Auntie

....or should i say aunee as eli would say. this past weekend i went to dallas to see cj, mard, eli, and tate (my brother and his family). tate came 2 and half weeks early so it gave me plenty of time to squeeze in a trip while he was still so little. i had a great time and was totally worn out. i don't know where 2 year olds get their energy from! i hadn't seen them since christmas, and i loved getting to see tate as a newborn (he was still only 6 lbs 14 oz while i was there, and i loved it!) dallas is a fun city...it is so hot and bright...seriously i have never been anywhere so bright. we went downtown, which apparently all shuts down on sunday, and even drove around the baylor hospital. I swear this is the biggest hospital campus i have ever seen. we also celebrated mardi's birthday, went shopping and swimming, and i loved playing with my two darling nephews.

this boy LOVES water (or wardi as he puts it)

eli loves to help tate...it is quite hilarious at times when he tries to do EXACTLY what we do with him. i miss my boys and cj and mard..thanks for letting me come stay.

a weekend in provo.

it was my goal to take a trip at least once a month during the summer...and i have gladly accomplished this goal. a few weekends ago i was actually present in provo..which has not happened much (unless i'm working). i decided i better make it worth my while. paige, andrea, and i went floating down the provo river.....IT IS DEADLY! okay, last year, paige, stacy, and i floated the provo river and almost died, but this time, it was even a closer near death experience. i will NEVER (yes, in this situation i am 100% for sure saying never) float the provo river again. EVER! we didn't take any pictures because we were a] hypothermic, and b] bleeding and scraped up. looking back, it is a pretty entertaining story, but it was horrifying the day of. that night, we went up the weber county fair which was much more low key and safer than the previous activity.

oh my. time has been flying by.

this is embarassing...i cannot believe i have not updated my blog in over a month. it is WELL overdue.

starting from the beginning....

the end of july i went and visited jamie and robert in st. louis. love the city! we had lots of fun including movies, a cardinals game (which dad came down for since mom was visiting new lil taters in dallas), an attempted visit to the pool (which was rained out), going to the arch, and simply seeing all the fun sites of the city. i loved st lou because it has a mid-western/easterny feel to it, but still feels slightly like KC.

We asked this lady to take a picture of us....and she apparently like the building more

oh...and they have really good bbq. Try Pappy's if you ever hit up St. Louis.