Katrina reports on her St. Louis trip:
Gateway to the West, USA!!!
On Memorial Day weekend, 2004, I went to the town of St. Louis, and I had the time of my life.
On Thursday we arrived in St. Louis. Grampy took us to Café Manhattan to surprise Grammy. She was so surprised at the fact that we came.
On Friday we went to the Six Flags amusement park. I went on Batman, the ride. It is like a chair. You sit down and your feet hang. You ride a ton of loops and corkscrews. It is awesome. My other favorite ride was Thunder River. You sit in a raft and water spouts come out of the river. It is like white water rafting. My least favorite was Mr. Freeze. You ride a bunch of loops and corkscrews. Then the track goes directly up and you go down, backwards, and do all the loops and corkscrews again but backwards. I hated it.
Also on Friday we went to the Country Club for a 50th Anniversary party that was belated. There was steak and hash browns and cinnamon ice cream. Also Friday was the day that Kathy learnt that she got a job at World Vision.
On Saturday we went back to the Country Club for a swimming session and some lunch on the patio. That was the day I got a major tan. Abby, Lianna, and I all dove off the high dive and had a lot of fun. Lianna and Maddie are our two cousins. They are a lot of fun.
On Sunday we basically just lounged about. We watched a movie called “What About Bob?” and Dad got us shakes and malts from Steak and Shake. Uncle John, Grampy’s brother, came by and the photographer took pictures of us. All week Erin had us dress up (Erin is another one of our cousins) and gave us etiquette classes. We got a shot of us in all of our dresses.
When Erin gave us etiquette classes, we learnt how to faint, eat, sit, drink, and walk down the staircase. Abby had trouble fainting on the wicker couch with cushions on it, because she could feel the wicker through the cushions. So she adopted a solution. She would clutch her butt and shout, “SUPPORT!!!” then fall, and point her toe, like we were supposed to.
All in all, I would do it all over again if I could.
Katrina is writing like an adult now! Luckily, Abby still sounds silly, so I know they haven't suddenly grown up completely. I'm glad I wasn't there to see them on roller coasters.
They arrived in St. Louis the same day as Ellen, who got back Sunday night.
Posted by: Bingo at June 1, 2004 12:09 PMI'm so glad that you and Abby are learning to faint and walk down stairs like ladies (Abby may still need some work). Maybe next time Erin can teach you to faint and walk down stairs *at the same time* in a ladylike manner. That would be great to see. Then you could teach your mom.
Posted by: J-Ro at June 1, 2004 12:45 PMexactly, J-ro, then mum could walk up the stairs in her building at Amazon fainting and cluthing her butt shouting * SUPPORT*!!! haha. wow, I am REALLY funny!
Posted by: abby at June 3, 2004 04:12 PMAbby, you ARE really funny! And a great writer!
When I go to St. Louis, I always make somebody take me to Ted Drewe's for a concrete -- you should do that next time.
Posted by: JennyD at June 5, 2004 08:55 PMActually, not all of this is entirely true - Katie LOVED the Mr. Freeze ride... really she did... furthermore, Erin's ettiquette classes were not nearly as productive OR dignified as this article would have you believe... that katastrophina is such a kidder....
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