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Here is more on our Midwest trip...

After many "are we there yet" chants from the back seat (and one emergency potty stop), we finally made it to Indianapolis and to Dan and Stephanie's beautiful home. The last 30 minutes of the trip always seems to be the hardest! They had made us a wonderful dinner and it was so nice just to be able to relax at their home and go to bed early that night. The next morning we headed out to the Indianapolis Children's Museum which is one of the best museums I've ever been to. Here are some pictures of the kids playing!

Oliver assisting the balls to climb up the ball machine. He stayed here a while and really enjoyed watching this even after the rest of us had moved on.

Gabriella driving a tractor! It really moved just by turning the hand crank. Some pretty amazing physics going on there to allow a 2 year old to make that thing roll!

Digging for dinosaur bones

Exploring the dinosaur habitat

Dress up time!

Hanging out with Uncle Dan in one of the wonders of the world - the Colosseum

Who's ready for Halloween?

On Saturday, we drove to downtown Indianapolis to see Buddy the dog compete in the Wiener Dog Races at a German Festival. His owners were a bit nervous... and Buddy did eventually make it CLOSE to the finish line where unfortunately he became too distracted by the many treats laid out there. It was fun to watch!

The competitor

We got to spend some time playing games (they are big fans of Ticket to Ride), watching the Texas Rangers, and seeing what their lives are like in Indy. We loved playing at Uncle Dan and Aunt Stephanie's house and hope to get back up there again soon!

Brothers ready to cheer the Texas Rangers on to a playoff victory

We had to drive back to St. Louis to catch the train again. While there, we had the privileged of meeting up with my sister Megan and her family for dinner before we caught the train as they were in town visiting her in-laws. We got to see so many people on our trip and are so blessed to have such a loving family!