First off, my Grandpa Granger was a member of the 35th Division of the Kansas National Guard. Every year, the Division has a reunion, which he and my Grandma religiously attended. Since Grandpa passed in 1999, my Mom has been taking Grandma to the reunions every year. The past few years, the reunions have either been in Kansas or in close proximity, so I have attended a few with Mom & Grandma. It's been a real pleasure getting to know some of the Vets from Company C that my Grandpa fought with in WWII and their families. There aren't very many Vets from Company C left, mostly just their families who come each year. These folks have all become very close and even though they only see each other once a year, they're like a little family. Lots of great people and lots of great stories to share.
This year, the reunion happened to be in Kansas City at the Airport Hilton. Brent and I were already planning to take a weekend trip to Kansas City sometime this fall so that we could take Carter to the zoo. So we thought this would be a great time to do it so we could enjoy the reunion as well.
On Friday, Brent, Carter and I followed Mom & Grandma up to KC, got checked into our hotel, visited with a few folks at the reunion for a little while, and then Mom, Brent, & Carter and I headed out to the Legends outlet mall for some shopping. Carter was in desperate need of some new shoes and what better place to buy shoes than at an outlet mall! He hit the jack pot with 2 pairs of tennis shoes and a new pair of cowboy boots from Cavenders. After Legends, we headed next door to Cabelas. Carter loves all the animals they have to look at and shooting the toy rifles in the kid's shooting range. But his favorite thing to do at Cabelas is to feed the fish!
On Saturday, Brent, Carter & I got up early and had breakfast at IHOP before heading to the Kansas City Zoo. We've taken Carter to this zoo every fall since he was just a little baby. But this year was by far the most fun because Carter is finally old enough to actually enjoy seeing the animals. His favorites were the snakes and the chimpanzees.
After we left the zoo, we went to the Bass Pro Shop to look around. Carter had the most fun testing out all the four wheelers they have on display!
We got up Sunday morning and ate breakfast at the hotel before saying our goodbyes to everyone. Then we headed home to watch the Chiefs game and they FINALLY got their first win of the season!!
It was a great weekend, but we were definitely ready to come home and sleep in our own beds! Looking forward to doing it again next year, rumor has it the reunion will be in Kansas City again in 2012!
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