Museum Day

We took our friends to 2 of our favorite museums in Kansas City.  The World War I museum is by far the best museum in the city.  It's so well done and explains all of the complexities really well in a way that makes sense.  

 After lunch we headed over to the UMKC campus to the National Museum of Toys/Miniatures.  The first floor is all miniatures, and the second floor is the history of toys.  To no one's surprise at all, my favorite miniatures were the nativity and the pianos.

The kiddos completed scavenger hunts at both museums, so we were hunting down all sorts of crazy things.  They were both great challenges.  

 We finished the day for Kansas City barbecue at Jack Stack and ice cream at Handels.

Fun with Friends

The Wardenburgs visited us from Oklahoma, so we took them downtown to the Crown Center and Union Station.

We crafted in Kaleidoscope, toured the Hallmark Museum, ate lunch at Fritz's, walked around the Crown Center mall (the fudge place is always a hit), walked around outside, and then we took the walking bridge over to Union Station and did the lights display there.  

Such a fun-packed day!

Journey Complete

I finished my Journey to Bethlehem.  Even though it was absolutely freezing for a lot of it, I enjoyed my time walking.  I listened to podcasts and general conference talks while I walked.  It was a wonderful experience.  I came across this adorable fairy home along the I-Lan trail one of the days.  While I finished my last walk my boys re-watched their new favorite Christmas movie.  It's called Klaus on Netflix.  

Christmas

 Even though the kids are older they still got up at the crack of dawn and begged Joel and I to get up.  Christmas was a simple affair this year.  We tried to really limit the amount of presents and just be happy with what we have.  My oldest asked for an office chair, so you can tell we're out of the Santa magic phase.  Their favorite is still drawing names and getting a gift for each other.  I love watching what they choose for each other, because they always do a fantastic job.

We had a really lovely and quiet day.  Joel made us Christmas breakfast and I finished an entire puzzle by myself whilte the boys played metallic darts downstairs, and Little Lady started reading in her room all the books she got.

 Merry Christmas!