Our second semester at New Tribes missionary training center has ended! We are home again for the summer...it feels great to be back in our beloved Indiana :)
We decided to break up our trip home with a stop in St. Louis. We always drive right by St. Louis when we go to and from our hometown from the MTC, and we always say "we should stop on one of these drives and just hang out in St. Louis for a day!" So we decided to just do it.
We are so glad we did! St. Louis is a really cool city, and it is really the first big city our kids have ever experienced. Plus it broke up our drive time, and that is always a blessing :)
Our first stop was the St. Louis zoo (which is a free zoo, by the way! Except for the $15 parking. But no admission fee.) We thought it was a really neat zoo..
This was how Daisy felt about the Sea Lions...
We rented a double stroller, but it turned into a quadruple stroller :)
Nathan booked us a hotel on Expedia.com. We were hoping for something near the Arch--and the one he ended up booking was called the Hyatt Regency at the Arch! It was only a 5 minute walk to the Arch--not to mention it was a super nice hotel and Nathan got it for like $65. What a good deal. Our kids loved staying in a fancy hotel (pretty sure the front desk people didn't appreciate the fact that our kids wanted to go up and down the escalators like a hundred times! Ha) :)
The view from our room was amazing...
And then we walked to the Arch! We have been wanting to see it since last August, when we first moved to MO. It is bigger than it looks from the highway!
Our kids had so much fun running around the huge grassy area...
and walking in the Mississippi River...
And touching the Arch...
Our good friends from MO recommended an amazing pizza place. We decided to try it out--it was such good Chicago-style pizza. Thanks, Jarod and Tara!! The place was called Pi. I liked the glasses :)
This is what Halle thought about the crushed red pepper :)
That night, we looked out of our hotel room and we each prayed for the city of St. Louis. It was such a neat time with our kids!
The next morning, we headed home! Home for the summer, anyway. More to come soon :)
7 comments:
Good to have everyone back in Indiana. Glad you could take a mini vacation on your way. I know the kids loved it.
Grandpa Jim
I think Nathan's getting less frugal. I'm proud of him. ;) And it looks like you had a really great time. How fun!
Haha Alisha...you are funny! Miss you guys :)
Wow! This looks so fun! Your kiddos are at such a great age for outings like these :)
Our kiddos would have totally wore out the escalators too :)
Great being with you all last night and hopefully more this summer!
So so glad to have you nearby for the summer. Can't wait for all the summer fun.
Mom m
What great pictures, the kids will remember this for a long time. Hope to see you tomorrow. Love GGMA
We went to the St. Louis zoo a few weeks ago too! It was a super busy day, so we had to park really far away, but it was a blessing in disguise, cuz then the parking was free!
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