Trip to Kansas Part 1

I went to visit my friends, Emily and Adam, for about a week this last month. It was really nice to get away and just have fun. We went out to eat, shopping (mostly window shopping), walked around the neighborhood, visited Lawrence and watched a lot of Chuck season 5. And that was all in just the first couple of days!

The end of a nature walk in their neighborhood

Dinner at The Burger Stand and then walking around downtown Lawrence.

Our State Fair is a Great State Fair!

I went to the state fair with my mom and niece this year. It's always a lot of fun!

I thought this was super hilarious!

Balloon Animals

"Grandma, I really want to ride a pony!"

Petting the animals

Sometimes the animal barns are stinky!

A new calf that had been born the day before.

Lookin' at the cute baby pigs

The award winning pumpkin

Checkin' out the bees

Touching the bunnies' soft fur

Petting the birds

All around dancin' fun!

And to complete the evening we stopped off at IHOP for dinner!

Some More Swimming Pics & a Movie

Monday Morning Moving

Monday brought the end of the Utah Adventure.

They packed up the car.

Addie and I waited for them outside

The boys picked some hazelnuts to go

 A couple of pictures and hugs later, they got in the car (and truck) and headed out to their next destination!

Goodbyes are always hard, but we knew we'd be seeing them in October, so this one wasn't that bad!

Sunday with the Family

The kids got to help Eric feed the turtle

Then it was a music extravaganza!

After the cacophony of sound, and lunch, we all took naps or had quiet time. Then when everyone was up and going again Grandma brought out two dinosaur Z-Card packs. They're kind of like credit cards that have punch-outs. These punched out to make dinosaurs.

Later on, the family came up for dinner.

Then, because Walker thought everywhere he went he should have a birthday party, we had ice cream and presents for that cute boy!

The kids loved the ice cream and mint ice cream pie. (Although if you asked the girls what they had they'd say it was cake.)

Needless to say, it's always fun when the family can all get together!