KC Weekend

A couple days after school wrapped up, we took off for Kansas City to stay at the Great Wolf Lodge. 

 The boys were PUMPED! It took a long time to get checked in, get to our room, find our suits, and then we FINALLY made our way to the water park.

 They swam and explored and slid and swam and then we decided it was time to go find some food. Off to the near by dinosaur themed restaurant we went. Friends of ours had suggested it because they knew the boys would enjoy it. While we waited for a table we took silly pictures of ourselves in the gift shop. :-)

 The place was full of dinosaurs and fish tanks, sound and light effects. We had plenty to look at while we waited for our food to arrive.

 Noah ordered a dinosaur rice-krispy treat for dessert -the cool thing was that it came with different sauces and a paint brush!

 Final piece of artwork:

 Then the boys did a bit more swimming while we waited for Ben's parents to arrive from Illinois!

 Saturday morning, you guessed it, we hit the water park again. I actually went down one of the water slides - not my favorite thing to do...but I survived. Sue and I sat in the adult only hot tub for a while - that was nice and relaxing.
Saturday afternoon, we snuck in a quick visit with Ben's aunt and uncle Janet and Scot and his cousin Emily. It was wonderful to see them again - it'd been too long! Then we were off to see the Royals!

We got there early enough to take in some of the kids activities, but then it was time to find our seats!

 This was the view from our seats - right above the Royals bullpen. Royals starting pitcher Volquez was warming up with their catcher Perez. They were amazing to watch!

 Then it was game time - and time for the rain clouds to move in....

 It was drippy, but we never got soaked. The boys were interested in the game - something I was worried that Levi would struggle with.

 There is so much to watch that sometimes I had trouble keeping up! A woman near us in the stands handed the boys one of the balls that Vulquez and Perez had been warming up with. She'd been cheering (loudly!) for them and they tossed her a ball after they finished warming up. During the game she handed it to the boys. It was so sweet of her! Later I found out from Sue, that the woman has a liver from an 11 year old kid, so she tries to be extra kind to kids around her.

 We had a fantastic time!

 And as the 6th inning was wrapping up, we headed for the car because we'd seen on the radar that a thunderstorm was coming toward the stadium. Thank goodness we did, because just when we got to the car it started to POUR! Bonus for us, there was no traffic so we got out of there without fighting any congestion. They called the game and the Royals won!

 Sunday morning there was just enough time for another swim.

 And just before another rain shower arrived, the boys and I played mini-golf to round out our weekend at The Great Wolf Lodge!