Kansas City

This last weekend we had a little mini vacay in Kansas City to visit our friends, Josh and Amanda. We had such an awesome time!
So, we left on Thursday night at 8pm and I picked a late flight because I knew Cole would sleep on the plane...or so I thought. He didn't sleep until we got to the house at midnight!

On Friday, we got up and had Friday Starbuck's with Amanda and then we went to this indoor play area called Little Monkey Bizness. Cole had a blast playing on all of the toys and bouncing in the bounce house. Then while Cole napped at the house with Ben, Amanda and I went and got mani/pedis. After Josh got off of work, we picked up some Kansas BBQ from Oklahoma Joe's (which is inside a gas station) and took it to Josh's parents' house. We had a wonderful time visiting with Steve and Melinda in their beautiful home.

Little Monkey Bizness

Whee!

The Bounce House slide was a little steep

Bouncy houses are SO FUN!

Play castles are also fun!

Not quite sure who had more fun,
Cole or Mommy and Auntie Amanda?

Playing in Steve & Melinda's yard

While playing Mexican Train at Josh's parents,
we looked over and noticed Cole had climbed on to the
fireplace and was ready to have his picture taken.

Saturday, we took a little tour around town and saw Union Station (which Josh's grandfather helped build), the WWI monument, and Crown center. We played a mad game of Mexican Train, where I won the first 3 rounds, and then Amanda's mom came over and watched Cole so we could have a night out on the town. We went down to a really cool area of town called the Plaza and had a delicious dinner and then Josh and Amanda's friends met us for some drinks.

WWI Monument


Union Station

Putting pennies in the vortex and watching them race

Josh was holding Sammie like a baby and
Cole thought that was funny

Night out without a toddler. Yay!



And we're home at 11pm. Two words: PARTY ANIMALS!

Sunday, we went to Mama's 39th Street Diner (which has been featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives) and then we walked off our diner food at the zoo. Cole was so exhausted that he actually fell asleep in Josh's arms at the zoo!

Ben's deep fried French toast

He really did like it, but you can't tell from this picture

Get your hands off my French toast, Dada!

So FULL! DDD never serves us wrong.

I love Auntie Manda!

I love Uncle Josh too!

Feeding a deer


Cole pets his first sheep

We are all exhausted and wishing we could sleep.
Oh and for the record,
Cole NEVER falls asleep in his stroller!

We had such a fun weekend with our friends and it was hard to say "goodbye" but it was time to come back and move on to our next adventure. Thanks Linnell's! We had a FABULOUS weekend and we miss you already!

Josh and Amanda's adorable house