Another super belated update...

It is SO late that we are going to lightly skim over the entire summer so that when I post adorable Christmas pictures that I know are sure to come...I will be caught up.

After coming home from Missouri it was a whirlwind of adventures. We went to Bridal Veil Falls and let the kids play in the super cold water...of course I didn't take my camera. Typical.  We also had a trip to the Children's Discovery Museum, the petting zoo at Thanksgiving Point, and Hee Haw Farms (where we got hopelessly lost in the corn maze...horrible). We also had Nick and Eric's birthdays in September, and Liam's birthday in November, with Halloween wedged in the middle. Like I said...whirlwind. Oh yeah...we also saw Cookie Monster. Nom nom nom.

Museum:

  Petting Zoo:

Hee Haw:

Nick and Eric's 4th birthday:

 Halloween:

Liam's 3rd Birthday!:

Cookie Monster (It should be added that Eric was too afraid of Cookie Monster to go near him, and as soon as Nick saw Eric's fear, he too became scared, but Liam was more than happy to pose, so that's why I only have a pic of Liam):

 That's Eric's drawing of a cat...I thought it was pretty fantastic.

That's my Nick...just bein' cute.

Ok well...I'm out!

I know...this is super late. Trip to Missouri!

 Back in July we shoved the kids in the car around 3 am and hit the road for MO! We jam packed our trip with excursions to Science City, Crown Center, the Zoo, and even a little family reunion. It was ridiculously hot the entire stay which made us have to stay indoors a little more then planned but we survived! It was awesome to see everybody and the kids still talk about it.

So first...we drove there:

 We played at Grandma's house a lot and spent some time at the Jamesport park:

 On the Fourth we did some fireworks in the evening, but in the day we went to Crown Center and ate at the Crayola Cafe and visited the candy store there, we also took a hideous family photo when we were eating...and you don't have to see it, be grateful:

We went to Science City and ate at Fritz's afterward. Nicholas had a MAJOR meltdown...but it was still fun:

Ryan had to fly back to Utah to job hunt, which he was successful at, and he now is doing great at Vivint! Woohoo! We went to the Chillicothe Fair where Liam put on his serial killer face and I looked like a blob of red jello. The kids loved all the animals though and afterwards we got ice cream and went to the park:

We went to the Zoo even though it was like 1000 degrees outside and it was awesome! We got a discount due to the heat (which probably should make you reconsider, but...not us) and took every form of transportation available to us. We got to see some chimps very up close and some very sleepy lions, but the biggest hit with the kids was the polar bear.

 rawr.

My mom really wanted to see them in Amish hats, (that would be hats that are actually Amish, like LDS Scripture Markers, they have been baptized) so once that was taken care of we took around 3 zillion pictures of them and the cuteness:

 

 

 Totally cute right?
 Anywho it was great, we had a blast!