St. Louis and the rest of Texas Recap

Again, this is a delayed update- the ipad and blogger just didn't play nicely together...

The morning after the Texas Reception we (mom, dad, Klaus and I) drove up to St. Louis to visit my Nana and Pawpaw! :)

 

While we were there I got to show Klaus around some of my favorite spots in St. Louis. We went to the Arch, CityGarden, Forest Park, Central West End, the Loop, the Zoo and of course the Muny! :)

 

 

 

 

 

We got to meet up with my friend Tracey who took us on a backstage tour of the muny so Klaus could see what I have been talking about ("This is where the raccoons come up from beneath the stage") and she was able to fill me in on what's been going on in the couple years since I haven't been there! :) We also ran into a lot of familiar faces and got lots of hugs! It was soooo great to see everyone again! That evening, we got to see Mary Poppins with Mom and Nana, it was such a good show! It was also neat to just be an audience member! :)

The next morning we got to have brunch with one of my favorite people in the world- NEVIN! :) It was sooooo good to catch up with him again and I was really happy to introduce him to Klaus!



Once we got back to Texas, we spent most of our time visiting with friends before we had to go home. :) I loved getting to spend time with people, but of course wish I had more time to spend since there were quite a few more people I would have loved to see as well! (Its funny how quickly 3 weeks goes by!!)

We also got to celebrate mom's birthday by going to Rick's in downtown McKinney with the whole family which I think she would have really enjoyed if she hadn't felt so sick.. :( I know Klaus and I REALLY enjoyed the dinner but we both felt bad that she wasn't feeling good! Hopefully the steak is just as good reheated when she eventually can eat it! :)

Klaus and I left Texas on the 8th, landed in Copenhagen on the 9th (with our 250lbs of luggage!! lol!) and picked up our new puppy- Big Tex- on the 10th!! (More about him in another entry later, this one's already getting super long!!!)

We had a FANTASTIC trip and we feel sooo grateful that we were able to catch up with so many friends while we were there! I miss y'all a lot!
XOXO,
Joy

Delayed Recap of our first half of summer vacation!

** This post was written Sunday afternoon but because of the less than stellar Internet connection it is just now being posted on Thursday! Oops!

It has been a crazy whirlwind first half of our trip to Texas so far, but we are having a blast! It is so great to reconnect with friends and catch up on how life is going. It always reminds me to appreciate how cool it is that I get to live in Denmark and experience all of the new and exciting things. I've also really enjoyed hearing about all the adventures that have been going on over here while I've been away! :-)

Klaus has been getting the FULL American treatment on this trip including his first snow cone, his first Major League Baseball game (Go Rangers!), the first time getting to go thru the "fast line" in immigration and his first root beer float! :-) so far the only thing he's not a fan of has been the root beer float, he thinks its ruining 2 perfectly good things and way mess with a good thing?

 

Last night was our American wedding reception, I can't even begin to describe just how happy and grateful I felt to be surrounded by so many amazing people from all parts of my life! We had a blast getting to see everyone, I just wish I could have spent more time with everyone individually, but please know that I was sooooo happy to see everyone who made it out last night! 



The Joyces

Hellquists!

Friends!

The Family

Mom & Dad

Stair step Cousins

Captain America!!

Project Linus Ladies

 

We are currently in the car heading to St.Louis for a quick trip to visit my grandparents as well as do some of the tourist things with Klaus who will be seeing St.Louis for the first time! :-) I'm hoping to show him the Arch, the Muny, possibly the zoo and of course some of my favorite restaurants in the Loop and CWE! :-)

 

I will post more later but I just wanted to do a quick update while I had a bit of time in the car! :-)

 

XOXO,

Joy