Trip to KC

Last weekend we were able to take a trip together back up to Kansas City to see friends. We didn't have a specific reason for going except that we wanted to see people. On Thursday night I picked David up from work and we headed to Fayetteville where we spent the night at "Hotel de Tripp and Kara." We rolled out as early as we could on Friday and drove straight to HCA to see all my teacher friends. I miss them so much and it was great to walk around the school again, let everyone see Abigail and to get to hug some of my old students.

After going to the school we went to Jonathan and Mandy's house so that Abigail could take a nap. Joelle was sleeping as well so we got to have some quiet grown-up time until they woke up. On Friday night we had planned a little get-together with some dear friends. Adam and Becca graciously offered to host and get pizza so that we didn't have to have the burden of getting kicked out of a restaurant with all these kids. It was SUCH a nice time and we loved getting to talk with everyone. It felt like we had never left.

On Saturday morning is was so great to be staying with JJ and Mandy because the girls were relaxed, we got a great nights sleep and so did Abigail, and they had all the baby goods we could possibly need. Thanks so much for letting us stay with y'all. We can't wait to meet new baby Jones soon!

After some shopping at the Legends and lunch with JJ and Mandy, it was nap time again, so we had a little more time to relax before heading out again. After Abigail woke up we went to Brett and Sarah's house to meet their sweet little girl, Evie! Sarah and I taught 2nd grade together at HCA and our girls are almost exactly one year apart. It was a really special visit.

On Saturday night we went out to eat at Granite City with Pastor Steve and Mary. We LOVE them. LOVE THEM. Like at ton. Pastor Steve is now retiring, so we were especially glad to get to spend some time with them and hear him preach again in person. Very uncharacteristic of Abigail, as soon as we got to their house, Pastor Steve took Abigail from David and she was totally willing to let him carry her!

Of course Sunday morning was spent at LBC. While we love living in Little Rock for so many reasons, there are things we miss in Kansas City, one of which is our LBC church family, so it was great to be back and say hello to everyone.

Once the service was over we were fairly anxious to get on the road, so Abigail enjoyed her first McDonald's happy meal. She was pretty happy about the nuggets.

On the way home we made a pit stop in Springfield to see our great friends Nick and Ali and their new baby, Levi. I don't have a picture from that, but we're spending a weekend at the lake with them this summer, so I'm sure I'll have plenty of pictures from that. It was a wonderful trip...KC friends...we miss y'all and it was beyond great to see you.