Fun at Gran and Poppi's

While Matt stayed in St. Louis to work and oversee some of our home renovations, the kids and I headed East and spent some time with each of our parents. The following pictures are some of my favorites from our time with Matt's parents. Maia, Caden and I had a great time hanging out with their Seilback cousins, Jonathon, Victoria, and Ethan and of course Gran and Poppi. Another highlight were the turtles that Maia and Gran found on a walk in the woods. When I asked Maia their names, she said without missing a beat that their names were Audrey and Samsy. . .as if they really had told her these were their names. Unfortunately Audrey decided to make a run for it while we were inside eating dinner. . .we all said we would have loved to see how she manuevered herself out of the box and off the porch. After many, many tears from Maia and repeated explanations that Audrey wanted to be back in the woods, Maia decided to put Samsy back in the woods too, "because she could break if she stayed in the box." Of course no trip to Gran and Poppi's could be complete without a trip to Annie's Playground. . .an awesome playground built in memory of a young girl from that area who was killed in a car accident. I'm always touched when we go to that playground by all the life and laughter. . .how meaningful for this family who has experienced such tremendous loss.

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