Mr. & Mrs. Perkins

We made a pit stop at McGurks on our way into town and tried the special edition Guinness 250! It was so tasty!
The Rodriguez summer of love tour has ended with final wedding of the summer last weekend in St. Louis. It's so weird that Nathan & Nicole are hitched...it seems like just yesterday he was an annoying little 15 year old who thought he knew it all. He still thinks he knows it all, but at least he's not annoying anymore! On a serious note, they are such a cute couple and we are so happy for them.

Our trips home are always so bittersweet. It's so nice to see the friends that we miss so much, but every time we go home it's also a reminder that St. Louis is a completely different world from Madison and our life is here now. We miss so much about St. Louis, but we know that if we were still there we would be miserable.


Time with Missy and Co. is always my #1 priority when I'm home. I hate that I'm missing out on the kids growing up and always feel so happy when I see them and they're happy to see me. It's nice to know they haven't forgotten me (yet).My favorite little guy in the whole wide world
It was a quick trip, so besides our mutual friends that were at the wedding and time with Dale & Missy we didn't really get to see anyone else. We were asked to be the guest worship leaders at Hope Vineyard on Sunday morning before we headed back to Madison and it was so weird to be there again and see all those familiar faces. It kinda felt like we had never left.

It was such a strange trip and to be perfectly honest kind of depressing. For some reason it seemed like everyone we talked to only had bad news to tell us about the things that were going on in their lives and it was so emotionally draining. That made it all the much easier to come back home to Madison though. We've been to St. Louis a lot this summer, but I think this was our last trip for awhile. I'm still trying to decide if that makes me happy or sad.

Okay, I just couldn't resist....one more picture of the cutest little guy EVER....and no, I'm not talking about Steve, although he is quite the hottie!