Touring Busch Stadium with a Terrible Two! :)

The pictures look fantastic, but the reality was something different... Tom's family took a tour of the new Busch Stadium. We had to get there and hour early, it was getting hot (but beautiful by Houston standards), Mommy forgot the bottled water, etc... When the tour started, Colton was full into his Twoness... We got lots of nasty looks from other tour guests. Nothing would help Colton. He wanted to walk on the field which is a STRICT NO NO, he wanted to go out all the doors that the tour was not going. One worker told him that he needed to be quiet so that he wouldn't wake up Fred Bird. That worked some. Mommy's mints worked some. Gramby's hauls cough drops worked some. You get the picture... All in all it was relatively enjoyable and we got some fun pics, but living out Colton's Twoness can be quite a challenge sometimes. :) Our favorite part had to be sitting in the Cardinal dug out and the awesome baseball card wall paper in one of the fancy rooms.

"Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials." James 1:2

Showering Cassie with Love

What a blessing it was to throw a baby shower with my Mom for my sister. It is a very special time for her and I'm so happy to be a small part of it! It is always an adventure to work with Mom to put a party on, paint, craft, etc... We pulled it off with the help of several guests who arrived early. Thanks everyone! :) The diaper cake we created just moments before the party was SO cute! Thanks to all my MOMS friends for all the fun baby shower game ideas. After diving into all the yummy eats we passed around a stuffed Winnie the Pooh and told how we knew Cassie and a funny story about her. Then we wrote messages on diapers for a small pick-me-up during middle of the night diaper changes. :) Thanks to Candi we had a fun Ibaby tunes game. I was so happy to be running the show instead of playing, but I tried my best to do a little dancing and offer some hints. We followed that up with Baby BINGO while Cass opened her gifts. Yeah, Rachael for winning! The evening ended by everyone placing a candle in the cake and offering baby Griffin a wish. It was very touching for Cass! Thanks, God, for blessing Cassie's baby shower!

Fantastic Fritz's Frozen Custard!

Mmmmm, Mmmmm, Good! What else can you say? This is one of our very favorite places to get frozen custard in MO! We met Nana, Aunt Cassie (Griffin in utero), Uncle Matt, and Rachael for a yummy treat and a little rain! :) This is a great pic of Cass and her family! We can't wait for Griffin to be born! :)

Sick Flags for Sara

After arriving in MO and Braden carrying the stomach bug with us from TX and getting sick on the plane 5 times, we headed to Six Flags the next day. Sadly Braden couldn't join us, but he was thrilled to be with Gramby and Pa Pa and Colton. Tom, Andrew, Aunt Tammy, Uncle Big Tom and our niece, Rachael, headed to Six Flags for a fun day. We rode the Bat Man ride first! After the ride was over, Rachael and Andrew were hootin' and hollerin' and asking me if I just loved it. My answer... blah, ugh, I feel sick.... I don't know if I am just getting older or what, but we made those first loops and I thought I would be sick. So, I spent most of the day sitting the rides out. Thankfully it was a beautiful summer day and I thoroughly enjoyed the weather and people watching! Everyone else had an awesome time! I did ride the Log Flume, Old Cars, Scooby Doo ride, Mine Train, Train, etc... Nothing that spun or did loops. I'm disappointed that I can't do rides like I used to, but it was still a fun day! :) So happy to spend time with family! A stop at Steak-N-Shake on the way home made the day even better!

Sealed with a kiss!

The exciting conclusion of Yoda! Colton sealed the deal with a kiss with his good friend, Grace! Too cute! :)

Lovin' Legos!

The only Lego store in the state of Texas opened at our mall this weekend! Legos have been a staple for the Leimkuehler boys since my Dad introduced them to Andrew at the tender age of 3 1/2 with our first trip to Legoland! Ahhh, the memories... A Master Builder constructed an 8 foot tall Yoda in the middle of our mall and we got to help! Young and old alike got to take small lego bricks and create a big lego brick 4x's the size of a small one. We turned them in to be inspected and were awarded a Lego builder certificate. It was so cool to be a part of this! The Master Builder would then take all of our big bricks and create Yoda. It took three days! Although we wanted to kick off the build with some friends on Friday, Colton and I got sick. So, the next evening after we were better we ventured out to be a part of the Yoda build. We headed back on Sunday evening to build some more and watch the final pieces being put on. How funny to run into the same friends we wanted to kick off the event with! What a fun time! I don't think our family will ever tire of Legos! What joy such a tiny toy brings! :)

Little Ones at our League City Campus!

What a joy to worship each week with so many special friends! Here are lots of our small (and some big :) ) friends!

Thanks, God, for blessings us with lots of wonderful friends both near and far. Please continue to grow and bless the friendships we have!