Missouri Botanical Gardens

Grandma Fran was in town recently and we were able to get a few great pictures of all of the kids at the Botanical Gardens. This one is my favorite. They are climbing on a Niki St Phalle sculpture. If you get a chance go and see the Niki exhibit at the gardens. They are beautiful.



Noah and his muscles.



Rylan in the tree house.


A great big fake smile at the end of the day courtesy of Sofia...

Rylan's First Day of School

Rylan has officially started school. His first day of pre-k was on August 25. He is loving every minute of it. And can not wait to go to school everyday. He actually towers above all of the other pre-k kids and was assumed to be in kindergarten at open house.





Sofia wanted to have her picture taken in front of the tree of hands too!

Sofia's 2nd Birthday Party

On August 9 Sofia turned two. She enjoyed every minute of her birthday. She had a wonderful day. And was out by a few minutes after eight. Here are a few pictures of "Party Fia".

Cute Picture of Rylan and Sofia

Sofia's hair is getting so long. She actually has enough for pigtails. And of course Ry is looking cute as ever...

Our New Camper

Here are a few of our pictures from our recent camping trip with our new pop-up camper. Noah and Rylan spent most of their time catching frogs, toads and other creepy crawlies... While Sofia and Mommy enjoyed the water and the sun. Wade was technically catching swimy crawlies (fishing!)...




Noah Rylan and Sofia woke up with the sun, but were banned from leaving the camper until at least eight. So to make up for being trapped they would open the window and stare out.

Our Summer in the Sun...

We spent most of our summer pool side. Here are a few of our more memorable photos from our days in the sun.

Noah and I spent hours by the diving well to get this picture. He wanted to have his picture taken in mid air. Hundreds of pictures later and this was as good as it got.

Sofia and Rylan in the baby pool...



Noah shows off his new life jacket.