Saturday, June 26, 2010

Goodbye school, Hello summer!

Audrey had a program at the end of school. We got some good video footage, but our pictures were lacking. These are post program.
Thank you for the treats and for a great year Ms. Olivia and Ms. Natalie!

Jacob graduated from Pre-K! We loved Mrs. Hail and Ms. Amy! They were the best!

Jacob and Emily. Great friends!

An actual picture of the whole family! Very rare!
Bunny came to celebrate. Congratulations Jacob!

That same day in the evening, Jacob had a graduation from Mrs. McBride's pre-K class at church. She actually taught me when I was in pre-K at Memorial Road. What a ministry this precious woman has!

This is the start to our summer... a trip to Saint Louis! Brian wanted to show the kids where he grew up. So, we took Jacob and Audrey to Collinsville, IL and did sightseeing in St. Louis for 4 days. The kids had a blast and we got to see some great friends of Brian's and family too. The first outing was Grant's Farm. Above are the An. Busch Clydesdale horses.

Jacob was chosen as a volunteer at the animal show with a ferret. He was so excited!


You would not believe these goats! They will attack you for some milk!


Oh my! Do you like my blue tongue?

The next day was the Arch which the kids loved! Jacob decided he wanted to try a new smile that day as you can see in each picture of the kids.



There was a long wait from when you buy your tickets until you can actually go up in the arch. So they have a neat mini museum where you can learn about "the gateway to the west" and a lot of history.
Enjoying the tiny "elevator" taking us up to the top! Mom got a little claustrophobic!
Enjoying the view!
That night we enjoyed a great time at the Cardinals game! Great seats in the outfield. And, the kids actually were engaged the whole game (not expected)! We had a ball! Of course we left the game broke from the food and souvenirs wanted by two little ones, but it was worth it. :) And we were blessed by a cool front the came in just before the game!