Summer Time

In just 13 short days, we will be heading back into the chaos I like to call school. I am ready to get back to our school routine but summer vacation ending is always bittersweet for me. I love having my kids at home with me. I love the lazy days of summer. I love our family vacations.This year we drove to MO to see my mom and dad. Here are some pictures:

Missouri, here we come!

 Concordia University-Seward, NE This is Link Library-I worked here all 4 years of college (and in the summers.) I love this campus. I have so many good memories. It was fun to share them with my children.

Yay! 1 day later, we're in Missouri!

 Conservation Center in Cape Girardeau, MO

 Dwight is not happy as a tree.

 Every time we see my family in Missouri, Gregg heads to Charleville. This time the wives went along. :)

 

Strawberry Ale

Cousins reuniting . . .

Briley (another cousin)

Noah (another cousin)

 The Arch St. Louis, MO

 I never get tired of looking at it. It's so massive when you are right next to it.

At the top of the Arch

 When in St. Louis, we eat at Amighetti's on The Hill. Always. I mean it. Always.

 First Cardinal Game

By the end of the night, AJ had all the Cardinal cheers down.



 St. Louis Zoo-AJ and Briley (and some random girl next to them :) )

Any time we come to the St. Louis Zoo we take a picture by the elephant statue. It's tradition and we like it. OK, mostly I like it.

We heart Krispy Kreme.

 On the way back to Montana, we took a pit stop to Minneapolis, MN. (and Mall of America)

One of Gregg's childhood homes in St. Paul, MN

Our vacation was amazing. The kids were good travellers and we covered a lot of ground. Hopefully we'll do it again next year! Good bye summer. Hello school!