Summer 14 Roadtrip: Day 6

Day 6: Thursday June 26

Grandma and Grandpa had two days off their missionary work to show us around the area. They had a zillion amazing activities planned for us! That first day, Grandpa took the boys to Lego Land at Crown Center and Grandma took us girls to Science City at Union Station, all in downtown Kansas City. It was fun to see Grandpa and Grandma navigating a big huge city!

Niles and James heading to Lego Land

Niles and James with a Lego guy (is that the guy from the movie?)

Niles spots a plethora of legos!

James watching the lego builders at work

James with Lego R2-D2 and C3PO

Niles with C3PO

Lego soccer stadium (it was World Cup time!)

James with Lego Batman

James on Lego Motorcycle

For lunch we came over from Science City and met the guys for lunch at Crown Center food court. The Brenchleys also joined us (The Visitors Center Director and his wife had a 13-yo granddaughter visiting from Springville, Utah, so she joined in most of our adventures). Addie and I had delicious turkey sandwiched from Einstein Bros, Rich and Heidi had Chinese food, and the little boys had brats. Then we walked over to Kaleidoscope, an Arts and Crafts place that Hallmark created for kids (a place where they recycle/reuse extra paper goods, too).

Addie at Kaleidoscope

Niles with Grandma at Kaleidoscope

Heidi at Kaleidoscope

James and Dad at Kaleidoscope

After Kaleidoscope and a visit to the Hallmark History museum (did you know Winston Churchill was a painter? He was also BFFs with the founder of Hallmark and gifted him with several paintings--I loved them!),  We headed back to Independence and had Hawaiian Haystacks for dinner at Grandma's apartment. Then we went to this fun waterpark near the apartment.

Addie & Heidi

Addie

James

Niles

Niles & James splashing

James kept trying to get Niles with the spray,
but Niles figured out how to do it really quick!

We had a great time there and we were EXHAUSTED that night! We slept well and got ready for another busy day on Friday.