el finito and a wedding

so i finished my final assignment for seminary (besides walking across a stage) a week ago.

it's hard to believe it's all over and it is still sinking in. i stayed up late last thursday night to wrap up my final paper (a not-so threatening book report) and then we got up early to leave for a big trip to st. louis and kansas city for my cousin josh's wedding. well, the driving was big, but not the time off. we drove to stl on friday and spent the day going up in the arch and visiting the city. we went to the cardinals game vs. the rays and had a really good time. one lesson for wearing braces - don't eat mustard. doh!

on saturday, we pulled a round trip from stl to kc with the wedding and reception all afternoon. we stopped for meals and switched up drivers so it wasn't too bad driving across missouri and back. sadly, we didn't take the time to drive through kc or across the border to kansas so we'll have to make another trip some day for L to cross it off her list of states visited.

on sunday, we hit the road and drove back to lexington. we just stopped for lunch, but with the time zone change we didn't get back til 3:30p and were pretty zonked.