So almost a month ago Tyler and I drove out with his parents to Missouri for our nephew’s blessing.  It was such a fun trip, but the drive out there took way longer than it should have.  We were driving about 25 hrs (by the way I think it should have taken us 19 or 20).  But we had to take a slight detour from Rawlings up to Casper and then back down to Cheyenne and the road between Casper and Cheyenne had about 3 inches of snow on it in some places which made us drive a max of 40 in a 75… then other times the road had at least been plowed but were still icy at least we could drive 50 or 55 then…. finally we got behind a big 18 wheeler and cruised at a whopping 65.  We made it alive though and I think once we got into nebraska the roads were clear (I don’t know exactly when because I fell asleep).

We made it safe to St. Louis and went to dinner with Joel (Tyler’s older brother), Liana, and Jaxon.  We went to Bandana’s and got ribs… don’t worry, we had ribs the next night as well at a Lottawatta Creek Grill (which was way better than the first night).  We were able to go to the arch there in St. Louis and then on Monday we went to the Zoo!  Rand and Hillary (Tyler’s oldest brother) came into town on saturday and we were able to hang out with them.  So we had the whole family together at the Arch and for dinner.  (Oh and Tyler lost his jacket at the arch.) It was such a fun weekend.

I think out of all the days we were there Sunday was the funniest.  Joel locked his phone and keys in their apartment.  He thought they had left the their patio door open (did I mention they live on the second floor)  So after they tried the front door Rand and Joel boosted Tyler up on the balcony to try the patio door… well it was locked as well.  So we left Tyler up there while we called a locksmith.  In the meantime, Tyler was the poarch monkey and we threw him candy.   The rest of the day (well after the blessing) we just relaxed and played games.

Monday we flew home after the zoo.  Thank goodness for our flight home.  I like driving in the car for a while, but I’m glad our trip home was only 3 hrs instead of 20 hrs.  Tyler and I had a great time with all the family and are happy to say that baby Jaxon is super cute!