Weekend Trip to Kansas City

Devin and I took a road trip to Kansas City Friday night so we could pick my baby brother, Derek, up from EFY at Kansas University. Last night we picked a hole in the wall restaurant that was supposed to be the best food in Lawrence, KS (which turned out to be a bar) and we had some absolutely delicious burgers and sweet potato fries. 

Saturday morning I picked Derek up from the University and we decided to go see Dawn of the Planet of the Apes --- great movie! Then we went shopping, and to a Kansas City Royals game! 

We're a baseball loving family. It was especially exciting because this is one of the few stadiums that Devin has never been to! So of course we had to buy him a souvineer bat to add to his collection! 

We left the field at 9 PM and now we're on the road back to Omaha. It's a 3-1/2 hour drive!  Hopefully we make it back! (Just kidding, Barbara, we'll make it safely with 3 licensed drivers in the car! So don't worry!) 

Here are some pictures from our trip -- 

We're always excited to see a Great Harvest Bakery, since the Despains are proud owners of one in Texas ... It looks like it's been there for a while! 

You know you're around a lot of Mormons when you see the combination of 1) giant, 10+ passenger vans, and 2) family decals with an incredible large amount of children on it. I took this when waiting for Derek in the parking lot at KU

Also, here's a good example of the type of people we've seen in KC in the past 24 hours .. Interesting/brave people. 

I love my hubsie 😍

I love my bubsie too. ☺️

It was a really pretty field and cool stadium. I appreciated the escalators that took us to our tiptop section inte stadium. Rather than "concrete switchbacks". 

I had a couple if handsome dates. We had a lot of fun! But I'm definitely glad to be out of the 97 degree weather! It was hootttt! 

Now, back to this late night drive we've got ahead of us!