We were SO excited to have our friends, Andrew and Makenna and their son Beck, visit last month! The three of them shared Josie's room, which resulted in not much sleep for them, but allowed us to have some great adult time after all the kids were in bed:) We went to the zoo and to a small splash pad on the first day...it was stinkin' HOT. I put tons of pictures on Facebook, so chose a lesser amount for here.
Makenna and Josie petting the stingrays
Andrew and Beck
Makenna and Beck
Josie and Beck at the zoo...I think Beck was checking out her snack, lol!
Resting and trying to escape the heat
The adorable Lary family!
Josie and I on the train, in all our sweaty glory:) Thanks, Andrew, for the train ride!
Beck really liked Nile...I may have been slightly jealous, but happy for Nile:)
Our good friends, Stephen and Britteny, got married in July! Woohoo! I was so relieved when Stephen asked her to marry him, because I was tired of getting after my kids for asking them if they were going to get married, lol:) And because we love them and they are wonderful together! Just a few pictures of their wedding reception:
These dance pictures were all crazy looking with the lights, but still capture the fun we had. Seth "didn't really want to show people his moves", so instead he sat at our table and took literally thirty or so pics of various things and many self-portraits. We found them all later after we loaded the pics onto the computer.
July was such a fun month, as we were blessed to have lots of visitors! Nile's parents came and stayed with us and the kids' highlight was taking Nana and Papa to Grant's Farm. It was HOT (of course), but a super fun day. Gabe did much better this year with the goats (his time with them last year may rank as one of my all-time funniest moments!) and he also was chosen to be an elephant helper (shown in the video at the bottom of the post), much to his dismay, lol. None of my kids EVER want to be chosen in these situations, just like me on that front, but the lady approached him as we were walking in and he couldn't say no (sadly, this is also just like me). He was such a good sport:) Thanks for coming to see us. We had a great time!
Thankful for the handwashing stations, and it is rare that she lets me try a braid:)
Papa cleaning off the goat droppings...that is above and beyond, in my book! What a great grandpa!
Papa Jim and Seth at Grant's Farm
Nana with Gabe and Josie. Next time no blue slushies before pics:)
My dear friend, Lora, and her daughter Naomi came to St. Louis to have a little vacation (it is a great place to do that, so come see us!) in July. We had so much fun with them! We all went to the zoo together and then Josie and I went to City Museum with them, as well. Since I posted more of these on FB, I only chose some favorites for here. Thanks for visiting us, guys! We miss you!
Josie and Naomi climbing through the wiry tunnels
If you look closely, you can see Jos and Naomi underneath the walking people
City Museum is a great place to get some exercise and work up a sweat! And have a blast while doing so.
