We spent the first week of July in Missouri visiting Kimberly's side of the family and had a lovely time! From pools and slip n slides to visits with Aunts, Uncles and cousins, to fireworks and fireflies, to Botanical Gardens and the Science Center, to bubblebaths and baseball...it was a great time had by all...memories made we will never forget!
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| Aunt Beth and Uncle Kevin and their family hosted us for an afternoon at their pool, along with fun times riding around the yard and playing spike ball. It was a great way to start the trip! Here are Sam and Grace with Uncle Andy. |
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| Grace having fun in the pool with cousin Amy |
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| The whole family, including Great Grandma Burkemper enjoyed a day at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. |
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| Grandma with her Great Grandchildren |
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| Learning about what Missouri natives would have used prior to modern inventions |
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| What a fun climbing area for kids! |
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| Fun with cousins |
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| Just hanging around :-) |
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| The biggest monkey of them all!! |
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| Having fun in the kids market area |
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| Some of the boys having fun with Grandma |
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| Not sure you are going to make it very far Samuel! |
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| We had lots of fun in the yard at Grandma and Grandpa's house. |
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| Henry caught his first catfish!!!! Very exciting!! |
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| Nicholas also caught some! We even cooked them up for dinner that night..mmm! |
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| Uncle Ben came to visit and introduced the kids to fresh rabbit and Moonpies! |
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| For the Fourth of July, we went to the O'Fallon fair and fireworks display. |
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| Throughout the trip, Samuel kept going to the bird bath and blessing himself with the water...apparently it looks like a holy water font to him :-) |
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| We spent the day at the Science Center one day |
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| Dinosaur fun with cousins |
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| Learning with Aunt Mindy |
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| Always fun to create and build |
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| They made the Saint Louis Arch..way to Team Cousins! |
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| Andy and Kelsey hosted us for dinner in their lovely new home. |
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| The kids had several fun rides with Grandpa on the Mule over the week. |
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| And some fun play dough making time with Grandma |
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| The slip and slide was a big hit!!! |
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| Silly Samuel with Aunt Mindy |
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| Water table fun with Connor and Matthew |
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| Henry and Connor practicing their reading together |
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| Bedtime stories with Grandpa and the boys |
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| The trip wouldn't be complete without a cousin bubblebath in Grandma and Grandpa's tub! |
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| We had a lovely visit at Great Grandma's - she had the kids help her water her flowers and tomato plants and gave them a tour of her beautiful yard. |
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| We ended the trip with a whole family trip to the Cardinal baseball game . While we didn't pull out a win, we witnessed a great game, including 7 homers and all the kids lasting the whole game!! I'd call that a success! |
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| We got there early to enjoy the new Baseball Village...super fun! |
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| Ready for the game! |
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| Sam with cousin Connor |
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| Daddy with his girl :-) |
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| Nicholas talking baseball with Grandpa and loving it! |
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| Molina bobblehead fun |
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| We even got to meet Fredbird! |
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| Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for an awesome trip. We loved every minute with you! |
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