Leanne & Family come to KC

We had some visitors come up from Dallas to stay with us for a week and we were SO excited! Leanne and her crew were such amazing guests! We had a ball!

They happened to be coming the week before the Super Bowl which meant that KC was at it's greatest. First stop was to Union Station and Science City.

 

LET'S GO CHIEFS!

  

It was our first time seeing the train exhibits and they were AMAZING!
 

And while we were downtown we took some pictures.
 

Leanne & Ben are Patriots fans but it was still fun to show off KC a bit :)

Fancy hats at school!

Baby Daphne was the cutest baby and gave the best snuggles. 

We headed down to the Plaza to explore a bit and it was freezing. 

I am so obsessed with these pictures though. So dang cute!

Daphne was losing her little marbles in the car, so we stopped so she could nurse and I took these two to explore the Nelson-Akins Grounds.

The two youngest great-grandchildren. (Currently)

We had nightly glow stick dance parties.

We had a daily craft.

We explored some parks.

And Leanne helped me update some lights!

WE wanted to ride the carousel, but it was closed so the kids went up and down the escalator probably 20 times. 

More crafts.

We played in the snow for a bit. Snow is magical.

And we had tasting competitions. Ben got all 6 flavors right and it blew our minds! WE had such a great time and as Leanne and the crew pulled out of the driveway, I just brow down crying. I'm so grateful for family. Such a great week!

Adventures with Grammy & Pa

We had planned on doing nature week 2.0 for summer camp this week but it ended up raining ALL WEEK LONG! (Major eye roll!) So one brief sunny morning we headed out to the river to explore. We came across this huge hawk just hanging out on the basketball hoop. He wasn't afraid of anyone, just sitting there posing for a picture. Pretty cool!

 

 Because of all the rain, the water was really high and the current really strong. So we had to keep a close eye on the tiny humans.

Duke and I crossed the river, one step at a time. 

Gramma followed with a nervous E and a wiggly Sprout. I raced out the help them before the water took Sprout away. 

We made it! it was a fun adventure. 

We got another break in the rain so Mom Tobler and I headed to the Nelson-Atkins museum to explore the grounds. The museum was closed because of COVID but the grounds were beautiful. I have never been before. 

There were so many fun things to look at. I really need to explore my city more! 

Our adventures were few and far between but we did have some and they were awesome!

Home Time

This shirt makes my heart so dang happy. 

I love these KC sunsets!