Seven Hills Art Camp

by Courtney Cole // June 30, 2017 // No Comments

For the past four years our daughter, Mackenzie, has been attending the Seven Hills Art Camp that is held during the summer. For the first time, they expanded it to two weeks this summer. The theme for the first week... Continue reading →

Save the Bees

by Courtney Cole // June 30, 2017 // No Comments

Did you know 16 ounces of honey requires 1,152 bees to travel 112,000 miles and visit 4.5 million flowers? A single colony of honeybees can pollinate 300 million flowers per day. There are up to 80,000 honeybees in a colony.... Continue reading →

mama fox

by Courtney Cole // June 28, 2017 // No Comments

For such a long time Mackenzie has adored foxes. When she was small we got her a stuffed fox that you can tell is a favorite now because the fur is worn down. Within the last year we found a... Continue reading →

Touring an Abandoned Missile Silo

by Courtney Cole // June 27, 2017 // No Comments

We went on shoot back in January with Jason, who is working on a new project which focuses on sustainability. This man, Matthew Fulkerson, is taking an abandoned nuclear missile silo and rebuilding it into a home and environment that... Continue reading →

Jason Cole…Iron Man

by Courtney Cole // June 26, 2017 // 1 Comment

My husband Jason is a jack of all trades. I often refer to him as the Renaissance Man, because he likes projects and art of all kinds, and he seems to be good at everything. This past week he was... Continue reading →

Touring the Ennovation Center business/food incubator

by Courtney Cole // June 21, 2017 // No Comments

Yesterday I joined some of our city’s leaders on a tour of the Ennovation Center that is located in Independence, Missouri and serves as a business and food processing incubator for our region. There they’ve taken an old hospital and... Continue reading →

I Belong to a Secret Sisterhood Called PEO

by Courtney Cole // June 20, 2017 // No Comments

I am proud to belong to Chapter CJ of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, which I have been a part of since I graduated in the year 2000. The group is made up of women who are invited to join after displaying qualities... Continue reading →

My Mock Jury Experience

by Courtney Cole // June 19, 2017 // No Comments

A couple of weeks ago I got a phone call from a random number in Texas. Normally I don’t pick up the phone, but I did this time. At first I thought it was a scam and was kind... Continue reading →

7 Interesting Facts About Excelsior Springs

by Courtney Cole // June 16, 2017 // No Comments

Here are seven interesting facts about our history here in Excelsior Springs, through the Hall of Waters building: Fact #1 At its height, the Hall of Waters was the most completely outfitted health resort in the state and possible the... Continue reading →

Political threats are real, and I’ve heard it firsthand

by Courtney Cole // June 15, 2017 // No Comments

With the tragedy that our country has just witnessed from the shooting at the baseball game in Virginia, it has reminded me of a letter I wrote that was published in the Kansas City Star from when Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot... Continue reading →

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A Day in the Life

Month: June 2017