Milwaukee Cardinals Trip

In July, Jason and I went on our third annual road trip to watch the Cardinals play.  This year's destination was Milwaukee.  We left on a Friday morning and came home on Sunday; it was a perfect little getaway!

We arrived Friday around lunch time and walked all around the city.  We checked out the Pabst Blue Ribbon gift shop, ate at a yummy burger joint and then checked into our hotel.  We loved the Iron Horse Hotel.  Our room was really nice and there were a few bars at the hotel which we of course checked out a few times over the course of the weekend.

Friday night we walked down to the Riverwalk and checked out a few bars.  We watched the game and drank like the locals:

 After watching a great comeback by the Cards, we got back to our hotel and sat at the outdoor bar for a night cap.  It was beautiful weather!

 And we got some cheese curds, so we could eat like the locals too.  They were delish!

Saturday morning we walked to a market and stocked up on some cheeses.  We found this great BBQ joint for lunch, Smoke Shack, which was right up Jason's alley.  We wanted to stock up on local beers too, but wisely decided to walk back to our hotel and get our car first.  That would've been a long walk with our several cases of beer!!  Our hotel was right next door to the Harley Davidson museum, so we walked over there to grab some souvenirs for the boys.  

Then it was time to head to the game!  We had great seats on the lower level, behind home plate.  The broadcast booths were just behind us, so we had a great view of Mike Shannon and Bob Uecker.  Coincidentally my family friends, the Leahys, were about 7 rows behind us in the same section; so crazy!  It was another fun game; the Cards clobbered the Brewers!  It started drizzling midway through, so we got to watch the stadium roof close too.

We had a fun night on the town after the Cards victory!  Sunday morning we ate at a little breakfast joint that someone recommended, then we headed out.  We made a quick stop at IKEA in Chicago and made our way home to see the boys.

We love these little weekend getaways with just the two of us exploring a new city.  We walked something like 20,000 steps each day!

4th of July

We had a very nice 4th of July.  It started with the Ashers' annual Grown-Ups only party on July 3rd.  We had lots of neighbors this year, along with other friends, and we had a great time.  Here are the only pictures I took that night....very late in the night as evidenced by the fact that Jason is "dancing."

The 4th was on a Friday this year, so we headed up to the O'Fallon Freedom Festival with a group.  Jack got his first face painting and they rode rides and played games.  They even had a craft area where the kids each made a visor.  This was the first year the kids were old enough to stay until the fireworks (in previous years we went home to watch them from our driveway).  They loved it!

Our next door neighbors, Anthony & Natalie

Summer Bucket List #36

Creve Coeur Days

The Creve Coeur Days carnival came to town again, so the boys and I invited Grandma and Grandpa to go with us on a Thursday night again.  It was a fun night of rides and games.  We used our last ride tickets just before it started pouring rain, so it worked out perfectly.

A fun little Thursday activity.

T-Ball Take 2

Jack played in a second t-ball session in June and July, and as I mentioned before, Jason was the coach this time.  We had a lot of fun.  Jason did great with the kids, and Jack loved having his dad and Uncle Todd as the coaches.  He got to play with his cousin Lily and some neighbor friends too, so that made it extra fun!