Category Archives: Vacation

Jul 16

K.C. Daycation part 2

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After our fun at Wonderscope, my brother asked if we wanted to head to downtown Kansas City and grab lunch at Crayola Cafe. How could I say no, downtown Kansas City has to be one of my very favorite places.

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We visited Union Station.

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I grabbed a few pics from the skywalk.

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Dylan loves trains, and he really enjoyed Union Station.

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I love it all, my camera was way happy that day.

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Crown Center was a blast too. It was a little busy, but the boys loved it.

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Crayola Cafe was a blast too. They served great food, and everyone there was really nice too.

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We visited the waterfall at Crown Center.

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Before we knew it, it was time to head back home. The day was amazing, and we seriously can’t wait to go back again.

Jul 14

K.C. Daycation part 1

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I’ll often ask the kiddos, “if you could go anywhere, where would you want to go?” Almost always the answer is Wonderscope. We live a bit away from Wonderscope, but luckily my brother Rob doesn’t live to far away from Wonderscope, and the kiddos were able to talk him into tagging along for the day.

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Wonderscope is an interactive Children’s museum, and it is amazingly fun.

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There are many different rooms to play in, and activities to explore.

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Agnes was happy chilling out and watching the boys run around.

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Even Uncle Rob had a good time at Wonderscope.

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Nana and Agnes had fun playing too.

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The kiddos favorite room was the Lego room.

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It is full of great displays and plenty of Lego’s to play with too.

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The boy’s are already asking when we can go back to K.C. and visit again.

Jul 6

A Few Favorites…

I promise, this should be the last of the Hawaii posts…

I thought I would share a few of my random favorites from the Island…

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Sushi and Soba Noodles from the ABC Store.

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The view of the skyscrapers from the balcony.

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One of the many quaint shops, the light was so pretty this day.

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Early morning clouds rolling over the mountains.

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A pretty view of Waikiki Beach.

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Amazing detailed rooftops.

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I loved the angle of this one…

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Succulent plants and blossoms on a rooftop.

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Happy Palm Trees, and an art deco hotel.

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A beautiful chapel.

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Oh my goodness! Hawaii, how I miss you so…

Jun 23

Tropical Trees and Flowers

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How I wish I could grow tropical flowers in the Midwest…

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And Palm Trees too.

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A sandy beach view from my backyard would be really nice.

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I snapped this one in the middle of the day, there was plenty of shade under this big tree.

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The Palms are just too beautiful.

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There were also tropical blooms in so many gorgeous colors.

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Bright red.

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And Sunny Yellow.

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These trees lined our favorite park…

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These beautiful blooms lined a rooftop.

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The park was amazing, full of palm trees and succulents too.

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Large blossoms…

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And teeny-tiny ones.

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Exotic succulents.

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And a beautiful waterfall view…

If only this could be my garden.

Jun 15

The Lucky Animals

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I can’t leave the Island behind just yet…

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I was looking back through the photos, and thought I would share some pictures of the lucky animals that call Waikiki Beach home.

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I loved the tropical fish that we saw on the submarine.

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This bird was attempting to “catch” a koi fish.

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The Koi were beautiful.

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The penguins were funny in their Hotel habitat.

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There was even a lucky little turtle living among the penguins.

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Another Koi “hunting” bird.

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Pink Flamingos that were not quite awake.

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Really, really, really lucky (and cute) penguins.

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A little bird and tiny lizard hanging out at the Tropics.

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This little bird at the Tropics was snacking on someone else’s breakfast.

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One of my favorite animal pics, this little bird looks so serene.

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There were loud macaws.

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And cute little ducks.

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They spent their time splashing in the Koi ponds.

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Yep, those are some lucky little animals…