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I apologize for the lack of blogs here recently. It seems that we are really busy, but nothing's going on. Ever feel like that? We've had a whirlwind few days here in KC. Lots of family visiting, which I love! Mom and Dad came last Saturday. However, their visit was cut short because we lost power for 7 hours and Mike Hayes doesn't do well in a strange place with no power. Needless to say, they left Sunday evening instead of Monday morning.

Monday afternoon Will, Candi, Maddi & Hayden came to visit. We had so much fun with them and I hope they had a blast too. I met them Monday afternoon at the Legends. When they spotted me, Maddi & Hayden came running with outstretched arms. I nearly cried! I forgot how much I had missed them!!! While Hayden was hugging me he asked, "When's Luke gonna be here?" I said, "Sorry buddy, he's at work tonight and you won't see him until tomorrow." Hayden replied, "Are you kidding? I was in a car for 6 hours?" I forgot my camera the first two days of our adventure, so most of the pictures are from today. However, here's my favorite of the whole time...

Can you guess who put Hayden up to this?
This was pretty darn funny I must say. Many people were laughing at us. :)

Tuesday brought more shopping at Zona Rosa. We had supper at Winstead's where we ordered the Skyscraper milkshake and were serenaded by the servers..."Skyscraper, skyscraper coming your way...We're having fun the Winstead's way...Oooh, oooh!" We then spent the evening at the CoCo Key Waterpark, which was fun also. Adults - they have some pretty rocking slides there! And the kids had a great time too!

Today we went to Kaleidoscope at the Crown Center downtown and then to Deanna Rose's farmstead in Overland Park. Both were a lot of fun and did I mention free? Here's some pictures!

Hayden with his masterpiece!

Maddi with her masterpiece!
Maddi grinding corn like the Indians did
Hayden doing his lessons at the one-room schoolhouse

Throwing coins and making wishes into the fountain!
Pedal tractors!
An "old-fashioned" typewriter


Hayden with a milking cow



In other Henry news, Luke is registered for classes and we bought his books yesterday. He has class 3 mornings a week so that works out really well! I will also be taking a couple classes through the Wisdom program on campus. School starts the 22nd and although we are a little nervous about what "school" brings, we are both ready for a routine to begin! Continue to pray for Luke as classes begin, for a "real" job for me and that God will continue to do great things in KC!

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