Above is Sawyer, my grandson and below is his father at about the same age. Can you tell they are related?
Andrew Minor was always sure he wanted to go to Concordia - St Paul Minnesota. He got this sweatshirt and wore it for many months...
Andrew was often a messy eater. Sawyer is much less messy and doesn't wear a bib due to his careful habits while eating.
Took Sawyer to the same spot on Saturday. I'm not sure this is the same giraffe of not? Seems very similiar in the spot layout???
This weekend Nate Hays will be baptized into the Lord's family. His adoptive parents, Jerry and Gretchen Hays, will also be celebrating Jerry's ordination as a Lutheran pastor. Jerry and Gretchen are good friends with our kids, Andrew Minor and Sarah. Over time, we have become friends with them as well. Here is Jennifer holding Nate.
Here is daddy Jerry with baby Nate. He now weighs nearly 15 pounds and is growing like a weed.
Saw my old friend Cheryl and husband Monte Haun. Pastor Monte is on staff at Concordia Kirkwood where Jerry will be pastoring. Cheryl and I have been good friends for many moons.
We also met Elizabeth's friend - Andy (Elizabeth is our daughter-in-law, Sarah's, younger sister).
While in St Louis we visited the Missouri Botanical Gardens begun by Mr. Shaw. He really started something that has gone on for 150 years. What a wonderful place! Son, Andrew Minor, walked the grounds and enjoyed the plants with us. They also had some of that Chihuley art work. You know the glass guy.
Mom and boy enjoy a quiet moment in the shade.
Needed to get Jenny a drink to boost her energy. The zoo and the botanical gardens all in one day were exhausting. She was skipping after her diet Coke.
Our grandson, Sawyer, took us to the St. Louis Zoo on Saturday and the weather was perfect. We talked to the peacock and saw lots of interesting things.
The Primate House was terrific with lots of moving monkeys and lemurs. Sawyer pointed out many of the differences of each type.
The whole gang, Andrew Minor, Sarah, Sawyer and Nanna (plus grampa) walked and walked and looked and looked.
By 11:00 a.m. some of us were getting all poohed out and looked to catch a few winks.
Alex, Addie and Jasmine came for supper on Thursday because their kitchen floor was torn up and no cooking could be done at their house. Jennifer offered ice cream cones on the deck to allow for any dripping problems. Well we did indeed drip but William was always ready to assist with cleanup. He need a bath from ice cream dripped on to his fur...
Addie attempts to bite the cone. Everything is done by - my self...
Miriam was very interested in changing the kitchen floor at her rental. We got to work this Tuesday ripping out the old to prepare for a new floor. Addie like to ride over the uncovered rough boards. Alex and I got rid of the old floor and prepped for the new tile.
Mr. Jim, one of my school dads, and Mr Scott came in on Thursday and put down the hardibacker board and then tile on top. They worked very quickly and did a terrific job. Grouting was done on Friday and most of the work is done. I need to trim out the walls and cabinets for that finished look.
We think that baby Stella will really enjoy the new kitchen floor and we got it done before she arrived... Score one for Alex and Dad.
The staff of Redeemer had the opportunity to be trained in CPR so we would be prepared if the need arose. Here Mr. Wanner is attempting to save the manikin.
Mrs. Tunnell, Mrs. Appelquist and Mr. Irwin watch as Mr. Heilman shows the proper technique for CPR. We also learned how to operate correctly the AED or shocker...
Here I am being worked over by Mrs. Wanner to get a sence of a real life emergency. Mr. B survived the training and passed the CPR test.
