Girl Trip 2023 - Kansas City Style

Denisa, her mother, and her two sisters have been going on girl trips for the last thirty years. While we have driven or flown all over the country in those thirty years, our annual trips have gotten simpler in recent years. Denisa's 93-year-old mother requested a trip to Kansas City this year. Her priorities were to see our new house, and to visit with our son's family. One of Denisa's sisters also requested a stop at Baskin Robbins, because they no longer have these yummy stores in Oklahoma.

We went to Kansas City on a girl trip about ten years ago when Mother was more mobile. On that trip we went to the Arabia Steamboat Museum, the World War I Museum, the downtown Union Station--lots of the best tourist stops in Kansas City that we still recommend. But this trip centered more on family time. We thought this was a cute picture of 5-year-old Carter escorting her grandmother and great grandmother into church on Sunday morning.

Because nap time has to be scheduled into girls trip these days, we also had to have a quiet activity. Who knew that our exciting girl trips would now include putting together a 1000-piece puzzle?

The highlight of our trip was attending a dinner theater performance. The New Theatre and Restaurant in Overland Park is actually not new. It's 51 years old. The building is new, and features tiered seating and lighting so that every seat is a good one. We enjoyed the buffet meal, and our young daughter-in-law joined the old girls for this part of the girl trip. After we finished the all-you-can-eat buffet with choices like Pasta Fusilli, Golden Fried Basa, and Pan Asian chicken, we settled in for the live theatre production. We enjoyed "Always a Bridesmaid" starring Morgan Fairchild.

We ate out and played cards, and Denisa was glad to share her grandchildren with her mother and sisters. Her sisters have graciously shared their grandchildren with us over the years while we waited for our own. It wasn't a really exciting adventure for Girl Trip 2023, but it was good food and good fun and good fellowship. That's the best ingredients for a successful girl trip!