When we got to St. Louis, I fist stopped at my middle son, Bryan’s home and just spent some quality time catching up with him. He showed me around his home and shared about all the changes and work that he and his wife had done. I was so proud of him…he has done so much and worked so hard. His oldest boy, Joe, is 7 1/2 and is so grown up. He shared a book with me that I know his mommy, Stacy, wanted him to share so that I could get to know him better. It was an “All About Me” book. I found out all kinds of stuff..like his favorite books, pets, nam
es, and lots more. He read it to me…bless his heart…he was so sweet. I played ball with the little guy, Jonas, and watched him and brother dance. Jonas showed me how he says his prayers. I had bought them a bubble machine and they had a great time blowing bubbles outside. Stacy fixed a very tasty supper and gave me the recipe (a crock pot meal – gotta love those). When we finished supper, Bryan shared some of the videos and art he has been working on – she is so proud of him and so am I. When I left…and hugged all of them, I just fealt all warm inside. I held back tears until I got into the car and then I cried because I was so happy to have gotten the time with them.
Next Bobby and I were off to Brad and Holly’s home – they kept the kids up so that we could visit for just a little bit with them. Cooper, Margo and Sloan gave us the “tour” of where we would sleep and showed us their room with the new beds. They were precious. Everett was all smiles…he is such a happy baby. We all went to bed and about 30 minutes later, my youngest son, Brandon and his wife Ashely and our sweet little Nora came in. Nora was sleeping, so they all went staight to bed.
The next morning we got up to homemade goodies that Holly had worked hard on. That girl is awesome…she had everything planned out and everything she made was delicious. I video’d everyone eating their breakfast. We made plans to go to the St Louis Zoo and it started to rain, so we postponed that until late in the afternoon. We got to ride with Ashley and Brandon and Nora to the zoo. It was a little bonding time with Nora and she smiled and was so happy. I think the penguins were the big hit of the day, of course I am partial to zebras. 
The kiddos were so pooped that they went right to bed after supper that night. Cooper was so tired that he said, “Just give me a piece of bread to take to bed!”
The next morning we got up and headed to my mom’s home. She surprised me and had invited a lot of my family to come to see my boys and their families. It was a good but crowded time. Good food and good fellowship…is always a GOOD THING! After I said my goodbyes to my boys and fams, we made a dvd of the days activities for my mom. Needless to say that made our start home to Nashville a little later than we had initially planned. We got home around 3 am and slept in on Memorial Day. It is Tuesday night now and I haven’t even started unpacking yet. I hate that part – I’ll do it eventually.
