Family Visit to KC

I decided last month that we needed to take a family road trip somewhere to regroup and just have some fun! So, I called up my friends Liz and Sarah in Kansas City and asked if we could come stay and visit. We actually went a couple weeks ago, but we've been sick, so not much is getting done around this house! It was a perfect visit and such an easy trip for us. The girls finally got to use the double DVD player for the car and boy, those things rock! We heard laughing all the way there :-)We stayed at our friends, Paul & Sarah's place on the KS side. They have a 14 month old girl, Mimi, who I was so glad that my girls met. They all had a ball together, from playing on Mimi's swing set to splashing around in the sprinkler. On Saturday, we hooked up with our friends, Liz, Jimmy and their son, Garrett to venture to the Deanna Rose Farmstead in Overland Park, KS. It was so fun to see this depiction of a turn-of-the-century farm and schoolhouse. There was baby goat feeding, mining for gold, fishing, pony rides...you name it! I think Mimi and Piper just enjoyed watching the chickens! It was very interesting and we couldn't have asked for better weather. After spending all morning running and playing, we walked to a nearby park pavilion with a playground and had lunch, thanks to Jimmy & Liz for stuffing our faces! Since the girls needed some nap time, we headed back to Sarah & Paul's for some R&R, which included the girls all putting on their pseudo-swim attire to brave the cold water from the hose. They played in Mimi's cute little splash mat and ran around like little chickens without heads!
After getting cleaned up, Liz, Jimmy & Garrett joined us again (bringing the Wii-fun!) for some BBQ pork steaks and beers. It was so laid back and wonderful to visit with my good friends. The kids played, ran around the yard and we even got some dance time with Garrett on the Wii! Also, as an added bonus, other friends from college just happened to be in the area and came to join us for a drink and some Wii time! It was so much fun and I'm so glad they got to meet Miss Emaline (Piper was already down for the count at that point!). Then to bed and up early the next morning to make the drive back to STL so Josh could be at work at 3pm. It was a fantastic weekend and I wish we could've stayed a little longer. Can't wait to visit again! Thanks to Paul & Sarah for hosting and to Liz &Jimmy for driving out to meet us! Wish you guys lived next door....

You can see all our pictures of that weekend, plus more of May here.