These past 30 days have proven to be busy and full of travel. My family which included all 3 kids and Steph made a trip to St Louis for 5 days. We filled the trip with a lot of walking, eating, swimming and sightseeing. I think since we all made it back still talking to each other it was a success. This was the 1st vacation all of us have taken together since Olivia was a senior in HS (5 years ago). As our kids grow up and become young adults the environment seems altered in a way. I miss when they were small and we all went together and meandered around at a much slower pace. I think the only way it could have been better is if we would have left our cell phones in the hotel room.
We explored the Arch and went on a river tour; we also went to a St Louis Cards game, man what a stadium. We visited the City Museum which would be any kids dream come true, it offered tunnels and cages to climb for 10 stories and if that wasn’t enough they had a Ferris wheel on the top floor. There were slides from level to level and a 10 story slide which Steph and I road. We enjoyed watching our kids climb around like they were 10 years old again, Sebastian said he was going back and Olivia had red face for about an hour after we left, not sure she has done anything that exhausting for awhile. Aleah took it all in stride and just enjoyed hanging with her Big Sis and Bro.
We also walked through the Zoo which was free and enjoyed seeing what animals would come out into the blazing hot sun so we could see them; I think we all enjoyed the Penguins area the most since it was 45 degrees in there. After we finished at the zoo Olivia talked us into taking the Budweiser tour which thrilled Aleah to no end, which if you follow my posts on Facebook you would have seen. That place was amazing if you like beer which 4 of 5 of us don’t. Olivia was happy to drink our samples.
What I figured out about taking a family vacation when your kids are no longer kids is, it’s really expensive to feed them. I also found that they all have different opinions as to what we should do, it was much easier when Steph and I made all the decisions.
I enjoyed the time together and the time away from home. I hope all of you also get a chance to get away this summer. We spend too much time watching everyone’s life happen on social media vs living ourselves.
Put down your cell phones and take a walk and breath some air. You deserve it!!!!!!!!
God Bless All
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