Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend was a busy but good one. We first went up to St Louis to visit Steve's best childhood friend and his wife. We had a great time hanging out with them, looking at the moon through the telescope, and playing Rock Star (computer game where you play guitar, drums and sing). Then Saturday am we went to the city museum - but it is a bit of a misnomer since it is not actually a museum at all but a HUGE play place with itty-bitty crawl spaces and suspended wire tubes all over. It was wild - and the kids had a blast. It wasn't the best place for pics since most of the tunnels were too small for me to fit with my camera (or without for that matter - Steve and the kids could barely squeeze through!), but I did get a couple of them on the wire tubes. Like the one of Steve and his friend especially. :)

Then we went down to the lake to spend the rest of the weekend with Steve's parents. It had rained so much that we canceled the camping plans and instead hung out at their house. (I honestly wasn't too terribly disappointed about this change of plans. After roughing it so much the last couple years in the Philippines, sleeping - or rather NOT sleeping - outdoors, peeing in the woods, and cooking over a fire have not surprisingly lost some of its appeal.)
Anyway, we "camped out" instead in their living room and set up a tent the 2nd night in the yard. The kids had a blast, and we all still got some sleep.

We had a blast on the lake wakeboarding and tubing. Zach developed quite the fan club as we passed boats and people hanging on the shore. :)

just regular old boring tubing apparently isn't enough of a challenge for Zach Attack. :)
Mikayla impressed all of us with her ability to hang on for the wild ride.

We also enjoyed some fun on the sailboat.

spiderweb on a foggy morning

fishing in the fog