Weekend in Overland Park, Kansas

Hello again,
For Labor Day weekend, my roommate Alyssa and I went to Overland Park, Kansas to visit her family. Overland Park is about 30 minutes from Kansas City. The drive was about 2 1/2 hours. We left Eldon around 4:45. We arrived in Overland Park around 7 and went out for dinner. Apparently Kansas City is known for their BBQ so Alyssa said I had to have some. We decided on Joes Kansas City BBQ. We shared an order of  ribs and pulled pork. I must say both were phenomenal and I understand why Kansas City is famous for their BBQ!

Alyssa and our dinner!

After dinner, we headed to her house. Her mom was out of town for the weekend. but her dad and 2 pugs were home! Her dad was very nice and her dogs are sooooo cute!
The next morning we woke up and dropped Alyssa's car off for an oil change at 8, then we took her dogs to the dog park

Next we did a little bit of shopping. Overland Park reminds me a lot of Grand Rapids. The population is about 200,000. They have every shop you could ever want and more. Everywhere you looked there was another shopping plaza! We even went to Costco!

On our way back home we stopped at Sweet Carolines  candy shop to get some goodies. I got birthday cake fudge which was very good and some candy. Alyssa got fudge and chocolate covered peanut clusters. 

Then we went home and just hung out the rest of the night. Two of her friends from high school came over so we had a little fire and made some smores and just talked. They were really nice and it was a lot of fun! 

The next morning we were on the road again back to Eldon. We arrived at our apartment and there was a giant box from amazon on our lawn. We both looked at each other and asked whose it was because neither of us had ordered anything from Amazon. It was for me! Mom sent me a box of goodies from amazons Prime Pantry! It was so heavy! It was such a nice surprise to come home to! Thanks again mom if you are reading! :)

All in all a pretty relaxing weekend with nothing really exciting going on! I just made some banana muffins and put a tater tot casserole in the oven! I am making actual food!

Next weekend, Alyssa and I are heading to St. Louis for a music festival. I'm hoping to get a good view of the arch as well! I am sure there will be a blog post to follow that!

Other then that, there is not a whole lot to update. We have been in school for 3 weeks and I am liking it so far. The kids are pretty well behaved and the people I work with are very nice and helpful. The roommates are great as well. Living with Martha and Alyssa has made leaving home a lot easier. We all get along really well and that is really nice. 

Tomorrow we start LEAP which is Eldons afterschool program. So I will be at school from 7:15-5:45! Hopefully, I survive!

Hope you had a wonderful labor day weekend!

Aubrey :)