Two days in the STL area

WOW......what a busy two days since we left on Thursday!!!! AND.....we made some purchases for our "kitchen-to-be".......new ss dishwasher, new ss microwave, faucet for the kitchen, new telephones for the bedroom and family room.....and a few other odds and ends!! A good day for making decisions!!

The 1st Lady had another appointment with her oral surgeon....which took all of five minutes. SURE glad it the visit was part of the overall total price!!!!

(Most of this was discussed in my previous blog.....sorry!!!)

Then we went out to the Moser Estate for the night. Lots of discussion concerning our upcoming trip to DisneyWorld in another week!!!

Friday....we were up and left to go to the Balloon Glow, which was held at Forest Park as part of the weekend 17th STL Balloon Race! WOW........was it ever something....tens of thousands of people there watching them inflate the HUGE balloons with hot air, and then as it became dark they would sound an air horn and all the balloons handlers would turn on the "gas" and light up the balloons for about 45 seconds!!!! WHAT a spectacular sight!!!!! GORGEOUS!!!! There were 65 balloons in the group and it was something I had never seen before.....and certainly want to see AGAIN! Yep......it was exciting!!!!!

Back to the Moser Estate for the night.......and then a hurried trip to pick up Rachel, and along with Dr. Jeni and two girls, we all went back to Forest Park for the afternoon entertainment, FOOD, and thousands and thousands and thousands of people waiting for the balloons to inflate and begin the race.

Well, THANK goodness we saw the Energizer Bunny at the Balloon Glow.....by the way, it is the TALLEST balloon in the world.......17 stores which makes it taller than the Statue of Liberty!! It couldn't be inflated today because the winds were tooooooooo strong, but they did get about 20 of the balloons up and heading north with the winds this afternoon. What a sight!!!

We returned home this evening.......very sun burned and a wee bit tired. Soooo, I will attempt to post some pics from both events......I took MANY pics and will put more on as time goes by.

With events to enjoy that are only an hour or so from here, ........

Life IS Great......and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!