LU Alumni Picnic

One of Lindenwood's newest alums decided to take her family to the annual alumni picnic this past Saturday. It was a great day with good weather, food, and a lot of fun topped off with ice cream and cupcakes. This picnic, I have to admit, is much better than the employee picnic but then again its the alums that donate right?

There was a bounce house and a slide for the kids. Brindi started in the bounce house and then moved to the slide. She had a hard time climbing up the stairs and held everyone up. The first time everyone was patient but her second time up the stairs the other little ones had enough and the next thing I knew our little girl was getting run over. After the slide down though she seemed to have forgotten and wanted to go again...yeah that didn't happen.

There were tons of games for the kids including skeet ball, face painting, balloons, basketball shots, miniature golf, and many more. It was our own little carnival.

Brindi and Brooks favorite thing was the train. If it was up to Brindi, it would have been the only thing she did all day.

I thought the ferris wheel was probably the coolest. I was pretty worried she would freak out but I think she quite liked it. I was happy I was able to con another little girl into riding with Brindi so I did not have try and cram myself into the cage.

There was also a cake walk that Celeste was doing while I waited in line for the balloons and face painting. She didn't win but Brindi sure thought it looked cool walking around chairs to music so she left me in line and decided to try it...and what do you know she won! 30 star war cupcakes. I have to say my primary class has never been as good as they were today. Celeste said the same thing about her class!

Jefferson City

Not Nice

A couple of months ago a lady in the ward asked us if we wanted her living scripture videos because all of her children are grown and she was trying to unclutter her house. So we lucked out a was given all the Book of Mormon videos and the Joseph Smith video. We thought they would be great for Brindi for Sundays. Our church is in the afternoon and one Sunday she asked to watch a video. We told her it had to be a church video. So I picked out my favorite one when I was growing up, Ammon and the Lamanites. It did not take long for Brindi to come back up stairs saying she did not like the movie. When asked why she said, "They are not nice!" So we tried another movie and again the same response. We have come to realize that not one of the Book of Mormon stories, in the eyes of a 3 year old, is a nice movie! Brindi is quite the innocent child and is not a chip off the old block as I remember watching Ammon chop off arms and loving it! Brindi does like the Joseph Smith movie but refers to it as the one "where the doctor cuts off the boys leg, ya know, ya know that one."

Renaissance Fair

This past weekend we were able to get some tickets to the renaissance fair in Wentzeville. It was way too hot but the tickets were free so we could not pass it up. It was a pretty cool sight to see as you stroll through the woods as everyone is dressed in 14-16th century dress. Merchants selling swords, leather designs, crowns, face painting, and much more. Our camera battery died shortly after we arrived but we were able to get pictures of a jousting tournament and a musical group along with the royal and peasant bears. If the collage is too small please click on the picture for more details. We saw several pretty neat shows including magic, belly dancing, songs, acrobats, sword fights, and the crowing of the king and queen children (Brindi was too young to participate). Besides the dreadful heat, it was a great way to spend an afternoon. As the kids get a little older I think they will really enjoy it.

Strawberries

Our morning ritual....checking the strawberry patch.