Flat Stanley

Our friend Flat Stanley came to visit from our cousin Shane Ludwig in Salt Lake City. Since the girls had a half day on Friday we decided to take Stanley around our town. It was a fun afternoon on the Metro and visiting some of the sights in downtown St. Louis.

The Laumiere Sculpture park by our house
























The home of the St. Louis Cardinals












The Mississippi River












The Gateway Arch

Wedding of Jason and Jennifer Clawson

Last week the girls and I were able to go to Maryland to celebrate and participate in my brother Jason's wedding. It was a weekend filled with a bridal shower, family dinner, wedding at the Washington D.C. LDS Temple and reception at La Ferme Restaurant. Most importantly it was a weekend filled with love and spending time with family. I always love seeing my family and seeing my daughters play with their cousins. Congratulations Jason, Jennifer, and Jack!


Bridal Shower
Jennifer, the bride



Aunt Linda, Me, Cousin Shannon, Mom Jeannette





Kathleen Clawson , Sandy Frederick (Jason's birth mother), Courtney Arnold, Linda Sullivan, Shannon Bowler

The Reception
The Reception was held at La Ferme. This is the same restaurant that Michael and I had our reception in 14 years ago. It was fun to be there for another wedding. And, the girls recognized some of the places in the restaurant from our wedding photos.
Our Clawson Family
Jim and Jeannette Clawson
Jason and Jennifer Clawson, and Jack
Courtney and Darren Arnold, and Amanda, Chris, Jeff and Megan
Brooke (and Mike who had to stay in St. Louis to work) Carter, and Emily and Julia
Brett and Kathleen Clawson, and James, Charles (and Peter who was with a babysitter)


The Cousins (missing Peter)













The Cake












During the reception, Jack had a nap. He conked out on his dad.

Natural wonders

Speaking of the balcony...
We got to see nature working right on our balcony. This lovely spider appeared several nights in a row. I finally took some photos and looked him up on the internet. He is an orb weaver (this is what I think based on what I looked up).

Sadly, we got to see him do his trapping when a big moth flew into the huge web. It was quite a lesson right out our window.

The spider hasn't been back in over a month. I am afraid to know where he went and what he is up to.

Happy Birthday Michael!

Michael celebrated his 37th birthday on September 9th. Happy Birthday! I love you Michael.


He bought himself a glider to play with off of the back balcony. It is kinda nice to reach the age where you can buy yourself a present.

oops...

I have not downloaded any photos recently. And, I have been very lax about keeping up my blog. So, I just downloaded the photos from the camera and will be posting some from last month all the way to this week. A special apology to my husband who will have his birthday photos over a month late.