St. Louis Trip

We decided to go to St. Louis this year for vacation!

We rented a cute little house in historic downtown St. Charles.  Each night, we walked 2 doors down for ice cream!  Buddy loved the Superman flavor!

We visited the zoo, and the penguin exhibit was really neat!

This picture is from Frontier Park on the Missouri River.  It was right outside the backdoor of our rental house. 

Girls picture at Frontier Park.

Boys picture.

Also, we visited Grant's Farm.

We enjoyed the Magic House, as well.  There were lots of neat exhibits for the babies to play in.  They loved the sand and water ones the best.

Buddy is still telling everyone how we went up in the Arch.  He enjoyed seeing the baseball field where the Cardinals play from up high.

We got to visit with Phil's family, (one of Daddy's work friends) and swim in their pool.  I got some video of that, but I didn't take any pictures.  We had a wonderful trip.  We are already gearing up for our trip next year to... DISNEY WORLD!

Jimmy & Rachel

A few weeks ago, we headed to Iowa for my cousin Jimmy's wedding. With my side of the family, it is always crazy with TONS of cousins!  We had a blast.

The wedding was at a beautiful winery.  Here is my brother and his family.

Two of the cutest kids I know, my cousin Jessica's 2 youngest kiddos.  I would just die for her curly hair!

Buddy's favorite part, the kiss.  He thinks anyone who kisses is automatically married.

Here is the story of our lives... little bro crying, as usual.  He's only the middle child by one minute and should not exhibit these traits!

Old Settler's 2013

We just finished up Old Settler's for this year. As you can see, it was fun!

Buddy took first for his age group in the Kiddie Tractor Pull.

He always wants to PAY to ride the ponies!  He has several relatives with horses he COULD ride for FREE!  Ha!

We had fun riding some rides with cousin Harper!

...and with Trey!  The babies spent lots of time with Grandma this year, but they will be in on the action next year for sure!