went to Short Pump Mall. It was great!
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Petersburg
Group picture with Andrew and Gloria all dressed up for Prom - so adorable! Andrew has become part of the fam :)
Petersburg
Look at all the progress. When we started, the top 20 rows of siding were 100+ years old and rotting and nothing was painted. The old siding was removed. The new siding was cut, primed, hung and painted green! If the weather held out we would have finished!
Petersburg
What a great experience. We got to meet the homeowner Lucy and her son today. What amazing people. We also got to donate our 300 volunteer hours to Lucy's sweat equity. For a single mom that is a big gift! So proud of all the hard work these kids did. So admirable!
Petersburg
Our amazing host. Andrew housed and fed us for the last week for his Eagle Scout Project, I'm sure he's ready for us to go. We're an exhausting group ;)
Petersburg
Lauren, Laura, Brian and Brian finishing the last room of sheet rocking. It's amazing how much we got accomplished in 4 days.
Petersburg
Miranda and Robin; the queens of siding. Robin is working on not being a "woodpecker" (someone who is less skilled at hammering). She made strides today!
Kansas: baseball time
We are at the royals game all sporting our KC blue jerseys that we were given at the front gate. Play ball!
Kansas: one day later
We drove by the site today to see the progress and were surprised with how much of the roof had been completed. To think that on Wednesday, the floor was the only thing completed.
Kansas: great start
Thanks to Van and Taylor, we had an excellent hot breakfast. They even woke up early to make all of this happen. The menu consisted of eggs, bacon, chocolate chip pancakes, toast and fruit salad.
Kansas: Hallmark crown plaza
We rounded out the night by going into the city and visiting the Hallmark Crown Plaza. This is the headquarters of Hallmark. We walked around and looked in shops. Here Taylor and Mike pose in front of the water fountain where we watched a show. Be sure to ask John C what happened with him and water. Great story...
Kansas: Bonding...
After dinner, we stopped at a huge park area. The group decided to over look the area and look into the sunset, or maybe the train tracks. Either one, great photo...
Kansas: BBQ
Last night, we decided to go to a well known BBQ restaurant called Gates BBQ. This group decided to order the Presidential platter which constipated of every possible meat that they sell. Needless to say, this platter served 7-8 people and they still had some food left over!
Friday, April 20, 2012
Petersburg
The whole gang with Andrew and his family. We are so lucky to have such wonderful people taking care of us!
Kansas: look at the masterpiece!
The coolest part of these last three days has been the fact that when we showed up on Wednesday, there was just a slab of flooring. And now, you can see all of the work that has been done. Tomorrow, we were told that the house will have the roof on. (this was not suppose to happen until a week from now, however we helped progress the work!)
Kansas: Work being done in the basement
Well, day 3 is complete. We were all proud of the work that was accomplished today. Half of the group was in the basement preparing for two bedrooms.
Kansas: using the nail gun
Colby is learning how to use the nail gun. We are on the process of making sure the walls are upright.
Kansas: Day 3
We can't believe that we are already on day 3 of our trip. Today is a bit cold 48 degrees this morning. Probably the coldest days we have ever had in all habitat trips. We got a pic with our site supervisors Dave and Matt.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Kansas: Family Pic
We took the opportunity to take a family picture outside of the cheesecake factory in downtown Kansas City Missouri.
Kansas: Overview of day 2
It was another busy, hard working day at the job site. Today's task consisted of putting up the garage, creating a driveway, landscaping, sealing holes, and placing supporter beams on top of the walls. Looking forward to seeing more progress tomorrow.
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