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October iphone photos


It’s November! Kingston and I have birthdays this month (along with some other friends–and hopefully a new little birthday buddy!) so it’s sure to be a good month. Before I share these pictures, I should probably go ahead and admit that I never completed this month’s Month in a Minute. I was having a terrible time being creative. I decided to spend more time working on quality instead of quantity. 
Don may have called me a quitter—since I didn’t make it the full year. But I’m very excited to work on different videos now!
you may have already seen the video that I made with Maggi while we were downtown
stained glass windows

 

downtown st louis architecture

 

st louis arch

 

directions to the arch

 

Maggi was a good sport–posing for dorky pictures/videos
under the arch

 

it’s an emoji thing…you wouldn’t understand
st louis art wall

 

puffy white clouds

 

family camp

 

friends at bates creek

 

purple flower

 

mom and boy holding hands

 

masquerade party

 

kids masquerade
sparkling drinks in champagne glasses

 

you gotta do whatever it takes sometimes
laying down by bonfire

 

last minute costume–female version of Han Solo
han solo girl

 

Kingston has been consistently voted the most photogenic person in our family
boy laying in leaves

 

…those moments when you’re trying to read the Bible but you’re being distracted by the Dark Side….literally.
funny instagram follow

 

little hands grabbing cookies

 

jessica roberts

 

Evangeline was the cutest Princess Leia 
princess leia baby

 

Halloween was good to us this year
candy filled head shot

 

Blog, friends, photoshoot, st. louis

arch madness


Today’s post has 3 main characters–the arch, Maggi, and Mary Kate. I happen to love all three…hence the multitude of pictures of them.
 
When Maggi and I heard about the Malcom Martin Memorial Park in Illinois, we both immediately said “let’s go!” The park has the perfect view of the St. Louis skyline. And while the park is located in East St. Louis, the only people we even came across complimented us on our coordinating outfits (and maybe made fun of Maggi for taking a picture of a bush.) So it doesn’t fit in with the usual bad reputation that East St. Louis gets.
 
We started off our adventure at Bob’s Drive-In for Kim’s birthday lunch.
3 young women smiling

 

my friends

 

more friends
Then we headed out to the park
2 women at the arch

 

that fountain behind Maggi is a little hard to see but it’s actually the second tallest fountain in the world, reaching a maximum height of 600 feet (which is the same height as the Arch…for all you trivia people)
tall fountain in st louis

 

isn’t that view amazing?
st louis arch

 

holding hands under the arch

 

arch 4

 

Mary Kate nailed the Senior pose
arch 5

 

and Maggi nailed that jump!
woman jumping

 

there are 250 cakes around the St. Louis area–we found 6 of them yesterday
st louis birthday cake

 

american flag

 

woman with statue

 

the sky was pretty much this color…which makes the pictures not so impressive. But the view was still pretty amazing
downtown st louis

 

there’s a lookout point to get a better view
arch 7

 

jessica roberts and maggi

 

jessica roberts and friends

 

arch 9

 

check out that reflection
young woman wearing sunglasses

 

in case Mary Kate did not see the 600 ft monument across the river
pointing

 

friends 4

 

girls hugging

 

maggi 4

 

After finding a few cakes in the downtown area, we met up with Kim and the rest of the group (who had gone rock climbing) at Ted Drewes.
ted drews st louis birthday cake

 

friends 6

 

ted drews frozen custard sign

Such a delicious way to end the day!