Six Thousand Three Hundred Twenty Six Part 3

August 3, 84 miles: We left Clovis early in the morning on Saturday. Very hard to say goodbye. We drove to Tucumcari to pick up my good friend Shelle Napier. She lives in New York now, but we've known each other since we lived in Japan. She has a daughter in New Mexico and volunteered to drive back to the east coast with me and the kids so I wouldn't have to drive alone. Amazing friend award goes to her! So, we picked her up on our way east.

August 3, 370 miles: We drove to Oklahoma City the first day. It was a pretty easy drive and we stayed the night here. Jacob must have eaten something bad when we got dinner, and he ended throwing up most of the next day...again. :(

August 4, 354 miles: We stopped in Kansas City, MO. Three amazing coincidences came together to take us to Kansas City. A very close friend of mine that we knew in Virginia just moved there, so we thought it would be fun to stop and see them. Turns out, one of my step-sisters that I hadn't met yet, lives there, too. And, one of mine and Shelle's friends that we knew in Japan comes home to Kansas City every summer and would be there on the same days we were driving through. So, we stopped for a few days to visit all our friends. The Beeson's were amazing to give us a place to sleep and have some wonderful food and visiting. I just love them.

While in KC, we got to take the kids to Overland Park, KS, which has a mall that has a Lego store and an American Girl store. The kids saved all their trip money for this shopping stop! We also took them to the Lego Discovery Center where we met with my step-sister Heather and her three boys. We also met my friend Theresa and her kids there.

After we left the Lego Center, we drove back into Kansas City and then decided to take a quick stop over to Liberty, MO. Here we visited the Liberty Jail. (LDS church history site, for more information click here)

 Abby was so excited for her first visit to the American Girl store in Kansas City. She said when we got there that her heart was beating really fast because she was so excited. It was super fun to watch her enjoy it so much. I'm so glad I have my girl!!

 She saved her money so she could get a teeny tiny flute for her doll to play, since that's the instrument she's chosen to play in the school band. She also got her doll's ears pierced.

 

 What a fun day.

Of course the boys' saved their trip money for the Lego store. We're swimming in Legos at our house. :)

 

 How Legos are built.

 What's your weight in Lego bricks?

 Almost as tall as you are Lego guy.

 In the Lego building pit...and it smelled like a pit, too. Ha ha.

My Lego building master. When we left, Jacob asked a girl standing next to him if she wanted to have the car he built. What a nice kid. :)

 A Lego wizard ride. I even rode this one. Fun stuff.

Eli is cooked. He did great for most of the day though.



 Theresa, Me, Shelle. We have a picture from 6 years ago in Japan where we are posing the same way. Love these two friends so much!

 Heather and Roman, Me and Jackson. Heather is my step-mom's second daughter. I loved her from minute one, we have lots in common.



More Lego's...and three new cousins!

 

After the Lego Center, we went across the street and ate at this fun place where the food comes to your table via train on a track along the ceiling. Hamburgers and fries are delivered from a moving little train. It was fun, the kids enjoyed it! Then we had to stop at a candy place for a bag of candy...because the kids needed more energy. Ha ha ha.

At the train restaurant.