I can feel the nest getting emptier...boohoo

Jared just received an official acceptance letter from his college of choice.  Next fall he will be heading to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.  I am so excited for him.  UTC has such a beautiful campus and surrounding city.

 

The Mighty Hunters Find Success

I received a text last night from Jared that read..."I killed a monster", along with the picture below.  I believe he was correct.  :)

One Night in St. Louis

Gabe and I dropped Scott and Jared at the airport early Saturday morning for their hunting adventure in the mountains of Wyoming and headed for an adventure of our own.  We had one more passenger to pick up and made it to Murray just after the sun came up.  It only took one text and two phone calls to bring Jacob lumbering out the front door of his dorm, carrying a pair of shorts, a shirt, and swimming trunks (didn't his mother teach him to bring a toothbrush?).  Hey, a college guy can't remember everything on just two hours sleep.  

We continued on to St. Louis, making it to the zoo before lunch.  What an awesome zoo...bears, sea lions, and my favorite, the monkeys. After the zoo we checked into our hotel next door to the home of the St. Louis Cardinals.

There would be no rest for the weary, so we dropped out bags and continued on, walking to the City Museum.  Talk about a cool place.  The whole place is created for climbing, crawling, and sliding.  You have to see it to believe it, but here are a few pictures.  They don't begin to do it justice.

The next morning we took off to riverfront to see the Arch.  Of course it was closed due to the government shut down, but we still got to see the enormity of the structure.

Next was the science museum and planetarium.  Awesome and very hands on.  Did I mention that the zoo and science museum don't charge admission?  Inbelievable!

We hopped in the car around 1:00 and watched the Arch disappear in the rear view mirror.  We made the most out of a day and a half.  The icing on the cake was receiving an unexpected phone call from our mighty hunters as we approached home.  What more could a girl ask for?