We have been unbelievably busy lately. I keep telling Dan that we need to try and keep our blog updated... even if it's only a sentence. We have actually had family in town on and off fo
r the last month... either that or we have been out of town. My sister Cari and her husband Scott spent two weeks with us at the beginning of the month. It was great! It was their first time out to St. Louis and we made sure they saw as much of it as possible. St. Louis can't really compare to San Francisco or Seattle... but there are still some neat areas here. This our famous arch picture that we take of anyone who comes to visit. You have to lay down on the ground so you can get the entire arch in the picture. Scott and Cari are now in New Orleans helping organize teams to help with the hurricane clean up. They process hundreds of work orders and then send out surveyors and teams to different locations. They'll be heading back to St. Louis in a couple weeks to pick up their dog Ranger here at our house before they start the long trek back West.My Dad and Mom were with us for about a week after that. My Dad always finds out about great little day trips whenever they come out. A week ago Saturday we went to an apple farm in Illinois.
We road a "tractor train" out into an apple orchard and picked a couple bags of apples. It was great! After that we visited the arch...
and then took a river boat ride on the great... dirty... Mississippi...
It was definitely not the prettiest boat ride I have ever taken... but it did have some interesting views... a sunken barge for example.
Dan has been super busy with school. He loves teaching... but it does have its challenges. He has had two lockdowns in the month that he has been teaching (one of which I found out about on the morning news!!). We would have never thought at this time last year that he would be teaching at an inner city school here in St. Louis... but it's great to see how the Lord moves you in new directions! We miss California tons... but love St. Louis at the same time.
Well... that's it for the month of September. I promise to make Dan write next time!!
2 comments:
I have been checking out your blog, waiting for a new post, and it happened! Yea! John and I have to get out there for one of those pictures, maybe a dirty river boat ride. It would be great to read some of Dan's school stories. Tell Dan we both said hi.
We would love to see you guys sometime! I think we may be heading out your direction in December! It's fun to be back in touch!!
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