Shaffer Family Happenings: Family Trip February 22 Atchison, KS

We started our trip with a stop in Overland Park, KS to spend the night at a Fairfield Inn that was less than 6 months old. Probably THE nicest hotel stay we've ever had. After dinner at Sweet Tomatoes, we headed back to the hotel for the best part of staying in a hotel. The swimming pool, and hot tub.

We took this family portrait before we left our wonderful hotel room to head up to Science City in Kansas City, MO.

Ben tried out the musical drums.

Ben and Sam riding the crocodile.

They are posing by the puzzle they put together. I can't remember exactly what it was a puzzle of.

Posing in front of the dinosaur. Compare this with our visit in February 2007 with our friend Joey Hudson. http://samshaffer.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html

To celebrate Dental Health Month, the Science center was offering free teeth checks for all the kids. They also made an impression of the kids teeth which we keep in case we should need it to identify our child. The impressions also have the kids DNA, as well as scent in case they are lost.

We left Science City and headed to Atchison, KS to take in a basketball game at Benedictine College where my Uncle Hugh is the Chaplain of the Basketball team. Ben loved the popcorn, and into the game for most of it...

As long as he got to sit where and how he wanted to.

Uncle Hugh is loved by the team, as each player came off the floor, they came over and gave him a hug before sitting on the bench. It was very touching to see how much he means to the team.

Sam and Ben trying out the sweaty player chairs.

After the game, Uncle Hugh took us back to the locker room which has been named in his honor. Someday they will have a nice plaque instead of a piece of paper. But the honor is all the same.