Summer Road Trip to St. Louis

We decided to take a little family get a way to St. Louis in July.  The kids LOVE packing their snack packs for the road to munch on while we drive and also in the hotel room at night.  

Brett will jump on any chance to see a Cardinals game.  We lucked out with great weather and a great game too!

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Go Cards!

We stayed downtown and ventured around the area at night and found some really fun places to check out.  

The light up fountains were definitely a hit for sure.  How Will stayed dry the whole time was just short of a miracle. 

We spent an entire day a the City Museum.  We went there a few years ago and quickly figured out that the kids were a bit too young to really enjoy all the exhibits.  This year, they were ALL OVER IT! Brett even got pretty excited about it, but kind of forgot that he is a bit bigger than the kids. Yep, that's him in the red shirt getting stuck in the tube :)

 

"Where's Will?"

Legos!!

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"Will, watch what you are doing!"

Such a fun trip!  Until we meet again!

Swimming, Camps and Tubing in Manchester.

Despite practicing in the pool 4 days a week, the kids still jump at the change to go to the Clive Aquatic Center with friends to jump around and have some fun!

Plus all the yummy treats during pool breaks. 

Will loves his Sour Patch Kids. 

We also squeezed in a few trips to the library and checked out the fun displays outside the building. 

Kate completed a fun camp at Living History Farms called "Camp Victoria."   While she was there, she learned a lot about the life of women in the 1800s, including clothing attire, cooking and etiquette.  On the final day, they hosted a "Tea" where each participant got to invite 1 guest to attend. The girls did a great job with the place settings, table decorations and menu. 

On a hot Saturday in July we hopped in the car and drove 2 1/2 hours to Manchester for a fun day of tubing down the rapids.  

We stopped for lunch at a really cool park in town that had exercise bikes for the Moms to ride while the kids play.  

Tubing down the river was a ton of fun!  Brett, Kate and Will were much better swimmers than I was.  In fact, I actually got my tube stuck outside the channel at one point late in the day and had to climb on top of a rock and wait for Brett to come and help me out!   K and W definitely found that quite humorous!!

And then we found a really cool soda fountain downtown to get a cool treat before we headed home.  Such a fun day!