Happy Birthday, Paul!!

Happy Birthday to the best dad and husband!

Thies Farm

On cold and gloomy Friday, Emily, Adam and I went to Thies Farm with our neighbor Lulu and her kids - Katie and Nicolas. It was fun, although cold, playing outside in the corn maze and straw structure. Maybe next year it'll be a bit warmer and not so wet!

Adam's field trip to Suson Park

Adam and his class took a field trip to Suson Park - one of St. Louis County's fine county parks! Luckily, Ninny Cindy was here and went too! A good time was had by all playin and looking at the animals at Suson!

Our Fredbird!

To support the St. louis Cardinals in their post season run (which was WAY too short!!!), Adam's class made "Fredbirds" to wear! Too bad the extra support didn't help the Cards this year!

Adam's Fun Weekend

While we were torturing ourselves by running the marathon, Grandma and Grandpa Kreidler were kind enough to watch Adam for us! He had a GREAT time touring the fire station, trying on the gear, and spraying the hose. This kid may be a future fireman!

He also had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa's House! He carved pumpkins with them! Something that his mom and dad and big sister have yet to do with him at home!

Lunch with Nic

The day after we watched Nic performed, we picked him up and took him for a good old American burger at Blueberry Hill. While there, Emily became Nic's youngest interviewer ever! She asked him a series of questions that, hopefully, one day we'll have her post on our blog!

Powell H all

Back in early October, Emily, Paul and I went to Powell Symphony Hall for the evening. My college roommate, Kirsten, is married to concert pianist Nicolas Hodges. (For those of you that don't know, Kirsten in an opera singer and sang at our wedding!). Nic was in town performing with the St. Louis symphony. What a treat to watch him perform! Emily enjoyed the concert more than she probably would have last year since she's started playing the violin this year.