I skipped the KissMe 10K race Saturday morning and did my long run after bedtime late on Friday night so we could get up and go to Kansas City on Saturday morning. Totally worth it! Aaron did some family name baptisms and I was taught a few things by the Spirit in an endowment session. It was a beautiful spring day and we recognized the blessing that this was our first (local) temple trip in a few years that we had zero weather-related complications. We have bad luck and always end up in severe storms, ice, unseasonable storms, etc. but the weather was really lovely and the drive was so wonderful. What a nice blessing! It made the whole day that much better.
We promised the girls they could window shop at the American Girl store in KC, and they were excited to check out and play with the new displays. Here's a gals n dolls pic outside. I matched my dolly :)
Sloane said, "Hi!" and "Baby! Baby!" To ever baby in the store. It was too funny.
Aaron took the boys inside the mall in search of a candy shop to pick out a couple of cheap thrills on their boy date.
When we met back up after 30 minutes or so, I saw two spoiled little boys running excitedly toward me, waving Lego sets over their heads. Are you kidding me, dad? What happened to window shopping? Everyone was happy with window shopping! Ha, the girls knew exactly what this meant. They high fived each other and rushed back into the store. They pooled their budget together (and still had to front $7 of their own cash) to buy a tiny doll violin. They were all very pleased and asked to come back to KC for a temple trip soon. I bet.
I think we won't be "window shopping" with Aaron again soon! Haha!
We ate dinner at one of our favorites, Noodles & Company, then drove home. They watched movies in the car and fell asleep piled on one another's laps. It was a really good day together. I love my family. I hope that someday, they look back at our temple trips with fond memories...and not just because of new toys. ;)
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