Kansas City Weekend

Last weekend found Mike and I, along with our good friends the Hahn's, in Kansas City to celebrate our anniversaries, five years for us and four for Brandon and Monica!  We left late Friday morning and with a quick pit stop in Des Moines, made it to the city with ease. 

We checked in to our hotel, called the Q, freshened up a bit from traveling and then went out to explore.  The evening found us having dinner at a really cool burger spot called Blanc Burgers + Bottles on the Plaza.  The atmosphere was very chic, the food was good, and the 100+ varieties of beer was cold!  After dinner we enjoyed stopping at some night spots as we made our way home! 

Our room @ the Q

Saturday was all planned out before we even left.  The girls would drop the guys off at 810 Sports Zone to secure a table to watch the Hawkeye game and the girls would get a little bit of shopping in before meeting back up with the boys to have lunch and spend a bit of our own time cheering on the Hawkeyes!  As you probably know, no matter how much cheering we would do the Hawks wouldn't bring home a victory.  Despite the football loss, the shopping was a success!

We made our way back to the hotel around 4:00 as Mike and I were scheduled to have a couple's hot stone massage, that we were so looking forward to.  We made our way to the spa and quickly discovered that the spa was no more than a closet in the basement, it didn't take me long to get totally freaked out, so we went upstairs to cancel our service.  It totally bummed me out, but one thing I really love in life is a good massage and I wasn't going to ruin that with a shady, backroom massage.  EEEK!!! 

Saturday night we had dinner reservations at Plaza III.  The restaurant had come highly recommended, so we wanted to be sure to check it out.  The food was amazing, so amazing that it was hard to stop eating and we were all miserable by the end of the dinner!

There was live entertainment in the lounge below the restaurant.  A gentleman by the name of Lonnie McFadden was performing, he is a regular in the lounge on Saturday nights.  Think of him as Sammy Davis Jr. meets Louis Armstrong, he was phenomenal!  Not only was he a gifted singer, he played a few instruments and at one point he slipped out of his regular shoes into tap shoes and danced!  He was so much fun to watch!

Lonnie McFadden - Amazing!

Sunday we loaded up the car with all the essentials needed for tailgating and headed to Arrowhead Stadium for the Chiefs vs. Broncos game!  As we pulled in you could feel the excitement in the air as the fans had their tents set up, grills going and sound systems pounding out music. 

Heading into Arrowhead!

The weather was absolutley gorgeous, it ended up being a 70 degree day and the fans were out in full force.  The stadium filled up quickly with thousands of fans waiting to see if their team would be victorious.  Before the game started we participated in a card stunt in honor of Veterans Day and experienced a B-52 Bomber fly over, which if you have never seen one, it is pretty amazing!

KC Super Fan!

Here come the Chiefs!

Unfortunately for the Kansas City fans, the Broncos took home the win, but for the four of us we weren't partial, just happy to be at a pro game, enjoying the beautiful weather! 

I should mention that while we were in Kansas City, my Mom and Terry came back from Oklahoma to spend some quality time with Lila.  They had lots and lots of fun together and they did a good job of keeping us updated as to what they were doing and making sure to send special messages from Lila throughout the weekend (sorry for the quality)...

We are already devising a plan for our anniversary trip next year...maybe somewhere tropical?!  We have so much fun on this weekend trip where we not only celebrate our each of us as a couple, but our friendships, too!