It's a Match!

December 1st... Drum roll please......

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY!!!

We were shocked and excited! We were grateful we matched, surprised it wasn't VCU, and anxious to see what will unfold for our little family at UMKC.

Thumbs up!

Since the match came in an email, me and the boys went up to UK and met up with Adam, Jon and Josh in the hospital lobby to open the email. It sure made it special to open it up with family!

In less than 24 hours, our little family loaded the car and headed to Kansas City! Adam had a 5 day weekend to study for boards so we decided to spend his days off exploring Kansas City to see what is awaiting us and get an idea of housing and neighborhoods.
It was about a 10 hr drive with stops and the boys were amazing! We had a great time looking at apartments, driving around the city, and visiting the dental school.

We hit up the Crowne Plaza Center (stores, restaurants, kids activities etc) that is within walking distance of the dental school. Santa was there with a 2 minute wait in the Crayola playplace so we stopped by for a picture after we had eaten lunch at Fritz's! It was this perfect restaurant for boy toddlers! Everyone is seated in booths, someone comes and takes your drink order, then you order your food via a phone and a train comes and delivers your food (bottom collage, top. We all loved it and can't wait to go back!

Drew's first pic with Santa!

Our last night in Kansas City we stayed at Cocoa Keys, an indoor water park hotel. We had a swell time vacationing as a family! The water heater was broken the first night which made it pretty chilly. But the boys were great sports and we still had a great time, heading to the hot tub frequently to warm up.






When we woke up in the hotel we were eating our mini muffins in bed and talking. We weren't playing close attention and we looked over at Drew who had found an open bag of chocolate chip mini muffins and was just has happy as can be with a very full mouth!