Thursday, September 5 - Garnett to Wichita, Afternoon Errands.
We left the North Garnett Lake Campground at 9:36am. It was a sunny 74 degrees. We meandered on several highways today. We headed south on 59, to 169, to County RD 58, to State Street, where we turned west on 54. We took it into to El Dorado, then headed south on 77 to 400 Highway, which we took to the west side of Wichita before turning off on 135th to our site for the next four nights. We arrived at All-Seasons RV Park at 1:16pm. It was nice seeing a little different scenery today.
We pulled into this rest stop near Toronto, KS for a break. The RV to our left was having some problems. Dean visited with him for a few minutes and gave him something he thought might help him. His travel trailer was new and this is his first outing - just him and his dog.
While Dean was inside using our facilities I walked down to take a picture of this sign. Very interesting information.
We had errands we wanted to run once we reached Wichita. Sam's was first on the list to refill our "nut" addiction. We eat quite a few almonds/mixed nuts as a snack - many evenings. It's hard to imagine that we can go through a big tub in 4-6 weeks - when we only use small containers to put them in - but with two of us they go fast.
I also needed to get a gift for a baby shower I am attending on Saturday. Our daughter-in-law, Andrea's, sister is expecting a baby in November. We made a stop at Bed, Bath & Beyond where I purchased a gift card to Buy Buy Baby. I had never heard of this store before. It is owned by Bed, Bath & Beyond. Then we were off to Walmart to buy a book for the baby. Everyone was asked to bring one with a note inside of who it was from. I thought it was a great idea.
Our errands done, we returned to Bentley. We were pretty worn out after our drive and all of our errand running. After dinner, Dean enjoyed some TV while I worked on the blog. Everytime I think I'm getting caught up we get so busy I find it hard to keep up. I'm thankful for everyone following along. It's important to me to try and document what we've done and where for Dean and I - something we can look back at and revisit our favorite places when we can no longer do this, to let family and friends know where we are and pass on information to others.
Again, we have an action packed weekend, so stay tuned.
Friday, September 6, 2019 - Grandparents Day; Emerson Visits Nana while Daddy & Papa play golf.
Dean and I are visiting Roman's (Heath & Casey's youngest son) school today for Grandparents Day. His school is just a short distance from the RV Park, so we allowed a decent amount of time to arrive, so we thought! Schools in the Wichita area are nothing like our hometown. It's not one school but sometimes two or three in the same vicinity and not always tied together. We went in one location - that wasn't it and we couldn't find a connecting road, so back out to the main road. We drove further south, but had to wait for what seemed like 10 minutes before someone allowed us to turn left in front of them into the school next door. Traffic was unbelievable as every grandparent in central Kansas must have been attending! Casey's parents sent a text and told us where they parked since all of the front entrance parking was full. By the time we finally got in, we had to finally park on the grass out front and to the south. It was chaos! Lol!
However, we finally made it to the front door - where a large group was waiting to get in the door, so that took a while as well. Each class had a schedule of three things to do. The school staff did a great job by dividing up the classes and where they would go first, which seemed to work very well. Roman's first stop was at a photo booth. Such a clever idea! They had a few props like oversized glasses and frames we could use. Mike & Brenda (Casey's parents) and Roman went in first, followed by Dean, Roman and I. They took four pictures, and printed them right there - 2 each, one for us and I assume one for Roman to take home. That was fun!
Our next stop was at Roman's room where we met his teacher Mrs. VanWyhe. There were a couple of things for him to do. First was to interview one of his grandparents and he chose his Grandpa Mike. He had Roman giggling as he wrote down his answers. Another one was to go around the room and find numbered papers to write the numbers in various formats. We enjoyed looking at different things he had done that were posted on the walls in and outside their room as well.
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| Pictures were taken of each of the kids in his classroom to "age" them as a "grandparent". Too funny!! |
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| Roman as a kid! |
The final stop for all of us was at the lunchroom where we each enjoyed a doughnut and water before we dropped Roman back at his room for the rest of the day.
Dean and I headed back to Bentley where we had a sandwich before Jarred showed up with Emerson a short time later. Emerson and I are going to have a play date while Papa and Daddy golf.
We had a great time playing alphabet bingo, Disney character Matching Card Game, and just random fun! It was amazing how quickly the time flew by. Before we knew it Daddy and Papa were back.
We visited for a bit before changing Emerson into her gymnastic bodysuit for her gym time at the Y. We followed Jarred there. It was fun watching her group go through the various exercises they had them do. She was having a great time.
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| These pictures were taken through a window where we could observe what they were doing, so forgive the shadows from the outside on the window. |
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| She's so fast I could barely get her in the picture. Lol! |
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| She loved running and jumping into this big vat of sponge type bricks. I wish I had her energy! |
Emmy is a happy girl and full of ENERGY! It was good for her to have time to burn some of it off. However, afterwards she was really TIRED! Since Mommy (Andrea) is helping friends get ready for Aunt Kelly's baby shower tomorrow, also went to dinner with them. I had not been to a Jason's Deli in quite sometime. I ordered the Italian Cruz Po'boy and it was delicious. Emmy was fading fast and after a dish of ice cream (which is free with your meal - yea!) we headed back to her house.
Emmy gave us a costume show from some of her favorite fun dresses, before sleep started calling her name - and fast!
We have another big day tomorrow!
Saturday, September 7, 2019 - Getting Ready for the Shower; Football Game; Visit with Heath & Family; Princess Emmy Spends the Night.
Today was busy from the time we got up until we fell into bed this evening.
I was up at 5 and started laundry - two loads this morning. After breakfast I painted my toenails - as I wanted to wear a pair of sandals to the baby shower. A very painstaking thing for me. I read somewhere several months ago that if you put vaseline on the skin around your toenails that any over polishing is easily removed, so I gave it a try - and it works. While it took longer to prepare for the job of painting them - the outcome was better than anytime I've tried to do this in the past.
Shower, fixing my hair, makeup and ironing clothes took a good part of my morning. I do love my little steam iron I bought awhile back. It works great - is really tiny and easy to store. After doing all of that I got everything ready for the shower gift. Shortly before 11, Dean dropped me off at Andrea and Kelly's cousins house where the baby shower is being held. He met Jarred at his house where they played darts before they had lunch together. Andrea spent yesterday evening helping Suzanne (and other family members, I'm sure) get prepared for today. Suzanne has a beautiful home.
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| Miss Emmy was quite the hostess and helper to Aunt Kelly for the day! |
The cake they had made was gorgeous and I was sure I had taken a picture of it but it's not on my phone, so evidently I only thought I took it. Who knows? It was so pretty though, and DELICIOUS. It was not overly sweet even though the piece I ate had quite a bit of icing (which I love). But, I'm getting ahead of myself - they also prepared a full lunch with chicken salad sandwiches on croissants, fruit cups, hummus and pita chips along with a choice of drinks (tea, lemonade water). It was all delicious.
Afterwards, Emmy helped Aunt Kelly open her gifts - well, maybe she opened them and then handed the gifts to Kelly. Either way she was a big helper!
Emerson is excited for her new cousin, Colen, to arrive in November. She will be a good cousin to him.
Dean picked me up a little after 1. We hurried back to the RV so I could change clothes - next up - a football game in Derby.
It was terribly hot so I put on my lightweight shirt and shorts and we hurried to Derby, making one quick stop to get something to drink. All that rushing and the game before Abram's was still going on - and it wasn't even the 4th quarter yet! We found Heath in the stands and walked over to sit with him. I noticed there were a number of people with umbrellas, so we brought ours too. I was so thankful we had it - or I would have surely looked like a boiled lobster afterwards. I was also very thankful we stopped for those large drinks at Quik Trip! As hot as we were, I could not imagine what it was like for those boys playing football in this heat!
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| Just to right of 44 you can see Peine on the back of the shirt above # 24 - that's Abram. |
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| I know you can't see her face well, but I was pretty sure this was our granddaughter Dacy. She has participated at the State 4-H Horse Show for 5 or 6 years now. She won events at the State Fair last year and this picture is from then. We are so proud of her. I did text her mom and dad to double check and Renae answered pretty quickly that yes, that was her! |
After the game we headed back to Bentley. We are going to have an overnight guest. Miss Emmy is coming to spend the night with us. Before she arrived we ate a quick dinner and headed to Heath's to visit with all of the boys (Abram, Gideon and Roman). Jarred will drop Emmy here if needed.
Abram answered the door. After visiting with a few minutes and asking where the other boys were we headed downstairs. I asked him if he was still playing the cello. He is, and he played several songs for us. I always thought it would be great to play the cello but neither Chetopa nor Oswego offered orchestra, so I played the clarinet instead. Abram is taking some individual lessons this summer, and so is Gideon. Gideon is playing the violin, and he also played a couple of songs for us.
We didn't stay long as we'll be spending some time with them tomorrow, and Emerson will be at Bentley soon.
Emerson showed up soon after with her entourage of animals, babies and things to keep her occupied until bedtime. We played some and finally got her settled in for the night about 9:30 or so. She was excited to sleep on the floor, although we had planned to make a bed for her on the couch if she wanted. If she's happy with it, that's good.
Sunday, September 8, 2019 - Breakfast, Our Little KC Cheerleader, Church, Heath's to watch the Chiefs, then Back to Bentley
Dean and I stayed in bed until 6, then I went down and started the coffeepot. We didn't want to wake Emerson up too early but we need not have worried. She continued sleeping while we each had our two cups of coffee. When she woke up we had breakfast (I had not even given a thought to what to fix her before she arrived) but we made do with toast and some grapes. She'll have a doughnut when she gets to church too, so I'm sure she will do fine until lunchtime. Mommy (Andrea) had to leave early this morning to go out of state for work, so she and Daddy will be on their own until she returns. After getting her KC Chiefs Cheerleader outfit on, and gathering up all of her things, we headed to church where Jarred leads the Cafe at Pathway Church. Afterwards, Emerson went with Dad and we headed to Heath's. We are going over to watch the Chiefs play the Jaguars. They had ordered pizza so we had some of that and later Casey shared their peanut butter pie with us that she purchased at Carriage Crossing in Yoder. The pie was delicious. I've never tried peanut butter pie before but I wouldn't hesitate to buy or make one in the future. Yum. Dean is not a big fan of peanut butter so it's not something I would typically make or buy for us. It would be good for a family reunion or an RV rally though.
During the game the boys played right here beside us with Legos, and keeping an eye on the game too. Gideon is a HUGE Legos fan. This is the railroad track and cars he built from a Lego set he got for Christmas this past year. It was amazing!
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| Abram standing |
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| Gideon and his Lego train kit. |
Afterwards we headed back to Bentley - tomorrow we will be moving to Hutchinson Kansas. We have several things we need to do before we visit the Kansas State Fair.
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