The Zoo

Jordan, Dale, Evelyn, myself, Caitlyn and a small tag a long, Alex thought the trip was great but super hot. It has been a long time since I was in the children's zoo, I didn't remember pretty much anything in it.

We got to pet a hedgehog, a guinea pig, a rabbit and goats.

When I told Caitlyn we were going to the zoo she said she wanted to see zebras and elephants. So we made sure to hit those enclosures. We also saw other animals on the way between those two.

This is all we saw of the hippos.

Here are just a few random pictures from the zoo. Looking cool with her sunglasses and water.

and why did we bring the stroller?

Caitlyn's 3rd B-Day

We had Caitlyn's party on the Sat after her actual birthday but this way most of my family could come. It was great. She got a lot of presents.

The day of she helped grandma Lundy and me make her cake. Which she picked out. Devils food cake. I think she has my taste in food.

I asked her what she wanted as a cake. At first I kept getting told Tinkerbell but then a few days before she changed her mind. She asked for block cakes so this is what I made. It was actually pretty easy to do.

Before any one thinks we didn't do anything for her actual birthday we did. We had her favorite meal, chicken nuggets, mac n cheese and apple sauce. Plus I made cupcakes with Tinkerbell figurines.

Our Vacation

So our sitter was going to be closed for a few days and instead of staying in CoMo I decided to go to St Louis. We had about 10 days to spend doing whatever we wanted. Although Jordan was going to camp for a few of those days. Evelyn told me while we were there that we sure knew how to take a vacation, do nothing, rest and sleep. I did have a few things I wanted to do while we were in town, such as Caitlyn's birthday party and going to the zoo. Plus eating at a few places we don't have in CoMo.

Jordan and I actually had a few minutes to ourselves. Evelyn offered to watch Caitlyn if we wanted to go away so we took her up on it. We had our first real date in who knows how long. It was great. After that we got to spend at least two more meals together just the two of us. It's nice to know we can still talk about other things than the kid.

We had one night when Ryan, Christine and the kids came over to play. It was very cute we had a small pool set up on the deck and the kids had a blast.

Separate posts with pictures of the party and the zoo to come.