St Louis for the Kids and winery/movie combo for parents

Emmy and Tyler continued their summer of travel again this past weekend. They, along with Jack, Brooklyn, Grandma T and Grandpa T went to St Louis. Reports back form the children was a great time. They got to go back to Grant's Farm, Incredibel Pizza Company, and the Magic House. These were their favorites from our last St Louis trip so they were very excited. Grandma reports that Tyler keep them laughing for most of the trip. They also got to stay in a hotel with 7 floors. This was a new expereicnce as we normally stay at Marriot's that have maybe 4 floors. Tyler's favorite part was, "The Magic House and playing with the balls there". Emmy's favorite part was, "the swimming pool, it was cool becasue you could swim in and out". I think just being with Jack, Brook, gma, and gpa also ranked pretty high. Kid trips this summer: 2 trips to St Louis, Starved Rock Water Park, Galena, and Amana Water park. Plus many trip to Wildlife, Miller Park, Peoria Zoo, and Children's Museuem. Not a bad summer.
So what did Carrie and I do while the kids were gone? After we cleaned up around the house, Carrie laid out and I watched golf. We then went out to Kickapoo Creek Winery. We have been out there before for a wine tasting but did not taste their wines. We decide to safe the tasty for some other day well it came. We ended up trying abotu 12 different wines. Decent wine,but nothing great. We decided on one we both liked, Red October. It was semi-sweet table wine and it went well with grilled steaks we had for dinner. After dinner we went to see The Dark Knight. We both agreed great movie. I would highly recommend it.
Side bar-I played in another blackjack tourament at the Par-A-Dice. I have won one of these before but to no avail this time, I only took 7th and got $100. This is one zero less from my previous win, but it was a good time. Brian Pate and I played in as we did last time we both won. It was not in the cards,haha, this time. Brian will be getting married this weekend in Door County, WI. Carrie and I are looking forward to the trip north with another couple, Aaron and Courtney. I will be sure to post about the adults only trip.