So...I know I have said this before and I'm sure I will say this again. I'm starting over. This web log, or as you tech savvy kids call it, "blog", will have to be revisited. I've missed quite a number of things over the past couple of years, but with my avid Facebooking I've let our beloved Little Brass Tacks go by the wayside. Josh constantly goes to look at and says, "Why haven't you updated the blog?", "Where are your new blog posts?". I know, I really am a slacker. On to fresh starts! We have a big summer planned ahead of us and this is just the start. Above picture is the girls' first visit to the Gateway Arch! I really can't believe we haven't been there before this, but quite honestly now is the time when they will enjoy it. We went down on a Tues afternoon at 3pm and it was perfect. No lines, no crowds, etc. The girls and I decided to do this for a friend of ours who needed some Flat Stanley pictures taken and sent back to California, so I think I got those two birds with one stone.
The girls loved every minute of it! Granted, we were there for a total of 45 minutes. We went up to the very top and got to look down on beautiful downtown St. Louis and also see the Mighty Mississippi! I think they got a kick out of the river, "Mom, its so dirty! We won't ever swim there, will we?". Um, no thank you. Piper was a little leery of the "pod" ride up, but she worked it out and thoroughly enjoyed the ride down. They were dancing and singing at 630 ft up in the air! We proceeded to get our fun pictures of Flat Stanley and head down to the Jefferson Memorial Expansion Museum where they saw everything from a Bison to a wheel from a steamboat. It was so great seeing them learn all about this area that we live in and how different things are today and I'm sure will be very different in the years to come for them. Can't wait to go back and take Daddy with us. There are quite a few pictures we took of the museum and you can see them by clicking here. Here's to future entries!!
