Summer fun

Steve and I took Amber and the kids to Big Cedar in August.  We had so much fun.  

Mary thought she was pretty special going behind the waterfall.

We played Bingo and Michael won twice!  Gussie won once!  I was just about to tell Steve to stop playing because we needed to let some other families win, when he won!  Oh, well!

Here's a video of the kids going on a carriage ride.

Trolley ride in STL

I bought a Groupon that I thought was for a carriage ride.  I had the girls all hyped up for a fun Cinderella ride through downtown St Louis.  Alas, I was wrong!  It was a trolley ride.  I'm not sure how much they enjoyed it, but I really did.  It took us through lots of places in St Louis that I had never been before.  To make up for it, we went to Ballpark Village afterwards  and ate nachos and cheese.  Then walked next door to the fudgery and ..... wait for it..... ate fudge!

The Lanterns

We try and make it down to the Botanical Gardens every summer when they have The Chinese Lanterns.  This year Bennett (nephew) and Elaine (mother-in-law) joined us.  We watched the Chinese Acrobats.  I thought they would be a  snoozer but they were actually very enjoyable.  Everyone thought so!  Now, if we could only find a restaurant in the Loop that is open on Mondays!

Gussie's Train Ride

For his 3rd birthday Gussie wanted to go on a train ride.  It didn't matter that it was a 110 degrees out!  Or at least it felt like it.  We still had fun.