Most of our weekend in KC was spent with the Bollinger family - friends we made while living there. Those truly salt-of-the-earth people that are the kind of friends we'll come back to for a lifetime.
We have made a tradition of spending Memorial Day weekend together.
This weekend it was sunshine all around - the yard, the pool, the park...
Our three littles played with their three littles while we grown-ups solved all the world's problems.
It felt like vacation...
The new aquarium at Crown Center....She was holding a star fish!
My kids have a stud for a Dad. For so many reasons.
Today because he makes holding slimy things fun and doesn't make their mama do it.
Hello, sting ray.
Remember the kids' table? These are the things memories are made of.
Grilled pizza, Bollinger style.
"Let's play charades!" I heard it coming out of my mouth and realized that I'm that dorky Aunt Judy who squeezes cheeks and gives chachkis for gifts and suggests charades at family gatherings. Own it.
Top favorite of the weekend was a new park - for you in the KC area, its called Black Hoof and is near 87th street. Loads of natural play spaces, shade, room to roam, and a great walking path...
(Build something!)
It even has wearable pets. This one came all the way back home with us.
An all-around incredible way to kick off the summer.
I sit in overwhelming gratitude for the gift of friendship.
"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life. And thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine."
- Thomas Jefferson