Headed to visit KC

The first weekend in Augsut the girls and I started on our journey to Arkansas with a stop over in Olathe to visit the family.  We timed it to coincide with Andrew's leave from the Army.  He's been in Afghanistan since late February (or is it March, can't remember the exact date I just know it seems like forever) and had a two week leave starting the first of August.  We had a great time visiting with him and getting to know Claire, his Fiance, better.  We got to visit with lots of family and friends but unfortunatley didn't get to catch up with everybody.  However we are going to be that much closer to everyone so we can visit more frequently!

While on the road we saw the Brooks and Dunne tour truck, Kauffman Stadium, a beautiful sunset  and my two sons' faces as arrived at my Mom's house.  A winner of a day!

We spent Saturday morning with some friends, the Barry's, at Old Shawnee Town.  I haven't been there in years and it's about time the girls saw Shawnee's history!  So the six kiddos (Dave and Jenifer's four and the two tinkerbells) wandered around enjoying the company and the fresh air.  It all lasted less than an hour when we all decided it was just too hot!  We headed to Pizza Street!

After all that fun we headed back to Grandma's house for a break only to find Grandpa Ray and Nick, plus all the animals, snoring loudly.  We thought about joinging them but didn't.  Instead we headed out to do some school supply shopping.



 
 Tigger has decided he really likes Jazzie's new bed.  Which is maybe a good thing since Jazzie doesn't seem to like it much!

We had a pizza night before we left at Zepe's Pizza and one of Nick's friends/co-workers joined us.



A good visit and great memories!  And then on to Arkansas...