July 21 - Kansas

Actually in Kansas but there was no Kansas sign,
will try and get one tomorrow

We arrived in Kansas City on Saturday the 19th and have pretty much been going nonstop ever since. Saturday was mostly filled with eating and catching up on several years of not seeing each other.  Sunday was church, Sunday school and then out to lunch (Italian food) with Larry and Charlotte an a dozen or so of their friends.   After lunch we came for naps and more chitchatting.   Today Charlotte and I went to the mall (I did not spend a penny!!!!) While the guys ran some errands, then we all went to Cheddars (wish they had these in Arizona) for an early supper.  While at the mall we went into a store called "The Lego Store'. I had never seen anything like it.  In the 'old' days when our kids were younger Legos were just coming out. We bought a box of assorted Legos and the kids used their imagination an built stuff from scratch.  Today everything is sorted down into boxes - "Iron Man", "Star Wars", Ninja,etc. ...there like putting a puzzle together.  Totally amazing!  But in thinking about this I thought 'where is the imagination in all this?"  I was appalled also in children's clothing stores to see skinny jeans and crop tops for kids as young as 3-4 years old....no wonder when these same girls turn 13 they are trying to act like they are 21 - what happened to t-shirts and simple t-shirts or cute little dresses?  OK, off my rant for the day.

Tuesday we will be going to Jamesport a small, local Amish town  in Missouri.

The weather here was great the first couple of days but today has been a lot more humid....hoping it is not too humid tomorrow.