Birthdays & Summer!

We went to St. Louis last weekend for Mom's (my grandmother) 95th birthday party and it was so much fun! The party was awesome and I got choked up a couple times just thinking about how amazing she is...I hope Miss V. has some of her Great Grandma Virginia in her! We also hung out a lot at Aunt Carole's house- the kids played at the park, the men drug out the old Atari and the women chatted! Of course I ate too much, but I thoroughly enjoyed the Ted Drewes frozen custard and birthday cake...yumo! It was a nice visit and hopefully we'll get to see everyone again at Christmas! Oh, I almost forgot- the book was a big hit...shew, pressure off! :)

Joel also had a birthday this week; the BIG 32! It was really three days of celebratory eating: Monday we went out for Italian with my parents. Tuesday Joel and I went to Monte Sano (our engagement spot) and had a nice picnic and then went for a short hike. We came home and I made fruit & pudding parfaits at the birthday boy's request...they were quite tastey I must say! Wednesday Joel's parents came up and we went out for Seafood. Shew, a girl can only eat so much sometimes. :) Needless to say, we ate a small dinner at home last night.

In other thoughts, I am so glad that summertime is here, although in another month I may be cussing myself for saying that...haha! I haven't gotten too hot and swollen yet, but I'm sure it's just a matter of time. Tonight we are getting together with some of Joel's friends from college. We are going to eat at Sam & Greg's, a little place downtown that serves homemade pizza and gelato! After that we are headed to the movie in the park! We already have our chairs and blanket packed in the car so we will be ready to go.

Ah, I love outdoor events! We are hoping to do a lot of fun activities this summer since we won't be traveling very far anymore. I've been looking and there are concerts in the park, movies in the park, concerts on the mountain and concerts at the gardens...I want to do all of them this summer!!! :)