Grandma Alexander Visits....

First of all I must apologize, as you all know I have been behind on my posts and this is no exception...so sorry to Grandma Alexander for not getting this posted sooner!

A couple of weeks ago Grandma Alexander came from Florida to visit us. She came and spent a week with us. When she got here it was hot, but it seemed to get hotter as the week progressed. By the time she left, I think she was actually looking forward to going back to cooler temps in Florida. I really don't think any of us thought that would be the case. However, the day before she left, she called home and it fact was cooler in Florida than it was here in St. Louis.

While she was here, she of course spoiled Jetta and I know Jetta didn't mind at all. She and Jetta had a great time. The first few days we just stayed close to home, but then over the weekend we ventured into St. Louis and visited the Budweiser Brewery, which I believe we all enjoyed. Grandma enjoyed the tour and Jetta enjoyed the horses. After the tour we headed home and spent the evening with some friends, as Carrie and Elise were home from Singapore and would be leaving after the weekend and we wanted the girls to have the chance to play one last time. It was a great evening to hang out by the pool and just have a few drinks and relax.

Then on Sunday Grandma, Shannon and Jetta headed out to go fishing and give mommy a little mommy time and to take Jetta on her first fishing trip. While it was already warming up, they spent a few hours enjoying the sun and catching a few fish. I'll put a few pictures on from the day. I think they all had a really good time. Once they came home, we pretty much just hung out the rest of the day, as they all were pretty wore out from the heat. We did go to town and buy grandma a birthday cake, as she had had a birthday before she came to visit and we wanted to celebrate with her.

Now the weekend was over and daddy had to head back to work, so it was just a day for the girls to hang out. So, we headed out for a day of shopping. Again, it was a scorcher, so we pretty much just ducked in from one store to the next. After a long day of shopping we headed home and relaxed for evening, as we knew we had a big day ahead of us on Tuesday. As we were headed to a Cardinals game and heard the temps were going to be over 100.

I had to work, so I was already downtown when they made their way into the city. I know grandma was very excited go to a major league ballgame, and we were excited to take her. The new stadium is definitely worth seeing. We had hoped to take her on a tour, but when we went into town on Saturday, the tour was sold out, hence why we went on the brewery tour. It was a bit before game, so we headed to Hooter's for dinner, which is always good eats. I guess that may sound strange coming from me, but I truly do go there for the wings!

After dinner, we headed to the game, temps were still sitting in the mid-90's, so we knew it was going to be even hotter once we got inside the stadium. Once we got inside grandma was very excited and was just taking it all in. I don't think she even cared that there was going to be a baseball game going on. As the game began, we all realized just how hot it was. Jetta was a trooper, but unfortunately, we only made it thru the bottom of the third inning, as it was just to hot to sit there any longer, but I think grandma had fun either way and was just happy to have had the chance to go to the stadium. Hopefully next time she visits it will be a bit cooler and we can watch more of the game.

Unfortunately grandma had to leave the next day, but we are very glad she came to visit. She and Jetta had a great time. Jetta still asks where grandma went and says "she go home on an airplane" and I say "yep, she went home on an airplane. Where did she go?" and she says "she go back to Florida". So, she knows where she went and that she left on an airplane. So, thanks for visiting us grandma....and sorry for taking so long to get this post done.