To help us out, our friends TJ and Staci came up from Columbia. And what a help they were. As soon as they arrived, Staci was in the garage helping to price all of the items we had spent the former week dragging out of dusty closets and lugging down to the basement.
Saturday morning came all too quickly, with the whole house getting up at 5:30 to get ready for the big garage sale day. Matt, Staci and TJ spent the better part of the morning wheeling and dealing with the garage sale-goers and Alma spent lots of quality time with momma. Around noon, Alma's Grandma and Grandpa Schmidt arrived. Alma got to spend the afternoon with the whole family, and Grandma and Grandpa made sure not to spoil her "too" much. What an exhausting day it turned out to be. But it was all made well when we went out to Gates BBQ for a delicious dinner of fabulous Kansas City style ribs, sausage and turkey.
Alma and Grandma show off for the camera.
The next day, we were so exhausted that we decided to take a break. After bidding farewell to Staci and TJ, we packed up the family and took a trip to the Kansas City zoo! Alma seemed nonplussed by the animals, but was fascinated by the shimmering water in the otter pool. But what she really seemed to enjoy were the fans that blew mist on passers by. She was startled when we went into the first one, but quickly overcame her initial fear and seemed to really enjoy the cool water and air (it was quite hot). All in all, it was a tiresome, but productive and fun weekend.
Papa and Alma cooling off in the mist from a fan
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