Home Sweet Beach

I saw this sign on the wall at breakfast today that said, "Home, Sweet, Beach". Now I have admitted to all that it has taken me quite awhile to get used to FL living. I have really been missing AZ, the mountains, and all of my friends out West. However, this morning was a good day to be in FL. Scott and I headed to the beach with a couple of bikes and rode up and down Jacksonville Beach. It was beautiful out, there was a little breeze, and we even saw dolphins! It was very cool. We then met up with Josh for breakfast at my favorite Jax Beach dive...Beach Hut. There is usually always a line out the door to get in to find a table. I always made it a point to go to Beach Hut when I was in town visiting but now that I have lived here for 5 months, this was my first time to go! I was so excited and it was fabulous!

Summer Games

Well, the Summer Olympics have started and all of the neighbors got together to watch the Opening Ceremonies last night. Holy Cow, China knows how to throw a party! WOW! I was in awe of what they put together and what they created for the Opening Ceremonies. It was quite impressive (and VERY long). I also felt a little stupid when the list of countries started to scroll...I have to admit I didn't know where half of those countries were in the world! (Scott of course, had been to half of the countries they listed). Oh, a little fun fact for y'all, the first Olympics were held in Athens, the second was held in Paris, and the third was held in none other than St. Louis, MO.

Go Team USA!

The Good Ol' Days...

What do you do when the cable and internet go out for a few hours? Well, if you are Scott...you get SOOO incredibly bored that you actually end up folding laundry. I couldn't help but document this history in the making...

Are you serious??

Ok, so check this out. You might not be able to tell in the picture but my brother is holding a big, wrapped up METAL wine rack. He had bought it thinking that it would fit in our luggage coming home from KC but unfortunately, we guestimated the size of our bags wrong and it did not fit. So, he thought he would wrap it up and TRY taking it on the plane with him. We weren't sure if they were going to allow it. He put it through the security machine and the guy took it out and came up to him with it. Scott thought for sure that the guy was going to say that it would not be allowed on the plane and that he was just out of luck. However, instead of telling Scott that it was a forbidden object to be carried on to the plane due to the fact that you could definitely use a large piece of metal as an instant weapon he stated, "Here you go, I don't want to scratch it" and handed it right back to Scott. Mind you, since 9/11 I have had THREE TWEEZERS taken away from me going through security because they could be "weapons". But, nonetheless, he got it home with no problem and I am still out three tweezers. Un-freakin'-believable.

Another baseball game!

We ended up turning our Midwest trip into a baseball weekend getaway! We went to the Royals game on Monday night with Bill, Rachel, and Jeremy while we were in town, and saw a pretty exciting game! There were no fights on this day (Sunday there were a few punches thrown on the field) but ironically there seemed to be just as many Red Sox fans in the stands as there were Royals fans! Thankfully the Royals held onto a win (barely), however, the weather was not as nice as it had been in STL on Saturday evening. KC actually had some weather-breaking records on this day and we opted to pick the one day to sit out in the miserable midwest heat and humidity. Now, some of you might be thinking, "Steph, you lived in AZ! The temps can get up to 120 and you are complaining of heat?!" Why, yes, yes I am. AZ has DRY HEAT, and the weather in KC was a very far cry from dry!!! We were all sticking to our seats and sitting in sweat puddles by the end of the first inning. All in all though it was a very fun game and it was a fun time hanging out together! Oh, and the last picture...Kaufman is undergoing some revisions and there are some luxury commodes set up in the right field section of the stadium. Well, I just couldnt resist having Scott stand by the company name...Scottie's Potties. I am going to go out on a limb here but I am going to say that it is probably a "crappy" business to be in...

The Cutest Little Royal Fan EVER!!!

On Sunday we headed up to KC to meet up with Jeremy and his family and then Scott and I stayed at my best friends Rachel's house. Rachel's son, Hudson (my nephew) showed off his new KC Royal jersey. Is he not the cutest little Royal fan ever??!!!

STL traditions...

Two of our STL family traditions...IMO'S pizza and Cardinals games! Scott and I flew into STL on Saturday and had Imo's for lunch (I am actually NOT an Imo's fan but my brother was salivating as soon as we got off the plane and mom said the word 'Imo's'). We then headed down to the Cardinals game that evening with mom and Peter. It was actually my very first time inside the new Cardinals stadium and even though I was very sad to see the old Busch Stadium gone, the new stadium really is beautiful. Unfortunately, the Cards did not put on a beautiful show, however, as the Phillies beat them. Oh well. It was a gorgeous out and it was a perfect night for a baseball game!