Trek to St. Louis

This past weekend we made the trek to St. Louis for my friend Chad’s wedding in St. Clair, MO, which is south of St. Louis. We took off work on early on Friday and were able to get into St. Louis at a reasonable time. We spent Friday night with Sara, Ryan and Lissy just relaxing on Sara and Ryan’s back deck. Lissy was kind enough to buy us Mexican for dinner and it went perfectly with the margaritas that Sara made. Most importantly, we got to see Bella for only the second time since she was born and I must say that she is growing like a weed and only getting more gorgeous. However, we did not realize till we got home that we did not get any pictures of her and Briley together so we will have to make sure we do that when we go back through St. Louis this weekend. On Saturday morning we headed to St. Clair for the wedding and although it looked like it might rain, it held off and turned into a perfect evening. I was able to see some friends I had not seen in a long time and it was great to see Chad and Brooke finally take the plunge; they are a very happy couple. Although she got a little loud towards the end of the ceremony, Briley was very good and had a lot of fun at the reception. She even had all of the groomsmen chasing her around; she is such a flirt. On Sunday we headed back to KC and stopped in Columbia to pick up Viva and have lunch with Aunt Amity who was nice enough to watch Viva for the weekend. Thanks Amity! In all, it was a great weekend and we are eagerly awaiting this coming week when we will be heading to Seaside, FL for the Early family vacation. Autumn’s mom, sister and brother will also be staying nearby so I’m sure Briley will greatly enjoy having everyone there together. Well, I better get going and we will update again when we return from vacation. We also want to wish everyone a happy and safe 4th of July.