Daddy's Birthday!

Happy 28th Birthday Daddy!! (1-24-09) We spent the day together as a family! That is about the only part of our plans that worked out...but we still had fun!!!

Originally headed to the Natural History Museum in Topeka, we ended up at Clay County Historical Museum!! Just a LITTLE difference there! We took the self-guided 3 floor tour through the museum, stepping over MOUNDS of Christmas decor that had been taken down and laying down on the floor! But, we found some neat stuff! It is located in the old hospital, so many small rooms honoring all the small cities in Clay County plus a few extras!

Here, Raychel and Daddy are taking a break in the hallway! All smiles from Daddy and daughter! Of course, Monkey came along for the ride...he is becoming a necessity, like the diaper bag! Raychel LOVES her Monkey!!!

Then, we stopped in for a hair cut in one room! They had 2 old barber chairs and they looked just perfect for Raychel to sit in...shhh, don't tell them! Problem was neither Raychel or Monkey needed a hair cut! Although, Raychel DOES have one hair Daddy found that is about 3 inches long (MUCH longer then all the rest)...so maybe she DOES need A HAIR cut...but just ONE! ;)


Speaking of hair....Daddy found something mighty special!!! This is a 5 lb. hair ball that was cut out of a cow's stomach! Pretty big, huh??

In the entry way there is a large horse statue! We had to stop on the way out for pictures!

Unfortunately, we also left some throw up on the saddle! SHHHHHhhhhhhhh...DO NOT tell them! We did our very best to remove all traces before leaving, but couldn't figure out how to tell the lady we threw up on the horse!

After the museum, Derek and Raychel took naps in the car on the way to Manhattan. We went shopping for the other part of Derek's present. Unfortunately they were out of the book...Hemi in the Barn.

Of course we had to stop at Auto Zone, then on to Famous Daves! Where we found a super long wait and no time left to eat at the restaurant. We got Famous Daves To Go and went back to Nick and Crystal's house in Wamego, our babysitters...oh and friends! We thought we could go to the late movie, Gran Tornio...but it started TOOOOO LATE!!!!!!

So, Topeka Museum (nope)-Book present (nope)-eating at Famous Dave's (kinda-To GO)-watching Gran Torino (nope)....spending time together and having fun...YES!!!!!! =) 1 out of 5 isn't bad, right????