St. Louis Day Out

Saturday, Jordan had a meeting in St. Louis early in the morning.  We also were planning on attending my cousin Kellie's daughter Hailey's baptism up that way later in the day....so we made a day of it!  We left at 5:30 in the morning.  Brynlee was confused and thought we might be going to Gramie's house (why else would we ever get up that early??)  We just hung out and did a little exploring of the area during the meeting and then went off to the zoo!

 It was unbelievably hot and humid and there were a lot of people there, but we still had a good time!  Brynlee loved the hippos best!

 

One of the best things about the St. Louis zoo is that it is FREE!  Love that! 

 I'm really not a fan of some of these pictures, but it's all I got!  As you can see...I'm gynormous!  We did some shopping afterwards and then headed the baptism.  Brynlee loves Kellie's kids and had been talking about going for days.  She goes right ahead and makes herself at home there.  Kellie and Casey were nice enough to babysit for us during a dinner Jordan had for work up in St. Louis a few weeks ago.  We love having them close.  It was fun to see Uncle John and Aunt Connie too.  John made sure Brynlee knew that the "best lookin guy she ever did see" was not Luke (as her recent brainwashing had taught her), but John instead.  She'll still tell you that it's John.  Her favorite Uncle she still says is "Lukie" though.

 I had to share my garden pictures too!  (Aren't you impressed Dad??) Ok, so its not that impressive, but we are excited have something!  A lot of it was given to us by the now second year residents that didn't want to move them to St. Louis.  It's fun to be growing tomatoes, zuchinni, peppers, strawberries, and some herbs.  We also have a blueberry plant that doesn't seem to be doing much. 

About a week ago, I was trying to move the tomato plant so it wasn't bent clear over on the ground and prop it up.  I broke two of the fruit bearing branches and was not happy.  I wrapped them in ribbon for a bandaid and lo and behold....IT WORKED!

We got tomatoes and those branches still look alive!  Made my week :).