Fun Family Day At The Arch....

A few weeks ago, we decided to load up and have a family day!   Since we have never taken the kids to the Arch and we live about 45 min away from it, we decided to go there.

The kids loved it!

 The steps were no problem for them!

 The view from the top of the steps.  Notice the traffic stopped on I-70 on the bridge...glad we weren't stuck in that.

 Under the Arch is a museum that is very interesting.

 Lots of neat things to see.

 Jeren wasn't too sure about this guy.

 The girls begged to try on bonnets from the gift shop. :)

 They've each got their buddy.

 We weren't able to go up to the top because there was a very long line (2 hr wait) but the kids were happy not to go all the way up there. :)

 Beside the Arch, they have a beautiful, grassy area with lots of trees.  We played around there before we loaded up to leave. 

   
 

After the Arch, we traveled to old town St. Louis to this Candy shop. Keith had seen it advertised somewhere and he has always wanted to go. It was WAY down there and I was very ready to leave (I'm a chicken, I know) - although the people inside the shop were very friendly!

We ordered a strawberry and chocolate shake (24 oz each) and all shared it.  Each shake filled up THREE of those glasses that Kristyn is drinking from.

   

Can you imagine joining this club?  One man did it in 5 min - CAN YOU IMAGINE the brain freeze he must have had??

We had a wonderfully fun day that day!  Thanks for sharing it with us. :)

Some of May...

Where did May go???

Here is a little bit of what went on in our busy month. :)

Owen did indeed graduate from Kindergarten.  He was so proud and we are proud of him.

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Our garden has been growing by leaps and bounds and the strawberries have been extra good this year.  We have had to pick DAILY.  So far, we've just froze them so that we can make jam when time slows down a bit - a good part of them have been eaten though.....or gone into smoothies. :)

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We've gone fishing twice this month.  We have discovered that Megan is our fisherman.  She is the only one that is patient enough to just sit and reel the fish in - all the others go into hysterics and scream and holler and yank the poor fish to pieces before they get it to shore. :)

Owen's learning from Megan.

Kristyn was quite jealous of Megans fish.

Krisyn FINALLY was able to be calm enough to actually get the fish in.  She was beyond happy and who knows what Owen's deal is. :D

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Last day of school!  I think Owen grew a foot at least.......

Our awards night was decorated very nicely.  Don't you love the servers?

Keith and Mr. Prior built this log cabin - I wanted to move it to the woods and live in it. :)

Kristyn with her class.  Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of Owen with his class.

Kristyn got highest GPA for the entire school
Owen got third highest in his class
We are so proud of them!

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I had a very nice Mother's Day!

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This month, I got to take pictures for the best pastor in the world - and his family! :)

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 Kristyn lost her first top tooth - long story short, she had the rope swing in her mouth and was climbing up to get a higher jump and fell and the rope helped her tooth come out. :)

Little monkeys!

More from this month coming next.....

A Big Day Today...

More to come later.....

New Garden + Rain =

 It's cold, Momma!

Hosed off and ready for the shower...

I'm going to go kiss my washing machine now!