Highlights from St. Louis....

For those of you who may not know, my family is originally from St. Louis. Growing up, we would always load up the car for the ten-hour trek to visit our family at least twice a year. As my sister and I got older, those trips got a little harder to plan trying to coordinate four people's busy schedules. I actually hadn't been back to St. Louis for 3 years, so it was such a treat to be able to go this summer! It was just the four of us--my parents, sister, and me. (Hubby had to stay in Biloxi since he was just a month into his new residency.) It was so nice to take a trip just the four of us and get lots of good quality family time in.
It was a whirlwind trip! We drove up to St. Louis on Friday and spent the evening with my mom's sister's family.

left to right: my sister, me, Mom, aunt, & sweet cousins :)

Saturday we spent time with my Uncle Lee & Aunt Karen during the day, and that night my parents had a wedding to go go. Then Sunday was a family baby shower for me followed by a family BBQ..so, so fun!!!

My mom's sweet friend Kathy hosted the shower for our baby girl who will be making her debut in just 5 short weeks!

After the shower was the BBQ for the Schumacher family. My dad is one of 6 boys, and it's always a lot of fun when all of our families are together. Just wish we could do it more often! Here's my dad and all of my uncles. :)
Then we headed back to GA bright & early Monday...this trip gave new meaning to short, but oh so sweet! Hopefully we'll be able to go back up to visit family again soon so Derek and Baby Smith can join in on the fun. :)