Back To School...Already?

After being out of school for only one week, Kyle headed back to school this morning. He will be attending school on Tuesday and Thursday mornings for six weeks where he will be receiving speech and occupational therapy. The main purpose for Kyle to attend summer school is for him not to loose any of the skills acquired during the school year. Thankfully, he has the same teacher, teacher assistant, speech therapist, and occupational therapist; however, the school location is different. I was hesitant, that he would be upset this morning when I dropped him off since it was a new environment. He did have an unhappy look on his face, but luckily it only lasted a few seconds. I was very relieved to hear that he had a great day!!! Here's hoping that Thursday will be another good day!

A Beautiful Gem

As I have mentioned in the past STL has many beautiful and well maintained parks. Sunday, we visited a park and it is by far our all time favorite we have located in the area. The playground area is awesome for little ones...Kyle had a blast! The grounds are beautiful with a lake, water fall, walking trail, volleyball court, and tennis courts. Unfortunately, we had to leave since it was about to rain, but we plan to go back very soon! We are hoping to get family portraits taken in the park...it is that pretty!

This park is a gem! I'm not sure many people would know the park exists since it is a little off the beaten path! I may be greedy and keep this as "my little secret"!

A Striking Good Time

Saturday night, John and I had a casual date night. As much as we love taking Kyle out and about it's always nice to have a night out sans Kyle. Since our last night out was to celebrate our anniversary we decided to have a low key night...dinner and bowling!

We started the night at 54th Street Bar and Grill for dinner. This is a new restaurant which opened not too long ago that we have been wanting to try. We both had the filet mignon and certainly enjoyed the peace and quiet without having to entertain a certain someone. It is definitely a Kyle friendly restaurant so we will head back with Kyle in the future.

After dinner, we went bowling. In the past, John has been on bowling leagues and he is a very good bowler. I, on the other hand, am a terrible bowler, but still enjoy "attempting" to play. Needless, to say John won all four games we played...I won't even mention scores...it would be way to embarrasing for me! On our way home, we stopped for a special treat....concretes! Yummy! The perfect way to end a wonderful date! Hopefully, he will ask me out again...stay tuned...LOL!

The Journey Has Ended

Welcome To Our New Kitchen!

As many of you know, May was a busy month for the Spence Family. We had our kitchen remodeled and it was certainly an adventure. It was difficult being without the kitchen for approximately three weeks...especially with a toddler. In the end, it was 100% worth all the inconvenience!! We absolutely LOVE our new kitchen! All of the color choices we made worked out perfectly. So without any further fanfare here is our new kitchen!

Believe it or not, our favorite part of the new kitchen...

Pictures of the kitchen before the remodel

Show Us Where You Live Friday - The Office

This week on Show Us Where You Live Friday the featured room is the home office. Our office isn't used very often, since we have laptop computers. We use the room for filing important paperwork, computer printing, and storing our books. My husband and I both enjoy reading so we collect plenty of books as you can see from the two book cases. Although, the room isn't in use on a daily basis it's nice to have the space when needed. Hope you enjoy the tour of our office.

Please visit Kelly's blog to visit other home offices. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

The first four pictures are of the various angles in the room

Diplomas displayed above the desk My husbands framed and signed St. Louis Blues hockey jersey

Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

Today certainly was a beautiful day in the neighborhood, well at least in our neck of the woods. The sun was shining and the temperatures were nice and cool. With this combination, Kyle and I couldn't resist heading out and about to enjoy the day. We spent time at a local park, in our backyard playing, and a family walk this evening. Hopefully, we will be lucky enough to have a few more pleasant days before the extreme summer heat arrives.

Even Chloe enjoyed the day.

Grant's Farm

This morning Kyle and I ventured to Grant's Farm. As you enter you are taken on a tram ride through the property to the farm complex. We saw plenty of animals...deer, ducks, swans, ostrich, turkey, turtle, goats, etc. In addition to seeing the animals Kyle was able to feed the goats, get attacked by the hungry goats, and take a ride on the carousel. Up next on our tour was the elephants, but unfortunatley it began to rain so we had to quickly find cover. Thankfully, it didn't rain for very long, but since it was close to nap time we decided to catch the tram back to the entrance and head home. We purchased a season parking pass, so we plan to head back many times over the next several months. Next time our first stop will be the elephants since we missed them today.

Carousel ride

Watching the horse go up and down!

Plenty of hugry goats

Kyle and his friend very interested in the animals.

Kyle saying "Hi!"