This past Christmas, a few of us girls had the idea to surprise our husbands with Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw tickets to their show at Arrowhead stadium in Kansas City...and this weekend was the show!
We were super excited to pack up the car and head down for some much needed fun...
and much needed R&R.
But before I tell you about our how awesome of a time we had in KC, I need to rewind a bit (since I forgot to tell you about last weekend)...
Last weekend, my cousin Laura, her husband Jason and the kids came in for a visit from Columbia. It was a beautiful sunny day, so we planned to just BBQ and hang out.
Coleman always loves playing with his older cuz, Evan.
Did I mention, that I really need to get used to having boys? I could take some lessons from Laura, she's all about playing and getting dirty...
She had the "great idea" of digging for worms. The boys thought it was the coolest thing when they found one...
Coleman was so proud to show it to me. Coleman: "Do you want to hold it Mommy?" Me: "Ugh...sure honey"...ick!
Here's Evan sharing his with Cooper...
And Cal trying to figure out what to do with his...
Guess I'll have to do this again with them...thanks Laura!
Later that day we grilled out...
And drank some of Jason's yummy Margaritas...key ingredient? Beer and limeade. Delish!
Later in the week was the Annual Trike-a-thon at the boys school...
to benefit the Josie Foundation, supporting pediatric brain cancer research.
The boys are a bit too little for trikes, so they pushed their mowers instead...which is something they love to do right now.
This is Cal and his friend Ava...who happens to be the daughter of my wonderful friend from HS, Toni (who is expecting baby #2!).
Then around the corner came Coleman and he was so excited to see that I came to cheer him on. He kept yelling at his friends and pointing to me saying..."guys, look there's my mommy!" Melts my heart...
Afterwards we got snow cones and push pops...
And Coleman shared with his brothers...such a good big brother!
But it's never enough...they only wanted more after they had the first bite.
Before we left for KC, we had to run errands...
The boys drove the grocery cart...
Then we played outside...
And went inside and played pool. They don't know how to use the sticks just yet, but love rolling the balls into the pockets. I just keep praying one isn't going to fly across the room and hit the wall (or worse one of the boys). I'm sure it's bound to happen!
Grandma Iris, Grandpa and Grandma Murch arrived on Saturday morning to stay with the boys and we headed off to KC...
The city of fountains!
Group picture of Ben and Julie, Jay and me, and Kent and Andra outside our hotel near the Power and Light District...
The happy couple...
We walked the city a bit and found a restaurant we could eat. Can't go wrong with Hibachi.
And of course Jay order Sake Bombs...
We spent the next several hours sharing stories and a ton of laughs...Julie rode a bull at a Country bar and lasted all of 30 seconds (although she was the only won brave enough to get up there!) and the night ended with a late-night-best-whopper-ever at the Burger King bar.
We did some shopping on the plaza the next day...(man, could I really do some damage there!) and had lunch at a quaint little cafe named, "The Classic Cup".
And before we knew it, it was game time...here's Jules and I with our "red solo" cups...
There were some serious tailgaters outside the stadium, we had to take a pic in front of the "Tiki Hut"...
and with our Cowboy boots before heading into Arrowhead...
We had some really great seats, 27 rows off the field, just to the right of the stage...
The opening band was Grace Potter & The Nocturnals ('70ish rock style) and I have to say, we were all impressed...she really rocked it.
But Tim and Kenny by far throw the best party...
and the party went on well into the night...hey Kent, whatever makes you feel like a Rock Star!
And thanks to navigation (and Julie's excellent driving), we found a great pizza place and ordered 15 minutes before the kitchen closed...whew! We over ordered and Ben thought it would be funny to slap Jay in the face with the left over pizza...and it, needless to say...it was!
We headed home on Sunday in time to play with the kids for a bit...
Coleman was happy to see us...
Then bath and it was time for bed...
This weekend reminded me of how blessed we are to have such good friends to eat, drink and be merry with! Merry Christmas (in June) Jay...not sure how I'm gonna top this one next year!
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