We woke this morning to a beautiful day and an average temperature of 100*. We were heading out to the Arch for some sight seeing and then to the Budweiser Bush Brewing Company.
The Arch was spectacular!! We rode up in these little capsules. I do remember going when I was younger, but I don't remember the ride up being that fast. It was 4 min's to the top. Avery was a bit nervous looking out the windows at first, but then she got a hold of the camera and she got right into climbing up and looking out the windows. Our trip down was only 3min's, which was super fast. The Mississippi River had flooded again, and the last time I was there it had also flooded. It was cool to show the kids what I remembered, and tell them about Lewis and Clark.
We went down to the Riverboat and had an Icee!! It was bright blue and refreshingly good! The air was hot and the humidity was crazy!!
We left the Arch and went to the Budweiser Brewery where we couldn't find a parking spot. We made the decision to go get some lunch and as we were driving around we found ourselves in the not so good part of St. Louis.. We found a sign that sent us to Subway, yay lunch. The kids and I went to get the sandwiches, while Tod went next door to the Radio Shack to find some headphones. We were in the not so good times of the city again, but this was all apparent when Tod witnessed a cop pulling a black lady to the ground and beating her with a billy club, handcuffing her hands, and throwing her in the back of a cruiser. The kids and I missed all the commotion by about 50seconds. We asked if we were eating in Subway or leaving and all Tod said was "get in the vehicle we are leaving St. Louis". We left in a hurry and didn't turn around to go back to the Brewery.
We were now on our way to Kansas City, a few hours a way. We got to Kansas City and found a Buffet Royal, to eat at. While eating I noticed a little girl and new she had some kind of disorder. She was a tiny little thing but very cute. We overheard that there was a little girl that was trying to raise money to go to a very important Hospital. This little girl was the one I had noticed, just tables away. We met her and her grandma and she explained to us that Maddy has Primordial Dwarfism. She is the youngest to be diagnosed at 3 days old. All the tips from the restaurant tonight were going towards Maddy and her family to help pay for Hospital visits. She is not insurable or covered by anything for medical. We also met her big sister Brittney, what a beautiful little girl. The kids took over a donation, to the grandma, and she gave the kids a hug. I was looking up the disease and came across Maddy's website http://maddysworld.com/ . We had a discussion with the kids about Maddy and Avery was concerned about why Maddy had this disease and would she have it forever. We are so blessed to have the children we have and even though some day's, I take it for granted I love my family.
We are stopped over in St. Joseph, Missouri, and tomorrow we are leaving for Rapid city, South Dakota, heading towards Mount Rushmore.
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