Downtown St. Louis

On Easter, we went to downtown St. Louis and stayed in a hotel right by the arch...it offered free supper, free breakfast, free popcorn & soda most of the day, so it was right up our alley. The kids were very excited, to say the least, because we rarely do this. Then we got a surprise from Papa Jim, who was passing through St. Louis on his way back from Texas. So, he slept in our room with us, on a rollaway bed-Gabe said that seeing papa was one of the highlights of our trip, along with going up in the arch:) I asked the boys if they heard papa snoring in the night, and Gabe said, "No, but I did hear some panic disorder problems". We asked him what he meant, and he said, "Papa's legs just kick all around during the night". Jim has restless leg syndrome, and that's what Gabe was referring to...he was close. Then Seth said, "Oh yeah! I told my church teachers (we are taking a membership class at our church & the kids go to childcare) last week that I have restless leg syndrome." Nile and I were dying laughing, as we had no idea why he would say this. He said, "Well, dad, you told me I had the same thing Papa had when we were snuggling and I kept moving around all the time." Nile had said that in a joking manner, but Seth must have thought he was serious. So funny.

This fountain was blue in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Week

In the musuem while we waited to go up in the arch

A little girl who LOVES her daddy

Learning how to throw some different pitches

In the arch-Four minutes to get to the top

Checking things out down below

Blurry b/c our camera battery was dying, but wanted to show
the sign that says 630 feet. It was more fun than I thought it would

be, and the kids (Gabe especially) really appreciated it.