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It's a bad habit of mine. Lately, I've been especially forgetful about taking the camera with me or taking pictures, but I won't let that excuse stop me today.
This past weekend, we joined Paul on a quick business trip up to Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS. He was doing some job recruiting at a Statistics Conference there. We got a rental car and free gas, a hotel that was paid for, and free meals. It was like a free mini-vacation! It was about a six hour drive, and it took us right through Independence, MO on the way. We went through the Visitor's Center there which has been recently renovated (just on the inside) and really enjoyed the tour. Also of course, right next door is the massive, scary Community of Christ Temple and world headquarters. Benjamin did as well as he could on the drive, but after six hours in the car, we decided we're definitely NOT driving 20 hours to go to Utah this Summer. We'll fly.
Oh, so during the car ride, Benjamin was quiet for a moment, then bursted out, "weekend!" He loves weekends because Paul's home, so we thought it was cute that he learned how to say it clearly on his own about the trip we were all taking together.
Anyways, we got to our hotel on Sunday evening. It was especially convenient because all of Paul's meetings were in that hotel, so we got to see him throughout the day on Monday. We enjoyed hanging out in the big atrium where there was a warm pool, a hot tub, a little miniature golf course, fountains and bridges, pool tables, video arcade games and candy machines. We also ventured out to the nearby park before settling down for a nap. We stayed through Tuesday morning, then headed home. It was fun to take a little vacation together instead of separating for a couple of days.