Continuing on with our tour, we went to St. Louis to visit old friends and to hang with my parents. The weather continued being awesome and (despite allergies) we thoroughly enjoyed it!
Our first day there we decided to check out all of the hype at the St. Louis Botanical Gardens and see the Chinese Lantern Festival. It was GORGEOUS...I can only imagine what it must look like at night.
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| Seeing our friend Emma at the Botanical Gardens |
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| Blue Water! |
The next day we went to an oldie but goodie...the Museum of Transportation! My kids (and mom) love this place and we always seem to have a good time.
That night we met our friends Annie and Julie for dinner and even though Annie and Anna are only days apart Eli and Anna seemed to really get along :) Supposedly Annie keeps on calling him "Elijah James" and giggling...
We then headed to the St. Louis Zoo to see the new Sea Lion exhibit (and of course see Bailey, Penelope and Arie).
That night my friend, Emily, graciously invited us over for a yummy dinner and the boys got along so well! They played with toys, baseball and even worked together digging a hole to who-knows-where in their backyard ; )
We all really started to feel under the weather (103 temp for Eli!), and while recovering we had to miss out on seeing some folks and revisiting our beloved church, Riverside. After getting some cuddle time we were on the road to recovery. The kids and I ended up staying some bonus days in St. Louis and used that time to recover and see some sights with my Mom.
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| Anna on her first Carousel ride |
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| The Butterfly House |
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| Seeing the Magic Tree House (Eli's fave books!) exhibit at the Magic House |
We then rallied on our last morning and met some friends at a playground for an impromptu play date.
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| Katrina and Me |
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| Arie selling Anna acorns |
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| Getting some snuggle time with Grandpa |
We then headed to Buffalo, MO to see our Nana and hang out on her farm. It is so beautiful and peaceful out there and the kids LOVE the animals. Anna would not leave their cat, Radar, alone. (yes, we are in trouble.)
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| Feeding their new horse. |
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| Loving on Radar. |
While it is always a good time visiting with family and friends, we couldn't wait to get home to see our our Daddy (and Grandaddy). Apparently, they missed us too : )
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| Our 'Welcome Home' sign, candy and flowers :) |
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