Kansas City mini vacay!

2 weeks ago Mark had a week off between school and his internship, so we took a short vacation to Kansas City Missouri with or friends Nate and Callie and their 1 year old twins Hank and Hattie (who I didnt get any pic of....bummer).  On a side note, Mark finished his 1st year of Law school and I couldn't be prouder of him!!!!!  Anyway, back to Kansas City.....so the first thing we did was go to the named place above.......Oklahoma Joe's BBQ.  It was seriously TO DIE FOR!!!  Now, I am definitely not a BBQ girl, so for me to be saying that, it means it is SOOOOO good!!!  SO if you ever go to Kansas City, you HAVE to go there!!!!! 

The next day we saw the newly dedicated Kansas City Temple!!!  It is so pretty!  We seriously missed the open house by a week!  Bummer!!

Next we went to Liberty Jail where the Prophet Jospeh Smith was for 7 months (I think?).  IT was so neat to be there!!!

The jail

Can you even believe how small that is?  All 5 of those guys in there for that long with one teeny tiny window, and they couldn't even stand up all the way!  Plus they hardly got any food, etc......horrible!!!! IT was cool though to see the temple and to think less than 200 years ago members of our church were persecuted and driven out. 

MY cool little dude!

He loves his shades!

"hey mom, what's up?"

Then we went to the Community of Christ temple (the former RLDS church) and took a tour. 

It was really pretty inside, but crazy to see how one difference in opinion can change so much over the course of 100 years.  Oh and they have 3 women apostles and a woman in their 1st presidency!

Look at those baby blues!!  The next day we took Sam to this awesome park called Deanna Rose's Farmland park.  IT was so cool!!!  It had tons of farm animals and several amazing playgrounds.  PLus it was only $2 to get in.  You definitely have to go there if you are in Kansas City (and if you have kids).

So much playing!!!!!!!  Then on our way out of town, we had to end the trip with more BBQ...so we went to this place.  It was pretty good too!!!!!!  BBQ......YUM!!!  Kansas City is known for it's BBQ and let me tell you, I know why!!!!  SOrry to my Arizona friends, but Joe's BBQ doesn't have nothing on Oklahoma Joe's!!!!!  Seriously, it is that good!!!!

All in all it was a much needed, fun trip with Mark!!!  Before he started his internship.  We had a great time!!!