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arch madness

Today’s post has 3 main characters–the arch, Maggi, and Mary Kate. I happen to love all three…hence the multitude of pictures of them.

When Maggi and I heard about the Malcom Martin Memorial Park in Illinois, we both immediately said “let’s go!” The park has the perfect view of the St. Louis skyline. And while the park is located in East St. Louis, the only people we even came across complimented us on our coordinating outfits (and maybe made fun of Maggi for taking a picture of a bush.) So it doesn’t fit in with the usual bad reputation that East St. Louis gets.

We started off our adventure at Bob’s Drive-In for Kim’s birthday lunch.

Then we headed out to the park

that fountain behind Maggi is a little hard to see but it’s actually the second tallest fountain in the world, reaching a maximum height of 600 feet (which is the same height as the Arch…for all you trivia people)

isn’t that view amazing?

Mary Kate nailed the Senior pose

and Maggi nailed that jump!

there are 250 cakes around the St. Louis area–we found 6 of them yesterday

the sky was pretty much this color…which makes the pictures not so impressive. But the view was still pretty amazing

there’s a lookout point to get a better view

check out that reflection

in case Mary Kate did not see the 600 ft monument across the river

After finding a few cakes in the downtown area, we met up with Kim and the rest of the group (who had gone rock climbing) at Ted Drewes.

Such a delicious way to end the day!

May 26, 2014

Blog, Family, friends, kids, st. louis

mother’s day and a trip to the zoo

Over the weekend, we acquired a new lens to try. I’ve heard many people rave about their 50mm lens, so I’ve been excited to try it out. On Mother’s Day, we had a last minute Tuckahoe bonfire–on a hot, sticky day. After cooking our hot dogs and s’mores, we pulled our chairs in a circle away from the fire and enjoyed some good times.

(Photo by Maggi)

I told my kids that all I wanted for Mother’s Day was a picture with them. By the time we got around to it, we were all sticky and gross.

Don jumped in for a few. Nothing frame-worthy, but at least we have a few shots as a family.

Gross, sweaty kids require baths. This time Kingston got to hop in, too.

So I have sad story to go with the next pictures. Last week, Maggi posted about forgetting her memory card when she went to the Botanical Gardens. When she told me the story, I felt genuine sadness for her because I knew how much she had been looking forward to taking her camera and snapping away. You’d think that her story would have made me much more aware when packing our things for the zoo. However, that was not the case. I was confident that we had everything that we needed for the day. When we arrived at the zoo and I turned the camera on to take my first picture, I see the words “no memory card in camera.” Talk about disappointment. It took me a good while to get over it. Thankfully, I still have my phone and was able to get a few pictures.
So get ready to be acquainted with the back of my family’s heads.

I am the opposite of an animal lover. However, there is just something about hippos that I love. Maybe it’s just their large bodies and how graceful they seem.