...today in pictures...

QuikTrip opened their 700th store in St. Louis today to much pomp and circumstance, and Andy and I were there to celebrate with them!

Budweiser Clydesdales: absolutely gorgeous creatures!
I kept asking to pet Curly because he was so sweet and soft.

I feel like this picture doesn't do the crowd justice, but it's the only one I took.
We didn't even wait in some lines.

Cute mascots!

Fredbird danced with me to Pharrell's Happy.
(Love the lower lip bite. I was super nervous!)
Fredbird is my favorite St. Louis Cardinal...

Andy's never shy...I think he and Fredbird might be besties now...

Then we headed downtown to get some stl250 cake pics.
The cobblestone streets of Laclede's Landing can take you back in time.
Andy has never been to this historic district, and I think we'll need to go
back to check out the nightlife sometime soon!

Not sure why the cake was in the air, but okay...

Then we walked over to the Gateway Arch...

Then we went on a mad hunt for the Eads Bridge cake.
This one was tricky to find, and we sort of got into an argument over it...

So we took a bite out of it in celebration...

I asked Andy to sit in this pretty spot and he wouldn't, so I did...

....and then he promptly insisted on having his own photo taken!
There were some girls that drove by giggling and gave him a thumbs up.

Some of my most memorable moments this year were made when I chose to go anyway. You know, the kind of adventure that doesn't really seem like an adventure and so you question whether you should even step out of the house or if you should just stay home and watch another episode of that show or read another chapter in that book?

One of the best lessons that I've learned this year is that some adventures will only happen once in my lifetime.

Hope you have big plans for your weekend!

"Adventure is out there!" -- Up

PS. I forgot - one more thing happened today - this popped into my inbox...

San Fran, here I come!