After celebrating Denisa's birthday a week early in Oklahoma City, we drove back to the Oklahoma panhandle for a few more days. Then we were glad to head towards the Kansas City area for more fun with our son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter.
We started our visit with more birthday celebrations. Denisa is enjoying a birthday that just goes on and on!
She got to choose her birthday menu, and she selected ribs. It was a fabulous choice! Luke has a Green Egg smoker, and we can report that he is very good at cooking with it!
With Jordan's salad and vegetables, it was a meal fit for a birthday queen!
We prepared Carter's plate with meat that we had carefully taken off the rib bone for her. But after she saw all the adults eating, she let us know that she wanted to chew it off the bone just like the big kids!
Mark ordered a coconut cream pie from the best-reviewed pie bakery in Kansas City. It was delicious! It's been a great birthday, as we picture birthday dessert #3!
Since we've been away for the summer, we planned to stay for several days. We enjoyed dancing in the back yard,
long walks in the park,
and time at the indoor splash pad.
We haven't had a wildlife picture of the day lately, and Carter loves animals. We were all fascinated by this frog sticking to the glass of their front door one rainy day.
Even in the suburbs, we are fascinated by wildlife encounters.
Our plan had been to take Carter back to Beaver with us, so she could spend a couple days with her great grandmothers. But Mark's Mother was directly exposed to COVID-19 at her weekly hair appointment. She found out that the county health department required her to quarantine for two weeks, so we didn't make the planned trip back to the Oklahoma panhandle. Instead, we stayed in Lenexa until the next weekend when we would baby sit so Luke and Jordan could go out for their 6th anniversary. So we got more time to read books,
eat snacks at the park,
and play the piano and sing,
In preparation for a new baby brother that will be born soon, we practiced our stroller pushing skills. We hope the new baby likes popping wheelies in the stroller!
This toddler has suddenly grown from a two-year-old into a big girl ready to be a big sister! She likes wearing Granddad's glasses, as she pretends to be the teacher and instructs us all to take naps.
We can hardly wait until there are two grandchildren to visit at this address!
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