I know I always start my posts by saying how much we love living in St. Louis, but honestly that is the only way I can think to start my posts. So here goes, We love life in St. Louis! One of the things we love is how many free things there are to do. The weekend before last we checked out the science center. Totally awesome and you guessed it, it is FREE. I have a dream of Naomi playing the harp someday, so I could not resist snapping a picture of her playing the laser harp. Such a beautiful instrument

Levi had fun checking out toy space craft while Naomi entertained herself with gear magnets(okay so that part of the center was not free, but still worth it).

The best part of our visit was when the 4 of us built the arch out of foam blocks. It was a balancing act and it took each of us to make it work. So much fun!!!

After building a pretend arch, it was time the next day to pick up our first house guests Richard's sister Katie and baby Mila from the airport, and go to the real arch.

Baby Mila is so sweet. I loved having here here.

Levi is very fascinated by the arch. He has made us promise we will never go there with out him.

Naomi likes nothing more than open space to plan her escape. The arch park was the perfect setting for her to run around.

Here is a rare picture of me alone, not having to chase my children.

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon to picnic in the park with family.

All of us enjoyed having baby Mila visit us, but Naomi was especially happy. Naomi would offer to "change baby dydy". I so badly wanted to tell Naomi that she was born last year and has no business changing diapers. Naomi had no shortage of love for baby Mila.

And just because I have a weird obsession with dressing like twins, Katie and I bought the girls matching dresses.

This last weekend was the St. Louis annual hot air balloon race. The race begins at Forest park and ends which ever direction the wind leads the balloons. The first balloon to be released is the Engerizer Bunny. It is the worlds largest "Hot Hare balloon". The bunny is 166 feet tall and it went right over my back yard. I refuse to admit how long I spent Saturday night learning about the character of the bunny, lets just say I may have been able to get through a whole episode of Dateline. Few things hold my attention that long.

There are something like 76 balloons that enter the race. I am pretty sure a majority of the balloons passed over us.

The balloons were landing all over our neighborhood. Most of our neighbors were out watching and chasing the balloon landings. I through the kids in the stroller and we went in search of seeing a balloon land. We had no luck, but we had a lot of fun trying.

And finally here is a picture I love of Richy and the kids from the firework show the night before.