Meanwhile...back in KC

Ethan and Kassie got up early to take the "littles" to the WWI museum. 

Megan stayed back and worked on her homemade pizzas....when I tell you she has it down to a science, I really mean it. She is serious about making pizza. 

And we are all the better for it!

I, too, had big plans. December is coming. I need to store up energy and collect inner peace. 

Mathew arrives this morning! He's hopped up on caffeine, pretty wired and pushing through. 

aaaand we have plans to go thrifting! We are searching for various kitchen necessities...is there anything better than going thrifting when you actually need something? So satisfying. 

Who knows? We might find a solid gold Christmas tree!

Ethan and Kassie Come to KC

Ethan found his other half and she's a keeper! He and Kassie flew to Kansas to meet the family, introduce her to important folks and see all the special spots. And! Eat the BBQ!  I love thinking of how fun it was for them to travel and fly together. They really are such a good match.

We stopped at KC Joes on the way back from picking them up at the airport...the hunger had to be satisfied! We ate until we were stuffed and had plenty of leftovers to take home. 

The weather was not cooperative. It was seriously cold the entire time they were here. But that didn't stop them from taking the kids out to Deanna rose to feed the little mean goats. Are they babies? Are they? Or are they grouchy little miniature adult goats that have inner rage. I have my opinions.  

Mark and I were at the 816 Halloween Throwdown most of the day and were so glad that Ethan and Kassie were there to jump in and take care of things. It made a big difference. Laney was feeling sick, so had to miss out on the farmstead. But sometimes sleep is necessary!

Aren't they the cutest?? I love how they are matching for church!

It's been a while since I needed to buy 8 pumpkins! The only thing better would be to have Mathew in town and bump that up to 9!

We couldn't resist showing Kassie one of our all-time favorite movies...The Curse of the Wererabbit. We love it so much! It's an important part of being a Hufford!

Sadly, Monday morning came too quick and it was time to take them both back to the airport. We drove around KC to show Kassie Union Station and the Crown Center. We wished we had more time to do something fun, but we had to settle for looking around a bit and riding the escalators, lol. 

 We loved getting to know Kassie! She is so kind and funny and so easy to be around. She fits right into the family! 

It's great to live in the Kingdom

The Chiefs won the Super Bowl!

We think it was the house lights that tipped the scales.

Kansas City Day

 We ventured over to Westport to check out Ashleigh's Bakery. We here tales of excellent cookies and we had to investigate. 

We had no idea that the bakery was on the bottom floor of this very cool kitchen supply store!

And may I say? The cookies were superb!

Next we were off to Science City! It was just Anna and Everly. We enjoyed all the new exhibits and discovered the cool outdoor space!

I love these days. Exploring with my girls. 

Pure tired happiness

SBL: Kansas City Fun

We had plans to go downtown to the City Market, pick up some Indian food and have a picnic on the grounds at Nelson-Atkins while we watch people bonk their noses in the glass maze. 

The museum is closed and the maze is roped off. Stupid Covid is determined to thwart our plans. Well, we aren't having it! We'll have a picnic at City Market and, by george, we'll buy a coconut...husk and all. We are laser focused on having some fun today. 

Even if we have to walk in one direction to find it.

After lunch we set out in search of art installations. They are outside and are impossible to close to the public. So we had a photo shoot. In 94 degree weather.

It was so hot.

But we make sacrifices for cute photos.

We did pop over to Crown Center to do our annual candy grab. I was worried they would be closed, but they were ready to roll with personal candy scoopers, plastic gloves and hand sanitizer for all.

We stumbled on this guy as we were headed back home

I mean, come on....pretty great. And also just totally weird. I still can't get used to the massive changes we are living with.

Our summer bucket list is getting very close to complete! All we have left is Pensacola, Rockets & Shakes, hammocking, search for the best fries and shakes, and 1/4 of the movie marathon. We are killing it.