Days 7-10 (Katie)

At the Science Center. How much it would cost to send both of us to the moon.
The last 4 days of our trip went so fast. We went to the Science Center and watched a really cool video on the huble space telescope. My favorite brother-in-law and my sister (I can’t pick favorites because I have 2 other sisters that would kill me) took Brandon and I around and showed us some really pretty houses down mansion row. It was a really fun day with family. Brandon and I also went Six Flags for the best anniversary date ever. We screamed and laughed together though the whole day. I also played volleyball with Randi, Rachel, and Bec. It’s been a while since I played and it was nice to both get back out on the court and be out there with family. I played one game with them the first week and one the second. The drive home was awesome. Brandon slept in the back seat while my sister and I caught up on the past 2 years of our lives. Because my 2 older sisters live in Missouri, it’s really hard to keep caught up on what’s going on in our lives.

So, the past 3 days have been filled with hanging out with my older sister. We’re about ready to tackle a painting project together. We are going to take a dresser, sand it, and paint it. Then we are going to paint some flowers on it. Hopefully it turns out really cool. If it doesn’t, I’m sure we’ll have a great time screwing it up.
Here are a few of my favorite stories from the trip:

1) I’m going to be an Aunt!!!!!!! This has to be my number 1 story because I’m excited. Randi got ultrasound pictures and it looks slightly like a baby. So that’s good. If Randi and Paul can train their kid as well as they did their dog, it’ll be my favorite niece or nephew – even though it is only a competition of one.

2) Randi was telling a story about one of the apartments she used to live in. The apartment was right next to a wildlife preserve. She had to sign something saying she would not hunt the animals with blow dart guns and then hang them on her porch. Yes, blow dart guns. Apparently there were some people that lived there before her that hunted turkeys on the wildlife preserve with their blow dart guns and then hung them on their porch.

3) Paul and Randi have a dog, Maggie. Best trained housedog ever. Maggie loves to play, be pet and chew. While we were there she got very attached to Brandon. She would wait for him to come down the stairs in the morning, she would go lay by him, she wouldn’t do anything without him. One day we got back to Randi’s house and Brandon forgot to pet Maggie on his way to go take a nap and she was NOT happy. She sprinted up the stairs and told him off in Maggie fashion. While he laid on the bed, she ran up and over his chest and around his head while barking at him. He never forgot to pet her again.

4) We went to Rachel and Marc’s apartment one night for dinner. First of all, she made AWESOME chicken (this is not to skip Paul’s chicken wings because he made me like mustard for the first time ever). We played rock band and in the middle of a hard core metal song that my sister was screaming the lyrics too, Brandon’s mom called. I’m pretty sure it sounded like we were in a torture chamber.

We’re back home for now. Next trip up: Yellowstone.

-Katie and Brandon