Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Labor Day Weekend in Kansas


We hit the road on Thursday in The Hulk for our big late-summer road trip to Kansas. The kids did so well in the car for the 6-hour drive, and Tevin kept his pants dry the entire time! We had lunch with Grandma, Granddad, and Grammy and then played in the backyard. Tevin named all the states for Grammy, and Grandma painted Brynlee's fingernails purple (in honor of the Wildcats!!)

On Saturday morning, Darren and I left the kids with Randy and Sandy and drove up to Manhattan. After stocking up on the "necessities", we got to the parking lot around 2 p.m. for 4 awesome hours of tailgating. We had such a fun time doing what we used to do before the minors came along. :) We did miss the kids, but it was nice having a night to ourselves for once!
On the way back to Dodge City on Sunday morning, we passed several wind farms. This one was in Spearville, KS, about 15 miles northeast of Dodge. I was amazed by the sheer size of these turbines. Research said 328 feet tall and sweeping a full acre of air! Kind of creepy and alien-like, but amazing nonetheless!

Monday morning, we said goodbye to Grandma and Granddad after a great weekend with them. We will see them again in October when they make their Fall Pilgrimage to Phoenix for the winter.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Mommy & Daddy Time!!! WOOOOHOOOO
nice purple finger nails! :)