St. Louis Trip

At the beginning of August, my family all went to St. Louis for the weekend. Steve, the boys and I went down on Friday night and stayed at the Hilton by the Ball Park. We got there around 8, so didn't have much time to do anything. We did walk the square and go get something to eat. We also found the fountain and played in it for awhile. The next morning, we met my family at the brewery for a VIP tour. We were pretty much amazed at how they do things there. It is all done by computers and machines now and it happens very quickly! We saw some pictures on the wall from when they opened the plant and it was all done by people and took so much longer. Amazing growth in technology, I guess!

After we got done with the tour, we headed to Grant's Farm. It, of course, was a very hot day and we were going to a smelly farm, but Colin really enjoyed it, so it was worth the sweat! We saw lots of animals and rode on the train around the grounds of the farm. We saw the Clydesadeles (however you spell it) both at the brewery and the farm. Colin was amazed at how big they were! He actually got really close to one and thought it was really neat to be able to pet them. I think we all thought that too! :)

After Grant's farm, we headed to the hotel. On Saturday night, we stayed at Union Station. We played around there for awhile, rode the paddle boats (yes, I am wearing a skirt, didn't plan to drive the paddle boats - real nice, I know!), walked around the mall and fed the fish in the little lake. We then went to dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory. Really good food! :) We then headed back to the hotel and got the boys ready for bed. My parents were nice enough to watch the boys so us big kids could go out for the evening. We met Wade and Karen (Steve's cousin and his wife) out. They live right downtown St. Louis. It was nice seeing them while having fun with Brad, Sarah, and Chris.

At AB brewery

At Grant's Farm on a very hot day!

Paddle boats and dinner fun.

All in all, great trip. It is always fun to hang with the family! The next morning, we went to the St. Louis zoo. I'll post those later.

New Addition

And, no I am NOT pregnant! :)

Sorry it has been forever since I have blogged. My life has been crazy with the start of school soon. All of my free time is playing with the boys and preparing at school...I promise to be better from now on. I have a ton of pics to put on if that counts!

My brother and sister in law adopted two new puppies. They are approximately 8 weeks old and they rescued them from a shelter here in town. They went for one puppy and came home with two! They are practicing for the twin babies they will have later in life! :) Anyways, they are both girls and are so cute! Morgan & Bailey are actually really good puppies. They slept through the night on the first night home and were dry too! If only babies could do that - life would be awesome!

Morgan (the little bit bigger one & black) is the more adventurous one. Bailey (the other one) is so tiny and timid, at least when I have been around them. Brad & Sarah might differ in opinions, but at least when I have been around, Morgan is always on the hunt for something! Seriously, they are two of the cutest puppies I have ever seen. So sweet and innocent looking...I hope for their sake they stay like that! :)

They are getting spade next week and are supposed to find out exactly what mix they both are. They aren't siblings though. They were rescued from Kentucky and brought to our shelter here in Bloomington.

Colin now wants a dog...I told him we could go to Brad and Sarah's house any time he wanted. I told him we could have a fish instead. Then he came up with the idea that Brad & Sarah could switch with us and they could have our fish (that we don't even have yet - poor fish getting traded before he even had a chance) and we could have their dogs. I have to give him credit, he was trying! But...no dogs for the Cunninghams!

Here are some pics of the newest additions to the Jameson clan. Cade just cracked me up, he didn't know what to think. The dogs were just about his size and kept licking him. They are so cute! Enjoy!