I used to dread going to Crown Center when it was a day off because it reminded me of going to work at Hallmark!  After finishing my MBA, my very first job out of college, I was the accountant/financial analyst for the Crown Center shops & restaurants.  My boss was Marcy Brey and that was in June of 1998!  I had numerous jobs throughout the company over the course of 15 years and it was a great place to work!  Since then, I have removed the corporate world out of my daily routine and replaced it with the craziness that comes with running a house of 6.  I love every minute of it…most of the time;)

On Monday, I was actually thrilled to be walking through the doors of the Crown Center shopping center.  The tables in the atrium are the same and it took me back to endless meetings about the big remodel of the center, and many of the tenants are also the same.  It’s like stepping back in time for me!  I used to walk over to eat lunch with friends during my work day and get annoyed with all the parents clogging the tables to watch the choirs during the holidays.  But this time I was on the other side of the table…I was going to watch Jake and the Prairie Trail Choir sing.  Karma.

I can’t take the cuteness of him singing!!

I adored every minute of it and I didn’t have that weird stomach ache that you get when you’re near your workplace on a day off.  My sister Shauna knows exactly what I’m talking about here!

 

After they sang, they had the ice rink all to themselves to skate!  It was awesome!  Luckily, it came back to him quickly and he was racing around in no time.

 

After skating, the kids were free to roam the center to eat lunch and shop.  Jake chose Fritz’s of course!  For those of you that are not Kansas Citians, Fritz’s delivers your food to your table by train which lowers a tray to your table.It’s always been a hot spot for our kids and I miss them being little and asking to go there.  Jake is definitely outgrowing that chair and he opted for no train engineers’ hat 😦Maybe I should just be glad he wanted to eat lunch with me instead of ditching me for friends.  I know that day is coming…

Sooooo, that basically wraps up Jake’s choir career!  He has a beautiful voice and really should take advantage of that talent, but I’m losing that battle!

We love you Jakers!On a side note, this freshman decided to give high school hoops a shot.  She was the leading scorer in the shortened version first game and was apparently draining 3’s during warm up.  What!?  She hasn’t picked up a basketball since her 8th grade season…I can promise you that!  She’s really only doing this to get in shape for soccer tryouts in February so our expectations are just that…get in shape and we’ll take a few baskets and stellar defense if that ends up happening.  Mo, you go girl…