Kasparek Family Memories

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Seaward Family Pictures

Grandpa, Emma, and Camden

Grandpa, Nana, Emma, and Camden

The whole family

Camden definitely has some strong Seaward genes in him!

Dad, me, Nathaniel, and Mom

The Seaward/Kaspareks

Camden, Uncle Lou, and Emma

Chris, Me, and Nathaniel

Emma, Nana, and Camden

Catching Up With Old Friends

We had 2 Camp Adventure reunions in Iowa. The Cramer family hosted the first one in Johnston. It was fun reminiscing about the good old days traveling around the world during the summers.

Amy, Chris, and Mike

The Schweinfurt 1997 crew: Chris, Chris, Gina, and Maggie

Kasparek and Pisarik

My friend Abby, who I've known my whole life, was blessed with 2 adorable babies in December. Emma and I were so happy we got to meet Essie and Teddy!

The babypalooza continued with Baby Kate!

Sarah coordinated her trip back to Iowa with ours so we got to enjoy a couple lunch dates catching up and loving on Kate.

Sarah and I have a famous picture taken when we were probably 18 months old. There is now a garage behind us, the shed is different, and the tree is a lot bigger...

...but here are our daughters in that same location in the same wagon!

There's lots of love in this 34 year friendship!

Best Friend Grandma's and their beautiful grandchildren

After a week of traveling around the U.S. we made it home to Iowa. We happened to arrive on the same day as the Iowa Children's Cancer Connection and the University of Iowa Football Legends fundraiser event in Des Moines. Needless to say, Chris was in Hawkeye Heaven!

Chris and Chuck Long
Who is also a Sam Adams fan!

Tim Dwight

The event was held in the same room we had our wedding reception in!

The kids LOVE the Winterset Aquatic Center, so we made a few trips there during our week long stay

Grandpa and Emma at Clark's Tower

Lots of game time in the basement

A fun (late) evening on the back porch when Nathaniel arrived from Florida

One hot afternoon we went to the Science Center of Iowa. Emma put this cool arch together (with a little help from Nana and Mom).

Luck would have it, the Madison County Fair was going on the week we were in Winterset! The kids had their first experience at a real Midwest fair.

And they were less than trilled with it at the end...

Running through the sprinkler in Nana and Grandpa's backyard

Uncle Lou got out all his old Star War toys for Camden to play with

Monday, July 29, 2013

St. Louis City Museum

On Thursday morning, we enjoyed breakfast at the Benton Park Cafe. It is right across the street from Casey and Jen's old apartment in St. Louis and you can see Anheuser Busch in the background.

We spent the day exploring the City Museum

Camden and Emma scramble through the first tunnel we saw

Chris pulled himself through it...

Casey maneuvering around a tight corner

Down a rabbit hole

The roof of the City Museum was probably our favorite spot.

Uncle Casey and Camden on the slide

Camden climbing up the L-O-N-G roof slide

Chris following him

Heights and I are not the best of friends. Put a ferris wheel on top of a 12 story building on a breezy day, and I'll enjoy it with my eyes closed. To make matters worse, the more Chris laughed at me, the more the ferris wheel seat moved.

Emma and Aunt Jen waving to us after their ferris wheel ride

That's Camden the Brave at the top

Who's the man in disguise?

Next Stop: St. Louis!

We said good-bye to Amber back in Boston and hopped on a plane to St. Louis. After some delays in both Boston and Chicago, we made it to Casey and Jen's house.

We began our first day at St. Louis' most iconic site: The Gateway Arch