Heading to our old stomping grounds, where Jason and I met and where our band started, was worth the insane travel. Mags got to try on hair extensions from my cousin (who also gave me a haircut), we got to show off the baby to her great grandparents, we got to play with Built to Spill and see the Flaming Lips.
Magnolia and her new, temporary, long hair, and my cousin.
Getting there was a little rocky, and by the looks of the midwest storms lately, I'm sure many people can relate.
Flying into Kansas at night with tornado skies and thunder and lightening in the background, the planeride in was a little um..exciting. With June on my lap and Mags next to me saying loudly, "Are we gonna see a tornado?! How come there is so much lightening? Why haven't we landed? This is really bumpy" etc, I had to put on that fake, unphased mom look while my stomach was in knots (and also tell her to make sure she uses her inside voice) Meredith (nanny and friend) was very good at keeping her cool as well.
Apparently the Wakarusa festival had to evacuate due to 70 mph winds (the ones we were flying into).
The drive home from the airport might have been crazier than the plane ride since we could have easily been in the worst storm we've ever driven in (slowly) We arrived at my aunts house carrying in two screaming little girls who needed bedtime badly.
The next day was beautiful. We hung with a bunch of family and then played in the, and this is a first, sunny-but-NOT-humid Kansas summer day.
Sound checkin at the Slow Down in Omaha
We headed to Omaha the next day. During sound check there was a tornado watch. The skies cleared while we played...and then at 2:30 in the morning we woke up to hotel alrams and outside tornado sirens. We had to wake up the girls, and head down to the safe zone in the hotel lobby while the severe storm passed. The first thing Mags said when we pulled her out of bed to seek cover..."Here's that storm I was telling you about!" I guess she's psychic now.
Needless to say, St. Louis spared us a twister and we had a great visit. Mags even got to see some landmarks.