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| Salt Lake City Airport |
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| Jake at the same airport |
First, let me say, I have lots and lots of photos to share with you. So, we will have to do this in separate posts on separate days!
Day 1: We left at 6am (which means I got up at 4am and woke the kids at 5am) and drove 2.5 hours to Boise to catch our plane. We ended up with a delayed flight when we were to connect in Salt Lake City (super big wind storm - so all planes grounded) - and arrived two hours late in St. Louis, Missouri. By the time we got to my sister's place, it was 10pm! The heat shocked us all when we stepped out into the St. Louis night air. But, once at my sister's I was loving all the wild thing sounds! I love those singing insects - loud and wild.... The kids perked right up when they saw Paula's 2 itty bitty baby kitties! However, one of the older cats, MO, make it a point to hiss and swat us at every opportunity.
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| Sami with one of Auntie Paula's itty bitty kitties |
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| Our Family House, Chesterfield Missouri - For Sale, Again (3rd time since we moved) |
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| Green Trails Lake - Our Lake, where we walked to to play, swim, find turtles |
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Day 2: After clothes shopping (for school - we did it in Missouri, and sent the box home - it arrived Wed. the following week), we took the kids to see where we grew up. Lots of great memories in this old neighborhood. My father died in 1990 (twenty years ago!) and my mom decided to move to Seattle, WA and live with her sister. So, our house was sold to our older sister, and then she sold it, and now it's for sale again. My sister married in 1990 and lived on a farm down 'in the bottoms' in Chesterfield Valley. She is now on her own, about 30 minutes away or so, in Ballwin.
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| We dined on all sorts of fun stuff at Houlihan's! My signature drink is an Arnold Palmer. |
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| This is my compassionate, silly, fun, ever so loving Baby Sister. |
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| These two clowns are blowing air at each other - two peas in a pod, let me tell you. |
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| Jake and my 18/19 year old Nephew, Andrew - 'Gaming' |
My nephew is now a man. Freaky. Not the wild child who ran around when he was 3 at my wedding. Not the smarty pants who told his dad 'you aren't my father' at a 7-11 in public, and almost got my brother-in-law arrested for kidnapping. He is now a young man. Gentle voice, sweet to his cousins.
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| And, Our Playground, Day 3-6. Tan Tar-A Resort, Lake of the Ozarks |
Day 3: We drove 2.5 hours to the Lake of the Ozarks. A beautiful drive! I love Missouri. The trees, the insects, the scenery. Oh what a great place!
Our real adventures start here. So, I will have to share with you on tomorrow's post how we spend 'our days'. Remember the little album I made? It will all make sense starting tomorrow!
Thanks for visiting!
