Bowling

Rett bowled on his high school bowling team...I know, I give him a hard time. He and his friends are still very serious about this "sport." We tried a couples summer fun league about 4-5 years ago and let's just say they all showed up day one with their balls, their shoes and their handicaps! I made it about three weeks before the fun was sucked out of it because I was dragging the team down in overall points each week :)

Therefore when Rett saw this bowling set for Emma he was all over it!

look at that form!

gutter ball

nice job!

Mumsy comes to Visit!

Mumsy came to visit and brought lots of new toys...butterfly bubbles and a whole gardening set! Emma loved hanging out with her Mumsy on Friday while mommy and daddy went to work; she was hooked all weekend long and got Mumsy more hooked with her sweet hugs and kisses!

My mom took these great photos as they played outside!

Mom and I think this is hilarious!

chasing after the bubbles!

gardening!

Emma's new sun hat from Mumsy

 We also had a great day playing in the water and coloring with sidewalk chalk.

getting prepared for the beach!

Thanks for the visit, Mumsy! We love you!

Emma goes to the St. Louis Zoo!

My mom came to visit for a weekend in early June and we went to the Zoo for Emma to see the different animals we read about in her books. We had great weather and we actually got to see animals playing in their habitats - much more than usual! I don't think I have ever seen the elephants playing in the water like in the below photos! Emma loved it! Thank you to all the individual and company sponsors for keeping our Zoo free to the public.

first animal we got to see

waiting for the hippo to come around

there he is...Emma kept saying "whoa!"

monstrous!

how sweet is this?

watching the elephants!

two babies playing in the water!

i thought for sure we would be sprayed for sure

what a perfect shot!

shout out to Monsanto!

poor thing was so cold inside the Penguin House

best seat in the house!