St. Louis

This weekend we went to St. Louis with some of our best friends, the Blands. We were so lucky to get to stay with Kris' brother, Les and his family. I took A LOT of pictures!!! It is hard to narrow them down, so I'm going to just post a lot of them.

We left Thursday morning and stopped in Sikeston, Missouri to eat at Lamberts, the only home of throwed rolls. It was yummy! Here's Nathan trying to catch a roll...

On Friday we went to the St. Louis Zoo. It was really hot! The kids did amazingly well though.

Lincoln had a monkey hanging out on his back the whole time. I highly recommend one of these monkey harnesses for anyone who is taking a toddler to a place like this. It gave him some freedom and eased mom and dad's minds about loosing him.

"Cheese"

Kris had the BEST idea for Hannah. He suggested buying her a disposable camera and letting her take her own pictures. She was ADORABLE to watch. She would get so excited when she'd snap one and say, "Mom, I did it!" This is something else I'd highly recommend. I can't wait to see what kind of pictures she took--and she can't either!

I thought this was a sweet picture. Jennifer is so good with Hannah.

There are three little monkeys in this picture!

Another exciting thing that happened on this trip was that Benson started walking. He can really go too! He was so much fun to watch!

Hannah and her cousin Lindsey.

Another great thing about the monkey harness, it wore him out!

The Men and the Boys

This picture was taken upon request from Kris and Nathan. You probably can't read the sign, but it was a sign for an animal more commonly known as a donkey. I don't know why they wanted their picture in front of it!

After the zoo, Kris and Nathan relaxed by playing a little air hockey and a lot of darts!

Hannah and Lincoln played dress up!

Thanks Les and Carol for letting us stay in your wonderful home and letting us bring our friends! They actually used to go to church with Nathan and his family in Memphis years ago. So, these are the first Keims that the Blands actually knew!

On Saturday night we went to a Cardinals game. Again, it was super hot! We still had a good time though. Had to get a picture of the Arch.

We stopped on the way up to St. Louis and got some Cardinals attire. The kids looked so cute!

Hannah and Logan. Hannah LOVES Logan! She talks about him all the time. She kind of has a crush.

Waiting to get in the game.

One of my favorite pictures! Aren't they sweet?

We got there early to try to get some pictures of the players. They were having some promotion where the players came out on the field before the game and you could get pictures of them. Hannah and Benson sat down and started playing in the outfield dirt.

I got a picture of Albert Pujols. If you know anything about baseball, you know who he is, if you don't, you can skip this picture.

Lincoln was a booger during the game, bless his heart. Of course, he couldn't be still and there was not much room to move around in the seats. Not having the pacy didn't help either. He's doing pretty well without it, by the way. We haven't looked back--and don't plan on it. After about the 7th inning, he passed out.

Benson was all smiles during the game--much like his daddy.

We made some great memories on this trip with some great friends! Hopefully, we can do it again next year!