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Kansas City mini vacay!

2 weeks ago Mark had a week off between school and his internship, so we took a short vacation to Kansas City Missouri with or friends Nate and Callie and their 1 year old twins Hank and Hattie (who I didnt get any pic of....bummer).  On a side note, Mark finished his 1st year of Law school and I couldn't be prouder of him!!!!!  Anyway, back to Kansas City.....so the first thing we did was go to the named place above.......Oklahoma Joe's BBQ.  It was seriously TO DIE FOR!!!  Now, I am definitely not a BBQ girl, so for me to be saying that, it means it is SOOOOO good!!!  SO if you ever go to Kansas City, you HAVE to go there!!!!! 

The next day we saw the newly dedicated Kansas City Temple!!!  It is so pretty!  We seriously missed the open house by a week!  Bummer!!

Next we went to Liberty Jail where the Prophet Jospeh Smith was for 7 months (I think?).  IT was so neat to be there!!!

The jail

Can you even believe how small that is?  All 5 of those guys in there for that long with one teeny tiny window, and they couldn't even stand up all the way!  Plus they hardly got any food, etc......horrible!!!! IT was cool though to see the temple and to think less than 200 years ago members of our church were persecuted and driven out. 

MY cool little dude!

He loves his shades!

"hey mom, what's up?"

Then we went to the Community of Christ temple (the former RLDS church) and took a tour. 

It was really pretty inside, but crazy to see how one difference in opinion can change so much over the course of 100 years.  Oh and they have 3 women apostles and a woman in their 1st presidency!

Look at those baby blues!!  The next day we took Sam to this awesome park called Deanna Rose's Farmland park.  IT was so cool!!!  It had tons of farm animals and several amazing playgrounds.  PLus it was only $2 to get in.  You definitely have to go there if you are in Kansas City (and if you have kids).

So much playing!!!!!!!  Then on our way out of town, we had to end the trip with more BBQ...so we went to this place.  It was pretty good too!!!!!!  BBQ......YUM!!!  Kansas City is known for it's BBQ and let me tell you, I know why!!!!  SOrry to my Arizona friends, but Joe's BBQ doesn't have nothing on Oklahoma Joe's!!!!!  Seriously, it is that good!!!!

All in all it was a much needed, fun trip with Mark!!!  Before he started his internship.  We had a great time!!!

Kite flying

For easter, we got Sam a kite and finally 2 weeks ago decided to take it out for a run.

Daddy getting it ready

Here it goes!!

Sam loved it!!!!!

Hipster Ashley

What do ya think?  :)

Huston family Easter Picnic

Every year the Huston gang has an awesome Easter egg hunt and picnic for Easter.  Since Sam and I were coming the week after Easter, they decided to wait until we could come too!  It was so much fun!!!!  Above is a pic of all the grandkids (minus the 3 adult ones).  Sam was loving it, can't you tell?

Poor Sammy..... :(  He had actually gotten hurt and was whiney the rest of the night.  :(

Can you see all the kids waiting to come find the eggs?

We let Sam start before the big kids since he was already sad, and he loved it!!!!  He seriously couldn't get enough of finding the eggs!

Here come the rest!!!!!!

Cute Gracie

OH kiddo, you melt my heart!

Oh Joe........ :)

Here is the gang!!  Thank you so much Papa and Mika for the awesome picnic.  We loved spending time with everyone!!!!!!!

The rest of AZ

Here are some more pictures from me and Sam's trip to AZ.......
Sam learned how to use an Iphone this trip and now he is obsessed with them (along with the rest of my fam!)

One morning Sam got into some of my hair product and put it in his hair and kept saying, "handsome? handsome?".  Oh Bubba, you are SOOO handsome!!!

Silly boy!!!

I did a lot of hair while I was in AZ.  One of my favorites was cutting off Connie's hair into a pixie.  She totally rocks it!!!!

Dr. Dahl....

2 days before we got there my cousin/sister Heather (really my cousin, but like a sister) had her sweet, adorable baby girl Charlie.  She is seriously adorable and has the cutest lips!  Sam loved her and wanted to hold her. 

Giving baby Charlie kisses!  We all about died!!!

My aunt Paula came from Bakersfield to join in all the fun we were having and brought her dog Bella.  Sam loved her crate and kept playing in it. 

Sam and Papa reading!  We had a great time in Arizona!  We really miss living there, so it is so fun when we go visit!