Heat Wave

Well, we took a family trip down to the St. Louis area earlier this week. Mark had some work down there to do and the boys and Debbie visited her Aunt Audrey and Uncle Paul in Desoto while Mark worked. It was the hottest week of the year, reaching 103 degrees on Thursday. Wednesday night, a major storm hit, knocking out the power for several counties in MO. We planned to stay until Friday, but left a day early to escape the heat. We did manage to tour the Arch and the Science Museum while we were there. The visit with Debbie's relatives was meaningful...a good thing to let the kids know their relatives and carry on the family stories. Debbie and Audrey did lots of reminiscing together. Uncle Paul quietly enjoyed our invasion of his domain. It was nice to get away, but also nice to return "home" to the Badger State.