Hodge Podge Trip to the States Part II

With the computer back on track it is on with the show! So we continue with our land trip.

Carl and Eric load the mixer

The kids helped shovel the stones

When we returned to St. Louis Eric and I worked on his patio. It was almost a week long project of preparation as Eric still had to work each day, culminating into a weekend long concrete mixing and pouring marathon done by hand.

We finish the patio pours

Cole is learning to shave

Cole and Madison engrosed in their digital games

 

With the patio setting, we drove off Monday morning to Ft. Benning Ga.  We spent three weeks with Aron, Katie, and their kids Madison and Cole. Madison was practicing for her part in the Nutcracker as Claire, put on by the Georgia Ballet so she was gone a lot to practice. However, we got to ride bikes, jump on the trampoline and play a lot.

Leslie snuggles with the kids

Aron recieves an award from the army

Then we headed back to St. Louis for Thanksgiving, with Aron and family a few hours behind as he had a night class to attend.  Aron is getting a master’s degree in business and Katie is home schooling Madison.

Eric frying the turkey with help from Cole

Meals are a happy time

In St. Louis we had a great Thanksgiving with everyone!



Breakfast is a fun time for kids.

The kids made cookies with Kelly and Leslie

We hated for it to end, but end it did and Aron and family headed back to Georgia.

Leslie with Judge Roy Bean, SASS #1, and ladies

We Learn to dance the period dances




It snowed while we were there

We drove down to Branson Missouri for a 4 day Single Action Shooting Society, SASS, convention. The hotel was all decked out for Christmas and we had a great time attending the various events and classes. I even got to do some indoor wax bullet shooting.

The shooting was fun!

We shot postol, rifle, and shotgun with wax bullets

All dressed for dinner

Leslie is ready for the ball

We left Branson after a two day snow storm, Leslie chopped an inch of ice and 4” of snow off the car, back to St Louis where we spent a couple weeks with Eric and family.

Our little Prius covered with snow

Time to stop again. However, we still have Christmas to go in the next segment. See you then!