We drove to Overland Park on Saturday to go out to lunch with Amanda/family and for Ron and Chad to go to the Golf Show. Peyton and Garrison surprised us by asking to come back to Clinton with us for the weekend - a big YES - we were so excited they wanted to come home with us. Peyton gave up a sleepover and spending Monday, President's Day, with her friends by choosing to spend the weekend with Grammy and Grandpa. Warmed our hearts. Garrison was more than happy to give up school on Monday so he could come to Clinton.
We had lunch at Red Rock Canyon - our first time - the kids had been there a couple of times. It was very good. While the guys went to the Golf Show at the Convention Center, Amanda, the kids and I went to Kohl's to make some returns and to spend Kohl's Cash - and then some! We had a good time finding Peyton some new clothes for school and the cruise. After Kohl's, we went to Dairy Queen for a sweet treat and then home to pack the kids for their trip to Clinton.
The kids and Roxie did pretty well together, but it was challenging at times. Roxie slept in the front room while the kids slept with Grammy which worked. I took Roxie out to her outdoor kennel at 6 a.m. on Sunday morning, so the kids were relieved! We went to church Sunday morning, and the kids went up for the children's sermon. After donut time, we went to the cemetery to change out the flowers on Mom and Daddy's grave - Daddy has been gone 6 years yesterday. They had lots of questions about getting buried, etc. and having a tombstone - it was a good day for it as it was nice weather for us to walk around the cemetery. Then we picked up food at McDonald's and had a picnic at the park and played on the play equipment - a beautiful February day. We went out to put Roxie out to potty and checked on the rabbits and the 5 baby bunnies. The kids loved feeding the momma rabbit carrots and hotdog buns. Garrison said, "Miss Kelly has a lot of animals - they are a lot of responsibility." He also told us about the Supreme Court being the highest court in the land and that Michelle Obama is a lawyer. We made jello and meatballs for dinner - Peyton did most of the work until it came time to mix it up with hands - she was not on board for that! After dinner, Peyton wanted to go out for ice cream and Garrison wanted to stay home for ice cream, so we divided and conquered. Grandpa and Peyton went to Dairy Queen for blizzards - and I made a banana split without the banana at home.
Monday started out with a requested trip to The Donut Palace for breakfast. Garrison wanted to make muffins for National Muffin Day, but when we got ready to start, he decided he wanted to play more, so Peyton made muffins. She followed the recipe and measured all the ingredients, even mixing it with the electric mixer before putting the batter in the mini-muffin tins. We did a great job, and they were delicious. They took some to Miss Esther and came home with bags of candy! We had Spaghetti and meat sauce on the table for lunch with jello, green beans and rolls. We played before driving them kids back home mid-aftenroon.
Wonderful surprise weekend - love making memories with our two precious grandchildren. We are blessed.
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