Great Trip Home!

Last week was awesome, Misty and I got to go back home to STL for a few days because she was in a wedding for a friend. It was our first trip home since Christmas, and our first time to see a lot of people since last October before we moved. Every day was full of craziness, but I enjoyed it all. We got in town around 1:00 AM on Wednesday morning. We stopped by the office to see the ladies around 11 and dropped Maggie off to see Max & Miley (her dog-dad and....future mother-in-law?). We went to lunch with Pastor Ed & Karen, and I hung out with Tim, Kris, and the Chafin boys the rest of the afternoon. They asked me to lead worship for youth service that night, which was really cool. We really miss those kids! We had a great night at the service, and afterwards a bunch of us headed to Steak 'n Shake. I still can't believe they don't have any up here. I'm a little bitter.....

Thursday was family day, so I spent the morning & afternoon with my Dad. We went to CW's for some great St Louis style pizza & hot wings. Then we went to the hospital to see some of the progress they are making with their new wing and saw a lot of people he works with. That night we had dinner with Mom, Dad, Katie, and Dan. Great to spend time with the family again.

Friday was guy day, and it started off with a trip to Six Flags with Kris & Tim. Now, if you know me, you know I've been terrified of roller coasters all of my adult life. Well, I finally got over my fear last year, and I know I love it. But I hadn't conquered Mr. Freeze yet. Kris decided that would be his mission, so I rode it and loved it despite the fact that it broke down while we were 4 people away from boarding! After 6F, we met up with Rob, Ryan, and Josh, and headed to Bandanas (greatest barbeque place EVER) and then swimming. Great day, most I've laughed in a long time, had a huge migrane because of it, didn't get home until midnight.

Saturday was wedding day. Misty was in it, so I didn't get to see her much (I didn't really get to see her a lot on the trip - the only negative part). The wedding went well, but very interesting. I thought they were going to bust out into an alter call half way through! We went to Starbucks while we waited for the reception to start. After the reception, we chilled at Josh & Lauren's apartment.

Sunday was, what else, church! This was the first time we'd been at a service at Faith since last October, so it was cool to see everybody. Pastor Ed preached on homosexuality, which made me laugh (not the sermon, the fact that he rarely preaches on it, except the week we were there!). We went to Applebees with a bunch of people, then to Misty's sister's house for the afternoon. That evening we had dinner at Pasta House (another St Louis original) and then hung out with Mom & Dad that night.

We left Monday after lunch at Cracker Barrell with Mom & Dad. Sorry this post was so long, but we had a lot of stuff going on, and I want to remember everything we did! Josh & Lauren will be up this weekend, really excited about that!

-T