Long Over Due...Saying Goodbye to Warrensburg:(

 Sooooo much has happened since my last post and I am way way behind...but I am determined to catch up.  Before I get to all about recent adventures, I MUST mention our last amazing summer in Warrensburg!!  We were so sad to leave our home of 3 years, so we decided to do as much fun stuff as we could before we headed off to Utah and ultimately, Japan!

Naturally we had to visit Powell Garden one last time!

They had some pretty darling and amazing displays for summer :)

 We also happened to stumble upon a patriotic orchestra concert there!  It was lovely and I enjoyed every minute!!

 These huge soccer balls were a lot of fun!

 We, of course, had to head up to beautiful Kansas City again!  This time we really stopped to admire the many fountains of Kansas City.

 The kids and I went on a hike to Cave Hollow in good old Warrensburg.  It was so green and beautiful!

 We spent a lot of time with as many buddies as we could.  The kids were so so sad to leave all their great friends. Here we are with a few buddies going to the magic show at the library.

 Our fabulous neighbors moved not too long before we did.  We were so sad to say goodbye to these two cuties:(

 We decided to visit a Carousel museum and it ended up being super fun!

 We rode on a carousel that was over 105 years old.

 Beckham had his very first scout camp! He loved every second of it.

 As a last hurrah on the last day, Jane and Elsie and I got to go with Beckham to camp.  The fire department came and gave the kids a real thrill :)

 We knew we HAD to visit St. Louis before moved and I am so glad we did.  It is a beautiful city with so much to do!  The very first thing we did was hit up a delicious restaurant with the oldest soda bar in America to get some malts!

 The St. Louis botanical gardens were gorgeous.  It was a perfect day to be outside, too.

 The Japanese gardens at the botanical gardens were particularly interesting to us once that is where we were headed.

 Visiting the arch was probably the neatest thing we did.

 It was absolutely harrowing for me, to ride up to the top of the arch in the tiny elevators.  But I am glad I didn't chicken out because it was so cool!

 Going back down wasn't nearly as scary for me- haha!

 Next, we visited the City museum.  It was crazy fun! Here are the girls and I riding a ferris on the top of a very tall building...eeek!

 There were all sorts of cool slides and climbing structures and things to explore.

 Inside a cave...

 Elsie was the only one who was able to ride this little train and she felt so special.

 The while museum was amazing and confusing and just a lot of fun to explore.

 We ate some AMAZING BBQ!

 We visited the St. Louis Cathedral which was quite stunning.

 Here's Jane in the confessional- hahaha

 The Magic house was another super fun museum for the kids.

 The kids got a dose of what it would be like to live in Africa.

 They went down a slide made entirely of tape!

 And got to play make believe in a lot of different ways!!

 Warrensburg provided many ups and downs for Ryan at work, but things ultimately ended up so well.  Ryan is amazing at what he does and impresses me every day! Here we are at a banquet  where Ryan was up for a big award! We got to walk under a caber drawn arch while being announced in front of the whole room along with the other candidates.  It was a pretty neat experience.

 Saying goodbye to the many amazing friends we've made in Warrensburg was so so hard.  We love this family!

 Beckham had to say goodbye to his best friend :(

 I played volleyball with these lovely ladies for nearly the full three years I lived here.  I will definitely miss these wonderful gals.

 I watched this little girl weekly for over a year.  And I just love her and her mom so much!!!

 We took some family pictures in our neighborhood and in front of our much beloved house.  We took them ourselves and I think they turned out pretty darn good :)

 Jane had two besties that she had a very hard time saying goodbye to:(

 And Beckham made some pretty amazing Missouri buddies as well :(

 We had to stop by and see our sweet and darling Skittles one last time.  We just love this pup so so so much and were heart broken to give her up.  But we are so thrilled that she has a loving and wonderful family to take such good care of her. She will always hold a very special place in our hearts :(

 Our sweet Bishop and his amazing family had us over for dinner on our last night in Warrensburg.  We love love love this family and will miss our dear friends so much.

Our time in Warrensburg was absolutely amazing and we will always love the friends and memories that were made here.