*CHRISTMAS CARD 2017*

*PICTURE TIME*

We had to take our Christmas card pictures and we had some great outtakes.  My favorite are the boys looking at the woolly worm Grandma Hauk found.

*SOLAR ECLIPSE*

Blowing away the clouds.

We had the great opportunity to have a Solar Eclipse pass through our area on Monday, Aug 21, 2017.  We all ended up in different parts of the area.  Alexa remained at high school, Beck went to Grandma Hauks, Maren & Coen went to Weston with the Smykay's, Dad went to work in Overland Park and Mom was downtown.  This all gave us a different view of the eclipse.

I was able to grab these great shots of the eclipse with my 300mm lens capturing a Baily's Bead.  And of course Erin took pictures of all the fun they had in Weston.

*ST LOUIS TRIP - ADAMS / HAUK / BURHANS ROAD TRIP*

We had a weekend trip with Grandma Hauk, Aunt Rachel, Aunt Adrienne, Caleb and Grayson to St. Louis.

I was worried, because the boys were both sick (Coen was coughing up a storm with a fever). Luckily, we managed to stuff a lot of things into that weekend and we have a ton of memories.  First stop was City Museum and dinner at Old Spaghetti Factory.  The next day we attempted to get a picture in front of the arch, but Coen wasn't going to have anything to do with it.  I gave up and we finished out the trip at the zoo.