St Louis
Christian and I decided we wanted to go away somewhere for the weekend. Neither of us had ever been to St. Louis and it was with in driving distance. We left our house super early in the morning and headed out for the 5 hour drive. The kids did so well! I was hoping they would sleep more than they did, but they were both happy. Our first stop was to see the Arch. The weather was fabulous! It felt so good to be in the sunshine. We walked the grounds and then went inside to the museum. Addy was scared of everything in there! There were statues that moved and talked and some big stuffed animals. So we decided not to stay long since her face was buried into her daddy most of the time inside.
We drove around and checked out all of St. Louis and some of the surrounding suburbs while the kids napped. It was so nice to actually have a conversation with Christian and see something new. We checked out the hill of Italian food, Jackman's Fabrics, Washington University, and some beautiful historic areas. We stopped at a big Mall and shopped for a bit. We ate lots of yummy food and had so much fun together!
The next morning Christian took the kids swimming while I got ready. Addy only lasted about 20 min because the water was cold, but she loved it. We went to Forrest park and checked out the zoo there. This park is very big and beautiful. Of course our kids loved the zoo best! On our drive home we listened to General Conference and enjoyed the time together. Benson didn't sleep one minute of the ride home! He was very restless but did pretty good considering.
Christian's 34Th Birthday
That following Monday was Christian's Birthday. He chose to go to Red Lobster for dinner. We had delicious crab legs and lobster with their yummy clam chowder soup. My friend Jami made him a raspberry and butter cream cake. It definitely hit the spot! Addy loved being in on all the action, while Benson wanted nothing to do with it! He was too busy playing with his toys to be bothered with presents and pictures.
Addy chose her daddy out a new swimsuit to take on our anniversary trip and a new wallet and shirt. We also gave Christian a fishing trip this summer on Lake Michigan. Hope he can actually take advantage of it!
Happy Birthday babe!
4 comments:
i've been curious to take a weekend trip to st louis. looks like a fun city! your family is so cute! happy belated birthday, christian!!!! :)
What a fun trip. I am sure it was nice to get away for a few days. As always, I love to see the pictures and your cute kiddos.
Happy Birthday to Chrissy, hope he has a great year!
I'm so glad you guys got away together. Hooray for well-behaved kids on a road trip!
And a very Happy Birthday to Christian!
Loving all the new pics! Looks like st. Louis was a lot of fun!!! Can't wait for your Hawaii post :)
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