Aloha Kansas City and We Head to the Lake

Reading Before Bed

Kneading the Sticky Buns Dough

The Happy Family

Up at 6:00 to a quiet house as I have left Bella in her cage for a bit; everyone will start getting up around 6:30, as Nick leaves at 7:00 and I would like to see us get off by then as well.  We have about 592 miles to travel today, to Richmond, IN, leaving us a 6 or 7 hour drive for tomorrow.  It sure has been a great nine days in KC, filled with great food, family, fun and lots to do.  Tom and Mary sure have great kids, like all our grandchildren of course.  We will miss all of them.

We had a nice relaxing final Sunday with the kids, just hanging around the house, talking and playing with the kids.  Tom and Mary went to church, so Marlena and Evie put together the dough for sticky buns, something we all looked forward to.  After church, Tom and Mary and Evie and Marlena went off to Costco, to pick up dinner and food for the work, while I stayed home with Nick.  I took Bella for a 36 minute walk, Nick watched TV.  When everyone got home, Bobbie, Nick's neighbor came over, and all of them put together the sticky buns, played scrabble while they baked, then ate a couple to celebrate the goodies.  They love rolling them out, sprinkling cinnamon sugar on the dough, rolling the flattened dough into long cigars, cutting into two inch rolls, then putting them in the baking pans.  For dinner, Tom went out and got us each a 3 inch fillet, cooked them to perfection of the grill, and we had them with mushrooms, salad, and mac and cheese, my favorite.  Nick had b-ball practice from 6:00 to 7:30, so Tom took him to practice, the rest cleaned up the kitchen.  Evie read to Marlena and I told her a bad boy story till Nick returned, then we all watched the Chiefs and Steelers play here in KC, a Sunday night game. It was painful to watch as Tom takes the Chiefs seriously, like I did the Browns until I gave up, and every mistake is like a stab in the heart for him.  Not the best way to relax on a Sunday evening before a work week.  The Chiefs of course eventually lost though they made it close.  We all headed up to bed around 10:30, a good day and end to a great week.