Our spring break came a week after our friends but we decide to head out early and meet up for some fun. We loaded up the car and headed north. Destination: Kansas City!
Brayden was hungry just a few minutes into the trip and was delighted to have an entire loaf of bread to himself!
Yummy!
The kids did much better than I expected, especially Brayden. He didn't complain a single time and did fantastic. How did people travel long distances without electronics? I couldn't have done it. A few ipad games, 2 movies, lots of music, 2 potty stops and we made it to our destination!
The kids (ok and myself) were more than excited to see the Searle's. We had dinner at Fritz's which was the prefect restaurant for 7 boys! We placed our order on a telephone at the table. A few minutes later a train whistle blew and then a train whizzed by on the tracks that were on the wall and dropped a box with the food, that then came down on the "food elevator". Needless to say the kids loved it and several additional orders were placed. Not sure if they were really hungry or just wanted to see the trains again. The food was nothing to write home about but the kids loved the trains.
These two had missed each other and were so excited to be reunited! Brayden finally got to see "my Joshua" as he calls him!
The next day we were off to tour liberty jail. It was a great stop in the trip and we all learned a lot about Joseph Smith's stay in the jail.
Next we made a quick stop at the new temple that is being built in Kansas City.
And finally it was time for Great Wolf Lodge! This picture is a little fuzzy but it was the best one I got of the whole group. It's tough to get pictures of 8 kids in a water park!
They had as much fun doing the Maji Quest as they did playing in the water park. We started out with one wand and by the end of the trip their were 5 floating around. Guess they got a little bit spoiled on vacation.
Brayden was so cute!!! He had no idea what it was about but he went running through the hotel waving his "lawned" shouting abra cadabra at everything he could. He got so excited every time a crystal lit up or a treasure chest opened.
There was wand waving into the wee hours of the night!
The afternoon of day 3 we headed to Cabela's to wander around. Two night of staying up late and playing hard all day caught up and we had a major melt down! Luckily he pulled it together once he got to wear his flip flop and enjoyed all Cabela's had to offer.
Somehow we ended up back at Great Wolf in the Cub Club for a few games.
We had a hard time saying goodbye and two hours later than we were suppose to head home we snapped our last few photos and hit the road. It was a quick trip but well worth it. Even a short time with good friends is better than no time at all.
Side note: You didn't see wrong, there were no dad's on this trip. Trent and Brandon were in Vegas together enjoying a few rounds of golf and the college basketball tournament!
