A day at the Zoo

Josh's sisters and their kids have been in town for a few weeks. The cousins have been having a blast! Cousins Camp is an annual event where Grandpa and Grandma are brave enough to take all the grandkids for a fun filled week. This year's theme has been "Awesome Ancestors". One of the days was spent in St. Louis, visiting ancestors grave sites. We took advantage of the gorgeous weather and went to the zoo.

Brandon, Emily, Jessica, Cole, Jacob, Chad, Abby, Jared, Nick, and Brody

"Grandma Doug" with Ryan at the train station. Ryan was such a great baby, as usual.

Abby striking a pose in the Reptile House.

We assigned all the kids buddies to help keep track of them. Here are Nick and his buddies Cole and Chad. Cole was so awesome about keeping up with Nick. ( which we all know is no small task)

Nick was so entertaining. He was so captivated by everything he saw.(Sorry about this being sideways!!! )

The hippos were the highlight of the day. Talk about up close and personal!

Solid Food

Ryan tried rice cereal for the first time tonight. The kids found it to be quite entertaining. It doesn't seem possible that he could be almost five months old already! How cute is our handsome little man!?!

Pretty Princess

Nick asked Abby if he could play pretty princess in her room. Out of curiosity she agreed and this is what we ended up with. How Beautiful!!!(Ha, Ha, Ha) I found the irony of this very masculine, rough little boy dressed as a princess to be hilarious.

He quickly lost interest and said, "I not pretty!". I found him in his natural state, playing trucks; still somewhat pretty.