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Summer is wrapping up!

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Cutie little picture of Kyle in a sunflower field. Just a big smile from the boy raking up seaweed. Somebody's BCT squad was #1 out of 40!!! Atta way, GJW! Because I could and wanted to and did.... close buddy, Brennan. Room for the senior year - currently a 3 man with an exchange student. Swoop with the folks while Reid went to a movie Three amigos at Malaury and Landon's wedding.   These SOPHOMORES took off and left their moms behind them. Fun fact: Reid had a "most embarrassing moment" - on the main staircase of the school, he was carrying his (brand new) chromebook and papers and jogging up the stairs trying to catch the StuCo girls. He tripped and fell flat. The chromebook fell and broke. Papers went everywhere. Moms went "are you okay buddy?" and kids chuckled. Reid handled it like a champ and when the excitement was over, looked at me and told me his shin was smacked hard and he was hurt. He hid it well. Church pals - Hudson, Cam, Max what a good spor...

St. Louis road trip

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This past week, my boss was out of town for work and he didn't have much for me to do so he said to take the days off. Reid didn't have many responsibilities. While sitting at breakfast waiting on Eddie to get groomed, we finalized the idea to go to St. Louis to see his Cubs play the Cardinals the next day. Bought our tickets in a good location to get hits near us (in theory - didn't pan out) We left home around 2 and once we settled in, Reid found Fox Business with a documentary on the B-29 Super Fortress and WWII bombs, and we watched that for an hour (!!!). Up and ready to go - off to City Museum. We got there a few minutes before they opened and, I guess, as a sedan, we were sent to a different parking lot than the other family cars. Reid is looking at the front door and my car is behind him.  End spot. Extra space. Amazing. :) I was slightly stressing about parking downtown so this was a nice first stop.  We had a great time running, climbing, sliding, exploring and lo...