Chicago Weekend

From the left, you've got me, Elle, Isa, and Amy. The little girls decided to switch strollers for the ride into the zoo. A great way to spend the morning with great friends.
3 of the loveliest ladies! Isa, Kayleigh (Jen and Bill's daughter) and Elle.
The little girls (Elle and Isa) off on some sort of zoo adventure!

Isa playing on the splash pad at the Brookfield Zoo.
How you like me now?

Post zoo Mickey's lunch. A place I enjoyed in college.

This past weekend (we left last Thursday and got back Sunday) we went to Chicago. Chicago is one of my all time favorite places. Some of the best people in the entire world live there and we're fortunate enough to be friends with them and they let us visit. We stayed with Bill and Jen (thanks! You guys are awesome) and we got a chance to spend some time with Colin and Amy (so much fun!) . It's nice that Colin and Amy moved there so we can get the majority of our out of town visiting done in one swoop. Thanks for making this weekend so much fun!

Last Vacation Day and First Day of School

Now that Mom's at the "All School Kick Off" for her school, let's see what Dad will let me get away with. Here we go!
Playing a little soccer in the driveway. She loves to kick the ball around!
Queen of the castle, ok maybe just the kangaroo climber. You can tell I'm gone and Dad's in charge, I yell at her if she's up there, but here's Dad- no rules, just pictures. These 2 really live on the edge when I'm gone.
Extreme close up! You can tell how much fun she's having by the amount of sweat that's in this picture.
Hurry up and take the picture Dad! I have me some serious learnin to do!
On the front porch waiting to go to school. WE ARE READY!

I made the name tag on the bag. (thanks Koren and I can cut it off when/if Katie wants it back). She was so excited to have her stuff in her own bag that she asked me to take a picture of it. We were in a hurry so Yes, I know my shadow is in the pic and I'm sorry, Miguel's the pro, not me.

First Night in the New Room!

We finally finished Isa's room, the painting, the re-painting, it was high drama around here for a while. Well, we're almost done hanging up all her stuff and here are a couple of pics of her first night in her new room!

Grant's Farm

All of us on the tram that took us on a ride through the farm.

Feeding the goats with a baby bottle. Isa LOVED this!

Mike loved this too, until the goats started chewing on his shirt. Mike is my art teacher/giant hick friend and his wife and kids are awesome.

Mike holding up Isa and Taylor so they could see the horses.

Mommy holding up Isa to look at the horses.

Mike, in the hospitality room, drinking beer and holding his kid. Who would do such a thing?
Oh wait, yeah that's how you beat the St. Louis heat while carrying 30 pounds of kid on your shoulders.
The Lorenz kids (mine was in the gift shop trying to get candy from the lady who worked there) and Mike and me behind the bar.

What else do you do in 102 degree heat? You head on over to Grant's Farm of course. Seriously, we got out before it got too hot. Isa had so much fun there with the Lorenz kids this morning. We were all pretty ready to head home at about 12:30 though. Great St. Louis day!