I only wish that I had this years costume's ready. I wish I had a scanner for some of the earlier costumes that I made with my sister when A was a baby. They were so cute. Isn't dressing up so much fun.

Waiting to go up the arch.

Baby T, the only baby on the trip.

Thanks to all my sisters for coming to visit me. We had a whirlwind trip to Nauvoo. It was fun to just spend time together and amazing that everyone made it. My kids keep talking about random facts they learn from that one aunt, there are so many it is hard to keep them straight. Thanks for sharing your photos, I managed to go the whole weekend and not take one.

St. Louis has been really great lately. First, the weather has been perfect the last 3 weeks. Lots of sunshine and nice temperatures. Second, we have been out on some really fun outings the last few weeks.

We had a great time at Busch stadium checking out the Cardinals. The kids love baseball. We went early and watched some batting practice up close. The kids favorite part was staying up late and watching fireworks when they hit a homerun.




We also went down to this ranch south of St. Louis with a big private lake. It was beautiful to get out of town and into the country. Plus the fishing was great. The kids caught a bunch of fish, but the catch of the day was the cat fish. We baited him with powerbait, hooked and let him run for a while and slowly brought it in. Nothing like a big slimy fish.



There was a 'light up the night' balloon show at Forest Park, which was really cool. These hot air balloons would simultaneously light up at the sound of the horn. It was really quite a sight.



A and D had a great time at 'Arthur at the Park'. They got to meet a lot of the pbs characters. But as you can see S was not as thrilled about the whole experience.



Last, but not least, the zoo is always a good outing. We had great time with the baby giraffe and tigers, plus the carousel and train ride.

And I am not that on top of it. I was going to do this post on the Birthday, but he will be 5 for a whole year and I am only a few days late.