Itchy!!!!

I love to be outside planting flowers, mowing, or anything else that gets me into the sun. I have been working in our yard a lot to try to get it looking nice. Well I have poison sumac. YUCK!!!! I have always been very allergic to the ivy family, but have not had it in years. I have it now. I was cutting down what I thought to be stray trees when low and behold the itching started. I have it everywhere. My only hope is that my eyes don't swell shut like they used to. The ole pink medicine is not working for me so I am trying to tough it out and not scratch. Not doing so hot. I just hope it goes away soon!

Ryans Birthday Treat

For Ryan's birthday we bought tickets in the Cardinals Club section of Busch stadium. If you don't know much about the new Busch, they are the green seats right on the field. We got to enjoy a free buffet (FANTASTIC), plus all you can eat and drink all night long! Money well spent. We also got to rub elbows with a few famous people. Here are the pictures.

A view from our seats.
The crazy eagle that almost took my eye out.

The umpires gathering before the game.

Me and Jimmy "the cat" Scates. (an announcer from FSN Midwest)

Ryan talking to "The Cat".

Ryan and I with Jim Rooney. (An announcer for the STL Cardinals) Funny story. Mr. Rooney walked off the field after the game and we stopped him and asked him if he would take our picture. (We had only heard him on the radio, never seen him.) When he said yes we knew immediately who he was and he agreed to have his picture taken with us.

Us in front of the entrance to the Cardinal Club.

Fun at Eckerts

Every season Eckerts offers something fun and new. This is the season for strawberries. I decided it would be a good day to take Nick to the patch and let him pick his first strawberry. My mom is coming over this weekend and we are going to make homemade strawberry jam. We got to ride a tractor to the field and pick as many strawberries as we wanted. Needless to say we ended up buy most of what we needed from the country store.

In late June we will go back because they have peach picking. I can't wait to make some fresh peach salsa!

When I was driving past a church this afternoon I noticed the message on the board and it caught my eye....

Help promote peace on Earth...

Love your family

Open Invitation

So I was thinking....How fun would it be to get together with old friends and catch up?! It has been a very long time since I have been home and visited with people I used to be very close to. Years to be exact. I really would love to catch up and meet every one's children. I would like to extend an invitation to have anyone who would be interested to have an STL play date. If there is any interest please let me know and I will check into a few places like the butterfly house, botanical gardens or maybe even the zoo. I think this would be a lot of fun and I will even pack the picnic baskets. I know how hard it is to get away from things, but hopefully this will work out. Hope to hear from you soon!

A few pics of the new house

We are nowhere near finished with decorating our new abode, but here are a few pics I have been promising you. We still new to obviously hang pictures and such. I will not show you our office or bedrooms until we have them completely finished. I am not sure yet what to do in the master, but have a good idea about Nick's room. Yep you guessed it....SPORTS. For those of you who know Ryan, I am sure you are completely shocked.

Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease

Just the title of this virus sounds dirty doesn't it?! Well Nick has it. He had a fever for a few days, which was really abnormal for him. When his fever didn't go away, I called the doctor. I was concerned that maybe he had an ear infection. Well needless to say his ears checked out just fine. She did however notice blisters in his mouth and throat and on the inside of his cheeks. (Why did I not notice this?) When the doctor informed me that he had hand foot and mouth disease I wondered if it was because of something I did not clean well enough....well its not. It is just a virus that is contagious to other children. I guess he must have picked it up somewhere when we were around other kids. I am not too sure when that would be considering he is not in daycare. Oh well the Doc prescribed him "Magic Mouthwash" so that we can numb his mouth in order for him to eat because the blisters make it very painful. Do you know how hard it is to get a 21 month old to swish and spit mouthwash? IMPOSSIBLE. Hopefully he doesn't get a drug overdose from all the magic mouthwash he has consumed. By the end of this I may need my own "Magic Mouthwash"!