To Grandmother's House We Go

After the girls' checkups we headed out to Kansas for the first few days of Fall Break. At our first stop, Eliza decided she was super thirsty!

We had so much fun at Grandma's house. The kids had a blast playing with cousins. Here are some pictures in no particular order of what some of the things that we did.
Joseph learned how to play Bejeweled 3 & loves it.

Eliza & Andrew could be found chasing each other a lot.

Lucy was really good at being cute.

Lexie did lots of reading to herself & to the other kids.

Andrew became an expert archer.

And again, Lucy was really good at being super cute!

There was  much playing outside in the gorgeous weather while our house was getting lots of snow.

Lexie had a play date with her birthday pen pal, Tobin. (And they also played lots with cousins.)

Cute girls.

Andrew made some fun creations with cousin's toys while they were at school. (They could hardly wait for school to be over each day so they could all play together.)

Aunt Janae gave Lexie a makeover. Just lovely!

Lucy met Aunt Mindy, Uncle Jeremy, their kids, Aunt Janae & here Uncle Nathan.

Mom & Dad got lots of walking in & also LOTS of Hand of Foot. Eliza was good at helping keep score. (Too bad I didn't teach her how to cook the books in my favor.)

But Lucy was good at helping Uncle Nathan-although I think his team lost this round.

 On Wednesday, we went up to KU to the School of Pharmacy building to have lunch. Here we are with our favorite Jayhawk.

 Lexie welcoming us to the building.

Behind the soda fountain we found my Dad's name. The kids had fun searching for Grandpa.

Yay, KU!

The basement is set up to be an emergency shelter & is strong enough to withstand a F5 tornado. The kids are practicing.

They survived!

And then we went to the Mortar & Pestle (building cafeteria) for lunch & dessert. The food was all good & the desserts were huge! None of the kids could finish.
Lexie's huge brownie sundae:

Andrew's float:

Liza's ice cream:

Delicious!

Giving the Jayhawk some love before leaving.

And that was a fun successful outing.

We headed home on Friday morning. And after our detour because I-70 was closed part of the way home, we finally made it home & Joseph got to head to his best friend's birthday party. On the way over there they saw a big snowball which shows how much snow we missed.

We had a blast in Kansas & always look forward to another trip to Grandmother's house!