The Howerter Family Homepage

I am loving this weather!  We have had much cooler temperatures and even some rain.  I am not advocating rain everyday (like we had in the spring), but we sure needed it.  Our yard and flowers look better now than they have all year.  The cooler temps are feeling a little like fall which is my favorite season.  I need to go out and buy a fire pit for our patio, so we can burn some wood.  That is one thing that I miss from the old house – a wood fire burning.

John and I and Don and Wendy went to the Cardinal game on Saturday afternoon. We had great seats, but they were in the sun and 100 degree temps.  We stayed in the standing room only section behind the Cardinals dugout which had a great view. After a bit we sat in our seats even though they were still in the sun.  Just about the time I started to get too hot, the clouds rolled in, and it started to rain.  We were so hot that we just sat there and enjoyed the rain and the game! We enjoyed both sun and rain again during the rest of the game, but the Cardinals won. We went to Texas Roadhouse in St. Charles for dinner and stayed at the Embassy Suites there. It was a quick trip, but we had a great time!

We had a little break from the hot weather, but it is back.  The high is supposed to be 101 today!  Oh my goodness.  Dare I say that I am ready for winter?  I am definitely ready for fall, but sometimes our fall is quite short and goes right into winter.  I am definitely looking forward to being able to sit out on the patio again – even if I have to wear my winter coat!