Weekend Getaway.

We took a little weekend get-away to the lake. 
Reserved a cabin and some kayaks and r-e-l-a-x-e-d. 
It was such a treat that we went ahead
and booked a cabin for next summer.

Union Pacific Railroad Museum

We took some time while in Omaha to go to the Union Pacific Railroad Museum.  Being the train buffs that we are, we killed a whole afternoon at the museum.

Omaha Air Show

We headed out last weekend to Omaha for the air show at Offuit Air Force Bases.  We have attended before but Matthew was a toddler at the time.

The show was rained out for Saturday so we stayed the evening with family hoping that the weather would improve for Sunday.

The weather was overcast and warm.
There was a large crowd attending with long lines to everything.
We still enjoyed the day walking the base and viewing the aircraft.

KC Weekend- Saturday

Saturday, we hit KC to do some shopping.  Our first stop was Oak Park Mall to find Taylor a dress for Homecoming. 
We also spotted Justin Bieber!

Didn't see it coming but Jackie's got Bieber Fever as well.

Dress shopping was fun.
And NO this is not Taylor's dress. :) 
It's prettier.

These girls are goofballs.

Hannah and Skylar took a ride on the double-decker carousel.

We skipped lunch to get pedicures.

My toes have never looked this good!
Must be the sandals.....  :)

And No we didn't let Hannah and Skylar starve through lunch. 
We let them hit the Nestle Toll House Cookie Bar. :)
You know...it was vacation.

After making our presence known at Oak Park Mall by getting lost.  Who would've thought that the mall would have two (yes.....2) Dillard's stores.  It's no wonder we were completely turned around when trying to leave.
Once we made it to the van, we headed to The Legends for some more shopping fun.

The girls loved the fountain.

We grabbed a quick bite to eat and headed out for Arrowhead Stadium for the main event.

We heart Taylor Swift!

Our KC Weekend- Friday

We had a "sweet" room at the Residence Inn.

There was plenty of room to play and jump from bed to bed.

Once the girls had their fun, they crashed hard.

Jackie and I hit the town with some friends.
We headed to the West Bottoms for some Haunted House fun.

Here's the whole spooky crew from Abilene.
We were fortunate that they let all 9 of us go through the Haunted Houses together.

Hannah and I were up early and had some time to hang out.

Macy, Skylar, and Hannah hanging out before breakfast.

Veteran's Memorial

We have been waiting months for new bricks to be added to the Veteran's Memorial in Washington.
Todd's brother, Kevin, was to have a brick honoring his service placed in the wall.
Every trip to Washington this summer included a stop at the Memorial to see if his brick was there.

Today it was!

Neither Matt nor Hannah were alive at the time of Kevin's service but they are still very proud.

While looking at the wall, we also noticed another member from Todd's family- Matthew Donohue.  He was a brother to Todd's Grandma Walter.

The Veteran's Directory also has Kevin's name listed.
Todd and Kevin's uncle, Robert, is also listed for his service.

Rock City

While I was on vacation in August we took a trip with the kids.  Just a spur of the moment road trip in Kansas. 
Our first stop was Rock City near Minneapolis.
You can read more about it HERE.