Mike & Chandler in St. Louis!

Mike and Chandler took their latest father-son trip to St. Louis, Missouri. They enjoyed a Cardinals game, a Clint Black concert, a trip to the zoo and history museum, a paddleboat down the Mississippi River and an elevator ride to the top of the Arch.

Outside Busch Stadium.

Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals

View from their room. Chandler spent most of his time in the room (even at 3 a.m.) looking out the window at the stadium below. He even let Mike know, at 6 a.m., that the ground crew was already working on the field for the afternoon game.

Chandler enjoying the game; St. Louis Cardinals vs the LA Dodgers. The Cardinals won 2-0.

Chandler defying traffic to pose in front of the Arch!

Petting a sting ray at the St. Louis Zoo.

Mike and Chandler inside the top of the Arch.

Enjoying the Tom Sawyer boat trip down the Mississippi River.

Fun Times with Family

We enjoyed a fun week with Uncle Bill, Aunt Gloria and our cousins. It was a week full of VBS, swimming and playing till we dropped!

Enjoying VBS with Jeremy.

We enjoyed a fun picnic at the Park after VBS. We enjoyed eating with Uncle Bill and cousins Gage, Molly and Hailey.

Chandler enjoying the water slide at Jeremy and Traci's house!

Cydney also enjoyed her time swimming!


Cydney is amazed her cousin Gage is such a wonderful performer!

Celebrating the Fourth!

We got off to a fun start to our Fourth of July weekend when the kids finished swim lessons. Chandler graduated from Basic Diving and Cyd graduated from Level I.

Chandler is 'King of the Cannonball' which he did not learn in Basic Diving. He was already good at it.

Cydney jumped off the diving board twice and swam to the edge of the pool by herself. Now she is going to want to do it all of the time!

July 3rd was a fun day too. I ran the Independance 10K at White Rock Lake. That night we went to Papa and Grans for a family cookout. Cydney is really enjoying her smore!

Aunt Gina even joined in the fun. She had never roasted a marshmallow or had a smore before.

We celebrated July 4th at the Ranger Game where the Rangers played the Chicago White Socks. Chandler scored an autograph from White Sox DH Paul Konerko.

The whole family enjoying the game!

The Dynamic Ranger Duo!

Fireworks over the Ballpark!