Lexi tries to do some watercolor painting down in St Louis.

Dad shoots the same handgun.

Uncle Ryan shoots a 9mm at the local range.

Early morning cartoons at the Strauss house in St. Louis. What a treat!

Our little Lexi is growing up fast!!

Lexi is out riding her tricycle on a warm day down in Saint Louis. What a big girl!!

Lexi is helping daddy fix some of the cupboards with her screwdriver.

Fresh snow for lexi to shovel!

Spending the day at the Shedd Aquarium!

Cleanest garage on the block!

Just a little more snow by the garage. What's another 3' at this point.

Shoveling the walkway. Might take longer than I thought.

My walk to work. A little quiet for a normally busy street at 7am.

I don't think the heavy stuff will come down for quite some time now.

News crew filming at a shoveled out section of my block.