long lost vacation pictures

We decided to spend one day at Crown Center during our vacation to Kansas City and it was surprisingly fun! We had a great time at the Crayola Store.

It was great to watch the kids work on something together. We kept the picture they made and I'm going to hang it in my classroom.

Then we found a neat lego display.

These were all made entirely out of legos. What a cool (and time consuming) hobby!!!

worlds of fun

On our last night in KC, we headed to Worlds of Fun. They have cheaper tickets if you go after 4:00 and it was wonderful because it wasn't crowded. We hardly had to wait in any lines. And sometimes we were the only ones on a particular ride.

Allison is NOT a thrill seeker, so she spent most of the time hanging out with Delaney and Nate (and me).

On the other hand...Jeremy and Bri LOVED the rollercoasters!

This was more my speed!!

And Nate was a trooper! He never once fussed the whole evening. He loves watching people!

It's pretty scary to think she could be driving in a few months!! I emphasize could. Because she WON'T!!

Allison did like the water rides. This is what they looked like after riding several times in a row.

And we were all giving a THUMBS-UP when Delaney finally gave in and fell asleep!!

take me out to the ball game

We pretty much planned our whole trip to Kansas City around going to a Royals baseball game.
Nate loves to watch baseball.
We have to save games on our DVR so he'll have something to watch all winter. It gets to the point that we can all quote every commentary because we've see the same game so many times. We decided that Nate needed to see an actual game in person.
Because of handicap accessibility and seating, we purchased our tickets back in March. The tickets were mailed to us and I tucked them away in a safe spot, just waiting for our vacation.

We arrived in KC on Monday and the game was on Wednesday. On Tuesday evening we were resting in our hotel room and all of a sudden I realized that I someone forgot to pack the TICKETS!!! I was sick to my stomach.
We called my mom and she agreed to meet us in halfway and bring the tickets to us. But then Jeremy decided to call the stadium and just see if there was anything else we could do. Well apparently lots of people lose or forget their tickets because that was one of the options on the automated machine. They were able to look up our information and print new tickets for us to pick up at will call. Phew!!

That was the mishap I mentioned previously. A pretty big one, but it all worked out!!

We had great seats! And it was dollar night at the stadium. Hot dogs, peanuts and pop were all $1!! Can't beat that!

And Greinke was pitching...Jeremy was super excited about that!

We couldn't all sit together because of the handicap seating. But we could still yell at each other to communicate. Our section was pretty empty, which was also nice!!

Look at all those peanut shells!! I think most of them were under Bri's seat!

Even though the Royals got beat by the Diamondbacks, we had a great time. Allison said she thinks she'll start watching baseball!!

great wolf lodge

Our first vacation stop was Great Wolf Lodge. If you haven't been there, it's tons of fun. It's an indoor waterpark/hotel. I'm not a big fan of swimming or hanging out in the water all day. But even I had a blast going down the slides with the girls. And it was perfect for our family because we could easily take turns hanging out in our room with Nate and Delaney and Bri and Alli could go off safely and do their own thing.

She was NOT enjoying this ride.

Earlier in the day, I took her and she practically fell asleep, she was so relaxed. I think she just wanted Mommy at this particular moment.

Nate even hung out with the family by the pool.

Every 5 minutes this bucket would dump 1,000 gallons of water!

And there's my family getting water dumped on them. They are the blurry figures behind the wall of water.

She thinks she's pretty big stuff!!

home sweet home

We just got home from our vacation. And boy does it feel good to be home! I know people probably could care less about seeing pictures of our trip. I guess blogs are sort of like the modern-day dreaded vacation slides. So I'll share our adventures in small doses.

We just went to Kansas City, so it was practically a stay-cation. But it was fun to get away, even if just for a few days. And it was wonderful to not spend all day driving. Especially with four kids!! We only had one mishap, which I'll share in detail in a later post.

Heading out...

Delaney was NOT crazy about riding in the car. She really showed her personality on this trip. And not in a cute way!

We left Monday afternoon, after Nate got home from summer school. We arrived in KC at dinnertime, so we stopped at Fuddrucker's for some yummy food. It's one of Bri's favorite places to eat.

The girls started out the trip wasting our money!! At least they were doing something together. And no they didn't grab the teddy bear they were trying to win for Nate.