Although I vowed not to do another road trip after Branson over Memorial Day, we decided to load up the car and head to Kansas City at the last minute for some family time with my brother's family, Keith and Kristan.
And we had a blast!! The weather was gorgeous - ok, it rained for the first day, but afterward it was in the high 70s and low 80s. Compared to the Dallas 100+ heat, we got to do things we never would have wanted to do here - like spend time outside!
Best Cousins - Mason is just 4 months younger than Tanner...and is catching up quickly. They loved scoping each other out!
Tanner also was obsessed with their dog. It's a chiwawa and doesn't neccesarily like kids...but that didn't stop Tanner from trying to play with him.
Mason and Tanner are all over the place. If it was one, it was the other trying to get to the dog's bowl - and yes, eat dog food. Gross!
And Tanner has learned how to climb stairs. Since we don't have any...I was hoping he wouldn't be interested in them. But he looked at it as a new challenge.
But most of all, Tanner loved playing with the older girls toys - including the shopping cart and baby strollers. 
The highlight of the trip was going to Diana Rose Farm - a cute little farmstead geared just for little kids. 
Tanner got to feed the goats. At first he was excited, but that quickly changed when the goat started liking him. Poor little Mason was absolutely terrified.
When it came time to actually feeding the goats, I couldn't get to Tanner to let go of the food. He wanted nothing to do with sharing with the goat - instead, he wanted to eat the food and have it all to himself.
Tanner also got to ride of one of the kids trackers. We kinda ignored the rule about being 3 to ride...
The kids also got to play in the an old schoolhouse, catch fish in the fishing pond, sit in an indian tipee, visit some dairy cows, play on the swings and playground.
Here's some other pics of the trip.
We also went out to lunch and shooping at the legends.
He's Tanner leading the way on the 'wagon'.
Kansas City Riverside Festival - 
Tanner crashed half way through and then slept like a little baby in the stroller. He was such a good sport.
And it wouldn't be Fourth of July without sparklers! Tanner kept trying to grab it directly with his hands...which was a little scary given the fact I could barely keep him contained.
Apparently, they had too much fun! On Saturday night, Tanner came done with the stomach flu. Just when we would get him back to sleep, he'd have another episode repeat. And all night long, we were trying to be especially quit and not wake up the whole house, only to find out that Mason was sick as well.
In the morning, he seemed to do better so we thought we were safe on the drive home, but we weren't that lucky. However, Tanner was an extremely good sport. Even though he was sick, he as happy and smiley as ever so if it weren't for the obvious, we would never have known he was sick.
Thanks Keith & Kristan for the fun trip!
