Sunday, September 27, 2009
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.
Two-Wheelin' It
This is just one of those achievements worthy of a blog post. . .Maia has ditched the training wheels and is now riding a two-wheeler!!!! It all started when I was home in PA at my parents for a few weeks (we were having some home renovations done so the kids and I fled the dirt and chaos) and Maia learned the art of balancing on a scooter. After several days of scootering all over the driveway, she asked to go on one of the big bikes and within 10 minutes she had it! Since returning to St. Louis the kids and I have gone to Forest Park and Maia has biked on the trails while I've jogged with Caden in the jogging stroller. This is one of those experiences that has really made me feel like my little girl is growing up. . .no longer is it just me pushing her around the park, but she is old enough, and strong enough, and has enough endurance to take herself around the park. I know it won't be long before we are going on some serious runs together!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Jim and Joan
Jim and Joan have become dear friends of ours. While Matt was working for a window cleaning company during seminary, he met Jim while washing his windows. Matt and Jim have been getting together regularly for the past couple years and Jim has been a great encouragement to Matt on many fronts. More recently we have gotten to know Jim's good friend Joan. They are both a delight to spend time with and our conversations with them are always so interesting and diverse and seasoned with a good bit of laughter. Recently Joan invited us over to have coffee and donuts in her garden. She is an amazing and talented gardener and it was just a beautiful morning of great conversation, fun times for the kids, and a delight to soak in the beauty of her gardens. Joan taught Maia and Caden how to drink out of coffee cups with lids which they took great pleasure in!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Ahhhh, the Gardens
We love the St. Lois Botantical Gardens, we just don't get there that often, but hope that changes now that we are living a little closer. We went this past week with some friends and had a great time. It's hard to get a good clear picture of Caden these days as he is always on the move and Maia had a great time rock climbing, playing in the fountains, and running all over the children's garden.
Loving our Neighborhood!
These days, you can often. . .very often. . .find Maia, Caden and I walking around our neighborhood and town. We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, being able to walk to coffee shops, the post-office, grocery stores, playgrounds, church and friends' homes. We love that we live far enough from the train tracks that the we don't notice the trains at night and they don't rattle our windows, but close enough that on our walks we often find ourselves sitting along the road waving to the conductors and watching for the caboose to come along. We love walking along and looking at and talking about all the different flowers people have growing in their gardens and stopping to study the bumblebees. We love that the people on our street have been so friendly and welcoming and we look forward to hearing some of their life stories.
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