We are still here!

Wow - it has been a long time since I posted last. I really am going to try to be better about posting.
A lot has happened since I posted last.
Memorial Day we had some of my family come visit. Mom, Dad, Susan, Sydney, Brett, Sara, Matt and Matthew all came up for the weekend. We had a great time. The house was full of people, good food, and fun times. I hope we can do it again soon!
We celebrated our 1 year anniversary of living in our new town. Both Kevin and I had our doubts that we would last a year, but we did! We love our new house and our new neighborhood. We love all of the family oriented stuff there is to do around town. We are happy we made the move. However, we still miss St. Louis. More so when we are actually there. It will always be HOME for us - and one day we will be back.
We also celebrated Jackson's 5th birthday. Where has the time gone? I can't believe he is five! We had a little birthday celebration in our backyard with all of our neighbors. We had cake and ice cream and a pinata. It was a great time. The kids ran around and played while the adults enjoyed a few adult beverages and good conversation.
On June 16th Kevin and I celebrated our 7th Wedding Anniversary. We actually celebrated the weekend before. We headed to St. Louis on Saturday afternoon and dropped the kids off - Jackson with Aunt Sue and Uncle B and Kate with Grandma and Grandpa. Then Kevin and I went the Dave Matthew's Band Concert at Busch Stadium. After the concert we stayed at the Ballpark Hilton. We had a great time and felt like kids again!
The last week in June the kids and I stayed in St. Louis for a week. We attended the most awesome VBS ever!!! It was great visiting with our friends and family. At the end of the week on Sunday we had a shower for my sister Sara. It was a nice ending to a fun filled week.
That brings us to this past weekend - 4th of July! We had a very nice relaxing weekend. We spent most of the weekend with our neighbors. The kids played and swam while the adults enjoyed good food and drink. On the 4th we went to the fireworks display here in town. It was fun! Many of our neighbors go to the same spot so it was fun to hang out with each other. It was a nice display and the kids enjoyed it. I did feel a little homesick because I would have rather of seen the Downtown fireworks my brothers were shooting. I'm sure it was awesome!
Yesterday - Sunday - we had a big neighborhood BBQ. There were about 8 families that attended. We had a great time. The kids love playing with each other and the adults could actually enjoy sitting down and talking with each other since the kids were occupied. We have the best neighbors in the world!
Well - now you are pretty much caught up.
Come back soon to visit. I promise I will post some pics in the next few days.

Melissa