St Louis (mostly pics)

WARNING: TONS OF PICTURES BELOW!!!
I wont say much on this but will put some stuff with pictures. With all me and Trent has had going on, it has been quit stressful so we decided to take a quick get away and go to St. Louis to see the sites and watch the Cardinal play.

I was quit fascinated with the arch so there are a ton of pictures of it alone. This is the arch view standing outside of our motel.

You can see the arch driving all over town. We had actually drove about 20-30 minutes away to the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge and you could still see the arch far off in the distance.

At Busch stadium, if the Cardinals hit a homerun, they would shoot off fireworks with the arch in the background.

When your tour the inside of the arch, this is whe egg shaped tram that you take up into it. If your claustrophobic, this IS NOT for you.

From top of arch looking down the side.

Views from top of arch

The arch shadow from top of the arch

Busch Stadium outside where Cardinal play

View of Busch Stadium from top of arch

We toured Busch Stadium and in this picture, we are inside the Cardinals dugout

On the field behind home plate

Busch Stadium with Arch in background

We took a ride down Route 66

Then we went for a short walk down the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge which used to be part of Route 66

This sign and gas pump is part of the original Route 66

This bench was made out of a sign that was on part of the original Route 66

Trent standing with Route 66 sign

I was IN LOVE with my zoo pics and totally AMAZED at how well they turned out. They actually look even better printed. Made me LOVE my new camera even more.

Loved the Lions. He was simply Beautiful!!!

Lion far away.

This lion was walking out on the tree limb and scared me half to death. The limb was shaking as if it was going to break however did not seem to phase this lion at all.

I loved the up close shots of the animals.

This Gorilla totally cracked us up laying there hanging like it was dead. At one point, it opened its eyes and just layed there looking around at everyone.

Momma Elephant and Baby Elephant

And last but not least the Hippo. I was totally fascinated with the Hippo, who ever knew they could swim under water for so long.

Hope you all enjoyed viewing our nice relaxing get away. We sure do LOVE our vacations and get aways and hope to go to New York next year so hopefully I can share tons of pictures from there also. Actually, it could be scary how many pictures I come back from New York with.

You wanna go Fight Joe?

Every since me and Trent met, he has dipped. I harrased him and harrassed him for many years about quiting and he always told me "I can't just quit cold turkey". Well maybe he can't just quit cold turkey but he could try to quit right? Nope, he wasn't even trying. Well, Out of the blue one day, Trent told me "when this can is gone, I am going to quit" I thought absolutely no way possible. He just aint gonna do it. Well, he sure did make a liar outta me. On October 9, 2009, he put the last dip in his mouth.

Before picture with dip in. I always thought this picture would have been so cute IF he didnt have that big ol' wad of dip in his mouth.
Aww, look at us now. No dip and cute as can be.

I was SO very proud of him for quitting for 1 year so I just had to do a surprise for him. As of October 10, 2010, Trent has been totally dip free for 1 YEAR. Way to go babe. I am SO proud of you.

Anyways, I decided to plan a quick get away trip for the 2 of us and to do something that my dear hubby finds so relaxing and as a stress reliever. I booked a motel room in Florence, AL and set up a tee time to go golfing at Robert Trent Jones golf course in Muscle Shoals, AL. Me and Trent were both working so I texted Trent around 2am the day we were leaving and told him when he got home from work to pack his bags becuase we were leaving town that afternoon. I wrote him a letter telling him just how proud of him I was and how much I loved him. At the end of the letter I put pack comfortable and then I put the predicted weather and then what direction and how fast the wind would be blowing for the day he would be golfing. I then told him there was a hint in the letter which totally confused him. (the hint was the wind information) He was so curious but still did not know what we were doing. We went home from work, packed bags, got in a nap and left the house. Trent still curious not knowing what we were going to do, I started laughing as we drove down the road and said "I dont know if this will give it away or if you will look at me like I am stupid but, do you want to go Fight Joe?" He got the biggest grin from ear to ear and said "oh that was a dead giveaway, we are going to play golf! Get ready for a laugh cause Joe is going to kick my Butt". Robert Trent Jones golf course has 2 trails. One being Fighting Joe and the other being SchoolMaster and I had reserved the Fighting Joe for him. That is where I got, do you want to go Fight Joe?.

Here are some pictures of our fun day Fighting Joe.

Here we are sitting in the golf cart waiting on the group ahead of us.

Just some scenery from the golf course.

Making a heart with our hands in the shadow while waiting for the group ahead of us.

More golfing scenery. I may not play golf, but I LOVE to go with him to just watch and relax. It is so peaceful to me to be on the golf course.

My wonderful hubby just chilling.

More scenery

Trent hitting the ball off the hill towards the flag that you can barely see.

Don't really know why but I like this picture

Putting

WAY TO GO BABY!!! I AM SO VERY PROUD OF YOU!!!