Other St. Louis Things

Jacob and I both love wide open places like this. We drove mainly through Indiana and Illinoise, and it was pretty much all open fields. 

There were some really neat old buildings. If you look closely, you can see so much detail. It was sad to see so many of these buildings rundown and deserted. It was kind of weird. 

Down by the Mississippi River. The wind coming off the river was so cold. 

A cool Louis and Clark statue. I think Taliya was afraid of the dog. Haha!

A garden by the arch. 

Micah taking a break from that stuffy pouch. 

Here's a beautiful deserted theater. 

Eating lunch before we went to Union Station, an old train station turned into a hotel and other cool stuff. 

A pond at the station. 

Kids watching the eclipse. That was a fun addition to our trip. 

We didn't get a complete eclipse, but the sky did get darker. You can see the street lights came on. It was hard to capture the darkness in the picture. 

Even though it was afternoon, it looked more like evening for a few minutes. Also, the pond blew fire balls out of "lily pads."

My Birthday Present

I like having fun adventures instead of getting presents for my birthday. This year was a pretty big adventure. We drove to St. Louis where Jacob was born. I had never been, but I wanted to see a Cardinals game and the Gateway Arch. We did both. It was tiring (especially with the kids) but also a lot of fun. 

If you've never seen the arch, it is massive. Pictures cannot capture how huge this thing is. It's the tallest structure in the city. 

Look at that base!

It was cool to finally sit in the Busch stadium and watch a live game. Unfortunately, the Cardinals lost pretty badly to the Marlins. Our Cardinals haven't done too good in the last two years. 

We rode up to the top of the arch in this little box. 

Looking down as we rode up. 

Looking toward Illinoise from the top. 

It was crazy being so high up. 

Taliya was really enjoying looking out the windows. 

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Broncos Family

We all have Broncos clothes, so we had to take family pictures.There are other pictures mixed in.

Taliya loves to push the stroller. 

I love when Micah falls asleep on me. So snuggly. 

Taliya trying out her new bed. 

I love Taliya hugging Jacob. 

Taliya was getting a kick out of putting her hat on Micah. 

Random Pictures

She LOVES books!

Broncos Boy

Dad, Mom and Lydia Came For a Visit

First, can someone please tell me why the neighbor kids don't take naps? What happened to nap time, and why has it turned into scream-as-loud-as-you-can for two hours every afternoon? Why is your kid screaming for 45 minutes? Sometimes I really struggle with apartment living. 

Mom recently sent me this picture from about a year ago. 

A super glamorous picture of Lydia. I'm nice. 

Lydia taking a selfie with my phone. I think she just likes being featured on my blog. 

I think this picture is cute. 

We went for a little hike up a hill where a civil war fort used to be. 

Lydia and I had afternoon tea (homemade chai; I finally got more cardomum after being out of it for a while).

My handsome husby. Dad, Mom, and Lydia watched the kids for us so we could go on a date. It was soooooooo nice. 

We went down to the river. The wind was so cold, but it was a neat place that we want to revisit. 

There was so much driftwood. 

Lydia was taking pictures of us. 

I'm good at posing. 

Micah is so darned cute. 

We played some games. 

Good times. 

V