Meet Me In St. Louis

I spent this weekend in Missouri with my cousin Kristi and my Uncle Garf. Talk about a fun-filled couple of days.

We went to the temple in St. Louis in Friday night, followed by burgers at Steak and Shake. On Saturday, we went to the local farmers market, then got ready for the day. We saw the Winston Churchill Memorial in Fulton and the State Capital Building in Jefferson City. We also shared a banana split at Central Dairy, home of the LARGEST banana splits in Jeff City... or anywhere else in the world. Seriously, we had chocolate, spumoni and mint chocolate chip ice cream topped with hot fudge, strawberry sauce and walnuts. I wasn't sure we were going to be able to eat it all, but you should never doubt the Thomas Family when ice cream is involved. Go Team!

After we had recovered from the ice cream, we drove to Herman and toured two wineries. The nice thing about wineries in the midwest on hot, humid days is that wine cellars are deliciously cool! The gift shops also have fun tee shirts with sayings like "I wine constantly." I got a kick out of that. We had dinner in Herman on the Missouri River.

Sunday we went to church and Kristi and Garf showed me around Mexico, Missouri. I got beat soundly in a game of gin rummy. And Kristi taught me to make frozen hot chocolate, which is now a new favorite. It was a FANTASTIC weekend. Thanks for a fun trip!