SandiC. Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 For all of you in the heartland, I would love to have a get together this spring near Kansas City. I live in Lee's Summit, on the east side of the KC metro area. I have a really crazy schedule and have to plan out quite a ways in advance, so I thought I would start making plans now. I had a work conflict the last time you all got together in the St. Louis area so I'm really wanting to have us get together again on this side of the state. I know we're about 4 hours from Omaha, 4 hours from Witchita, 5 hours from Sioux City and Des Moines and about 3 or 4 from St Louis and Springfield, MO. I can get a room at one of the local hotels (Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Comfort Inn, etc,) all close by. I bet we could get a few rooms reserved as well. I know of at least 5 local SGs and I have a couple of friends I'd like to invite to join us to convert to digi scrapping. I've checked my calendar and the second weekend in May would work the best for me. How about all of you? Do you think you could make it? What kind of things do you want to do? There's everything in the world available close at hand, from the Country Club Plaza, great restaurants and shopping to beautiful parks and gardens and quaint old towns (old downtown Lee's Summit has lots of great little shops). Or we can just gab and scrap all weekend. I know I won't need firm commitments just yet, but if I could get a rough idea how many are interested I can start checking out sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetaudrey Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Ok Sandi! I hope you get a group together- I have family in both Kansas City and in Burlington, IA....I may just have to go visit them when ya'll are getting together. Wouldn't that be great? Hope you can get this all going, Meeting Scrapgirls in real life is the best!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbi Jo Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Oh, Sandi -- now I am torn! I would LOVE to do this, but we've been talking for nearly a year about going to the Tulip Festival in Pella IA that very weekend. I'll have to watch this thread and see what happens. After all, tulips bloom every year, but a SG get-together! . . . decisions, decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBarnes Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I'd love to come to. I just got a call to play harp for a wedding in May but I don't know yet which weekend it will be. I should know more later today. I'll keep you posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginaMO Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Count me in Sandi. Would be driving from St. Louis in my van and willing to carpool if Marylou or Tiza are interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandiC. Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 Ok, looks like we are on. Keep me posted. I have to do it either the first or second weekend and Christy (cwaller) can only do it the second weekend. After that one of my partners may be taking paternity leave, so gotta do it one of those two weekends. cast your vote. Audrey, you NEED to come visit your relatives, don't you? And stop for a weekend of scrapping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskitkat Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Go for it! I hope you pull it off. Meeting Rose Anne this weekend was great. I had to move my trip back to KS to visit my mom to April. If it was still planned for May, I would have tried to join you for a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappinang Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Depending on the dates, I may be able to make it. Sandi, like you, I have to plan my work schedule about 8 weeks in advance...darn patients anyway.... I will be watching to see what the specific dates are and go from there! I've never been to a crop before. Now I'm getting excited! And Audrey....I think your Iowa relatives miss you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiza126 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Great idea Sandi!! I would love to get together and meet new people!! But a lot of it will depend on the weekend you choose. I have my brother's college graduation the weekend of May 15-17. Audrey, you need to make a trip up this way!! Gina, I might take you up on the carpool offer :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidsrgr8 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I'm IN!!! I think I can make that happen!!! How fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeschaff Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Hmmm...I have relatives in eastern Kansas...and I could use DH's points to get there...I'm a mid-westerner two generations removed...may I join in, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBarnes Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Just got word that the wedding I might be playing is May 9th, that's the second weekend. I still have to contact the bride to see if she accepts my fee and stuff. If it works out, maybe we Nebraska girls can carpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsyt Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Depending on where and when, I might be heading from Florida to MN and might be able to stop for a day. I'll keep watching this thread! This is a great idea, Sandi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeneday Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 If the weekend works for me, I can drive in from western NE. I have a sister in Omaha, so that would be a good stopping off point and a chance to visit her too. I would love to meet people and get a chance to scrap. I will watch the thread closely too and see what happens. I want to get to Omaha for the theatre sometime in May, but will have my dd with me and so can't just piggy back off that trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenShakeNBake Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 This sounds like a lot of fun and I would love to come. However, (1) I believe it is the weekend of the Pella Tulip Festival which is a family favorite, (2) I am going to a digital scrapbook retreat the second weekend in March, and (3) I am planning on attending another digital scrapbook retreat the third weekend in June. I'm not sure DH would be in favor of another weekend away with the girls. I'll keep it in mind though. Now if there was a train collector's extravaganza the same weekend in the KC area, I know we would both come--me to scrap and him to buy trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandiC. Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 Ok everybody, the first weekend in May we are going to get together. I'll make the arrangements this week so an approximate head count would be great. I'll fill you in on the details as I get them. Will plan a crop for the 2nd, but if you want to make a whole weekend of it we can do that too. That way maybe some of you a little further out can come for the whole weekend. I'll see what kind of room rates I can get for us. I'll meet with the hotel manager for the room and such on Thursday so by Friday I'll have more definite info. I can't wait to see everyone and hope you all can make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiza126 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Would we be meeting in KC or Lee's Summit? Right now I'm looking at all my transportation options and trying to see if it'll fit in my schedule/budget. I hope I can meet you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandiC. Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 I'm still checking on meeting places. I thought Blue Springs, Independence, or Lee's Summit. I've got a couple of other places to check out. It'd be cool if you St. Louis areas ladies could carpool. All three of these communities are right off I-70 on the Eastern edge of KC. They all sort of come together in one area. I'm looking as close to the highway as I can so it'll be easy to get to. We have several places to choose from, so I'm pricing it out. I was going to go tomorrow, but got called in to work. I'll do as much as I can with my fingers doing the walking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodScrap Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I am looking forward to this! I have to work around a soccer double header that morning, a game at 10 and one at 11.......keep us posted. Sandi, let me know if I can help you. Do you still have my cell number? Of course, you can find me here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBarnes Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I've cleared my whole weekend for the first weekend in May! Can't wait to meet everybody that can make it! Have laptop, will travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidsrgr8 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I am so sad that I can't make it that weekend. It is my in-law's 50th wedding anniversary party on the 3rd. We have been planning it for months. I am working on the album for their party. I have posted many of the layouts in the gallery. The party will be great...but, I am SO SAD to miss the time with you guys Don't have TOO much fun without me. I will see many of you in October in SLC!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeneday Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I think I might be able to swing it. Pat, do you think we could carpool from Omaha? And when did you plan to head down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBarnes Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 You betcha Sue! I haven't decided when to leave yet. I'll wait to decide when Sandi has more particulars pinned down. I've got a spare bedroom if you want to drive in and spend the night - coming and/or going. I'm sad too Lynn, that you won't be able to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeneday Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Thanks for the bedroom offer, but since my sister is there, I will stay with her if need be. Don't want to upset the sister. LOL I told her about this already and she thinks it sounds like a great weekend plan and she thinks we will have a great time meeting up in KC or whatever. She gets together with some of her sis's and they plan weekends away from home. She is paper scrapper through and through, but I keep working on her. Will just watch the board and she what Sandi comes up with. I am relatively flexible for when I can leave here and return home. Retirement allows that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBarnes Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Ain't that the truth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappylibrarian Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 OOooh! Can I still get in on this??? Can't wait to hear final details to see if I can really swing it. I would love to since I can't maneuver Convention into my schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappinang Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I currently don't have anything else planned for that weekend! I would love to do this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeneday Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I am so bummed. I had this weekend all planned out in my head. I was going to do it all, the weekend, see my sister, go to Wicked in Omaha - and then I double checked my calendar. A daughter of a very good friend is getting married on the 2nd. I cannot miss that wedding. It will be lovely and wonderful and I will get to see lots of people I care about. However, a part of me wants to be with my SG friends and scrapping that weekend. This may really push me towards the Convention. Pat, I am so sorry. I was looking so forward to meeting you and traveling to KS. I hope you all have a great time and share some photos and layouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustytwos Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Do you still have room for one more? I live just north of Wichita and could probably make it for a couple of days. Keep me posted please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBarnes Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 I'm sure there is still plenty of room. All comers welcome! Right Sandi? Sue, I'm so sorry that you can't make it. We'll have to make arrangements to get together another time or just meet up in SLC. Angie, do you want to carpool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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