Kansas City Family Reunion

We headed out to Kansas City the beginning of June for a Workman family reunion.  Mitch has a brother that lives out there with a few acres of land so we all gathered at his place and had quite a fun-filled week! Of course I took a million pictures so I really limited them on this post but it is still super long.

Addy was pretty excited about the airplane ride so trying to get her to take a normal picture was nearly impossible.

We flew in really late Friday night and then spent Saturday helping decorate the house for the rest of the family and figuring out food for the rest of the week.  That night we went into the city to the Plaza and ate at the Cheesecake Factory.  

By Sunday evening everyone had arrived so we did some family pictures.

Obviously they can't be too serious of pictures with Mitch involved.

Chrissy had got some really fun accessories to keep the pictures from being to boring!

Later that night we had the "opening ceremonies" which included s'mores and some incredible fireworks.  

Yum, Yum

Monday we were in charge of family games.  We sort of cheated and used lots of the same ones from my reunion last year.  They were a big hit for all ages.  

We've learned to put the water games at the end because it always ends in a fight.

Where someone always gets soaked!

This picture is what family reunions are all about!

That afternoon we relaxed and let the kids play outside.

Later in the evening we had family karoke night.  Each family was asked to come with a song or chant to perform.  It was great entertainment!

On Tuesday we all packed into the cars and headed out for a Church history tour.

We squeezed in with all the teenage girls and poor Mitch had to suffer through the singing and talking!

Our first stop was Independence.  They take you on a short little walking tour which shows what the Saints had to go through.  Afterwards they have a really fun place for the kids to play.

After we left Addy turned and waved good-bye to Jesus. I just love her!

We walked across the street to see where the Temple will one day be built.  While we were visiting the kids went exploring and found a random turtle.

Our next stop was Farr West.  It is really hard to imagine the saints living there because there really isn't much there anymore.  It is just so green and beautiful.

This is one of the cornerstones for the temple.

Then we drove out to Hans Mill.  Which only has a small little marking plaque on the ground.  It was another gorgeous place with a little creek where the kids loved to throw rocks.  

My favorite stop was at Adam-Ondi-Ahman.  We had a picnic lunch and then went and walked around  and had a little family discussion about what happened at that place.  It was just beautiful and had a wonderful feeling which is why we spent lots longer than we'd planned.

It was a very long day for this little gal.

Our final stop was to the Liberty Jail. We were all a little tired by this point so we didn't stay long but it was still good to see.

On Wednesday the youth went to the newly finished temple to do some baptisms. Then later in the evening we went to a Royals baseball game.

Thursday was another relaxing day with lots of card games.  At some point Ted was taking a nap and the girls decided to write on his forehead "Kick Me".

Well when he woke up those girls found themselves being thrown into the pond! I'm sure it is a memory they will never forget.

Of course that let to a nice mud fight and swim.

That night all the adults went out for a nice dinner of some good ol' southern barbeque. I still have dreams of eating that delicious food.

Thanks B&C for letting us all come and invade your house.  You spent a lot of time planning this reunion and we had a tremendous time!