Part 5 - KANSAS CITY!! :-)

Here are pictures from Kansas City!!  We had a lot of fun with our family and friends, and we can't wait for Christmas break!!  Looking forward to more fun!!

Getting ready to board the airplane.  This was my first time flying with all 3 by myself.  We all did GREAT!!

Pretty much, as soon as we got to KC, we met up with Heidi and her kids at Monkey Bizness!!

Jacob and his buddy, Jonathan!  These boys are so awesome together, they get along so well!!

Lauren and her future boyfriend, Maverick!!

Ashlyn, Halsey and Ashlyn's future boyfriend, Griffin!!

Griffin, Jacob, Jonathan and Ashlyn all holding hands as they went down!!

After Monkey Bizness, we all went back to Gma's house and had tacos.  These two were trying to escape up the stairs!!

The kids LOVED playing with the water at Gma's house!!  Cousin Megan came over to play too!!  :-)

 Uncle Pat and Jacob had several water gun fights!!

Since it was sooooooo HOT, we met Heidi at the mall.  The kids were pretty crazy!!

Jacob played a lot of Basketball with his uncles.

I got Lauren this ride on (from Craigslist)!!  Can you tell, she liked it a lot?!?!

We met Katy and her kids for shopping and lunch.  Here's Lauren and Nick.  J and A were with Uncle Sean - swimming!!

Lauren at Deanna Rose.

She LOVES animals (like her big sister).

Jacob doesn't like the goats jumping all over him, so he fed them from the other side of the fence.

Deanna Rose is one of my favorite places to take the kids.  I remember going there when I was little - a little different now!!

My little flowers!!

I always take a picture in front of this little waterfall.

I scheduled a big playgroup to the zoo!!  We all had a blast with our friends!!

Some of the boys!!

Ashlyn and her friend Payton.

Another friend picture!!

And another!!

Lauren and he sweet friend, Sawyer!!

And yet, another friend picture!!

We met some friends at our favorite public pool!!  Ashlyn and Halsey!!

I thought this was a cute picture of Katy and her boys - Will and Nick!

Heidi and her wonderful Aunt - and Maverick and Halsey.

Lauren couldn't resist playing in the cat food...I guess she thought it was a sand box - or a snack tray at her level.  YUCK!!

She liked to get into everything...she loved tearing things out of Gma's pantry!!

Foster City (or somewhere near here), really needs a Chick-Fil-A!!

I LOVE this picture of Ashlyn and Gma!  I saw this when I got up one morning!!  LOVE!!

Look at these two love birds!!  ;-)

Another fun thing we like to do in the summer...play in the fountains at Crown Center!!

Went to Deanna Rose multiple times...this time was with Gma.  They are doing a craft in the school house.

2 of my 3 cuties!!

Uncle Pat request finger paint so he can paint with the kids...so I got some and they had fun!!

Ashlyn with Truman at Zonkers...Lauren is in the train car behind them.

The kids totally LOVE their Uncle Pat!!

I took Jacob to his old karate class!!  Oh, how I miss this!!  (sniff sniff)

Hunter and Hallie came over for the morning to play.  Ashlyn is teaching Hallie how to play War.

My car was full (and noisy) on the way to the splash park.  I don't know how "L" slept through it all!!

Ash and Hallie at the splash park.

I'm so glad she started walking right before this...she had soooo much fun!!

Ash and her buddy, Will at Powell Gardens (Jacob had to miss it since he wasn't feeling too good).

Ashlyn LOVED the butterfly exhibit!!

"L" didn't know what to think about the butterfly on her head.

I thought this picture shows her innocence.