Fourth O' July St. Louis Style

This year we got to spend the Fourth with Chris's mom in Webster...one of my favorite things to do in St. Louis. This is the fourth time we've gotten to go, and its one of the things that made me want to move here. Its very small-town, with big flags on porches, kids in wagons, Ted Drewes custard, small carnival, etc.

thanks grammy!

I took Lily to the Botanical gardens to get a good picture in her new dress for Grammy......but I got nothin'. : ) She had a great time playing with Meli, whom we don't get to see much these days. The only drawback to my new job is that Tiffany(Meli's mom) and I lost our Thursdays together....

On a recent Saturday, Lily and I took the Metro (train & bus) to the zoo. She loved riding it, and I loved not fighting for and paying 10 bucks for a parking spot. I discovered that riding that particular train/bus on a Saturday is a golden opportunity for people watching.....can't beat goofy family from Arkansas' first public transportation experience.



The reason for our trip to the zoo that day was to see the new dinosaur exhibit. Here's Lily digging for dino bones.

Don't mess with me, I'm a crabby crab!

In early June, Chris and I got to go to a fancy-schmancy wedding in Baltimore. Lily got to spend the weekend showing her Nana around St. Louis (just ask my mom about Lily's running commentary while they drove around...)





Somebody went to Baltimore, and all I got was this t-shirt.....Lily has quite a collection of crab-themed sleepware (the kid's a crab!). She also has a collection of snow globes, but they've all been broken. The record holder goes to Baltimore Snowglobe '08, in which small, cheap snowglobe was broken in under 8 minutes.

new job!

some very old, but still important news:

I got a great new job back in May, working for an architecture firm. I'm in heaven, working regular hours, having weekends at home, holidays......otherwise known as a normal adult life! Chris and Lily and I ride to work together, and they drop me off at the train, which means no more sitting in traffic and no gas!

Here is where I work: Mackey Mitchell