St. Louis Zoo

St. Louis has the most amazing and free zoo. We have gone to the zoo a lot this summer and always have a great time. I am very lucky because the kids are always so good when we go. We went the other day with my friend Julie and her kids (Mackenzie and Tommy). This time we road the train and the kids loved it.

Mackenzie and Addison on the train.

Lucas kept saying "wow".

Isn't this cute...all 4 kids looking at the animals together. How sweet.

Here is one animal shot...the giraffes are one of the kids favorites.

"I don't know what animal that is Mackenzie."

Outside fun.

After a busy weekend, we spent some time at Bob's parents house Sunday night and had dinner and played outside. The kids enjoyed their big lawn and fun toys. They really enjoyed the battery powered car and they actually did pretty well at taking turns and even riding it together.

Just enjoying the view and nice weather.

Addison is finally pretty good about letting me take her picture. She loves for me to then show her the picture on the camera.

Father and son....aka "the twins"

Road trip to Ohio!

This past weekend we took a 6 hour road trip with the kids to Cincinnati to visit my friend Kris and her husband Mike and son Tyler (almost 14 months old). We have been friends for many many years and it is always great to spend some quality time with a friend. The kids were pretty good in the car and it made the trip that much better. We went to the playground, pool and a few walks in their new neighborhood. We ate way too much bad food and good beer. We also went to the Cardinals/Reds game on Sunday and the kids were good despite the game being during nap time. Thank you Mike and Kris....we had a great time and can't wait for you to come visit us soon!

Here we are at the Cardinals/Reds game

The boys had a great time playing with each other.

The weather was perfect and we spent a lot of time outside.

Kris, Tyler and Cincy in front of their amazing new house! Kris had all the rooms decorated already and they looked very settled in after moving in just 2 weeks ago.

Tyler did great with his first bath with other kids.

Lots of Birthday Parties.

All is well with us. Finally it is not too hot here in St. Louis and we can spend some much needed times outside. The kids and I seem to visit a lot of parks and now that Lucas is very active, it sure is a lot of work. Addison is going to be 3 in just 3 short weeks. Lucas is just about 16 months old and says new words every day (today he said door, chalk, and rock).

About 5 years ago it seemed like we spent so many weekends at weddings and bridal showers. Then it turned into baby shower after baby shower. Well, now it seems we spend many many weekends at kids birthday parties. The past few weekends were no exception.

Here are some pictures from Mackenzie's 3rd birthday party this past weekend. Mackenzie is Addison's very best friend. They both just love princesses.

Wearing pretty dresses and dancing.

Mackenzie blowing out her candles on her amazing castle cake.

Addison eating cake (just the frosting really).

The birthday girl.

Lucas making a mess out of eating his piece.

Here is just a cute picture of the kids one morning eating breakfast in front of the tv!!!

Last weekend we went to Ashton's 4th b-day party (no pictures) and then Molly's 4th birthday party the next day.


Here is Addison giving her cousin Katy a kiss.

Addison really liked Molly's princess cake.

The birthday girl.

Lucas giving a cute smile.