I love to see the temple part 5

We stopped at Saint Louis temple on the way out of town- the boys were asleep so I got to take Ellie on a walking date around the grounds and Jason got to take Ems

I love this girl and being able to be at this holy place 

The science center -- yet another free thing part 4

The science center is soo great! Monster dinosaurs

Fossil diggings 

Amazing science shows- 

The kids got to feel and taste clouds! See a fire tornado, 

We successfully built an arch- but not this rotten structure 

They rode a rocket ship to Mars 

Emmy was old enough for the science lab- I could have spent the day in there! 

We channeled our inner bill nye, isolated wheat germ dna- analyzied ink from a crime scene- so super fun!!!

Callahan couldn't stop yell growl roaring at the T. rex- 

Playing with the fog tornado- this place wAs soooooo cool!

The zoo!! Part 3

The zoo is amazing - truly best. Zoo. Ever.

Before we walked in I told the kids to pay attention and at the end of the day I wanted their top three favorite creatures. Ellie wanted every one- every one. The hippo Ellie said was "a creature I could take home" 

The amazing zoo had many things, including a fabulous butterfly house- Emmy declared this the best part of the day!

I loved that this butterfly matched her perfectly. 

Callahan didn't even squeeze or kill his- he is such an amazing 2 yr old

Cavan was NOT allowed to touch them

Callan was begging to be wrapped all day- after Cavanaugh's nap he got to run and I gave in. He was delighted for the 2 minutes that he remained awake. I love this angel mama's boy

Saint Louis vacay part 2

The arch is heavily under construction- so we got to visit the courthouse- where a makeshift museum has been set up

I spy j and cavan way up high

Emmy being puzzled over the buffalo chips...

My life- 

The pioneer children

The kids were being so goofy and I love the expressions on each face in each pic

The courthouse-- gorgeous 

My phone died and this was the only sculpture I got pics of-- but there were a ton of cool ones- and it was all hands on-  some with fountains- a camera and tv to watch yourself dance to the music- it was too fun

Meet me Saint Louie! Louie! Part 1

We started our summer trip off right with free Krispy Kreme report card donies! 

Road trip!!!

We got to the hotel- drury Inn- psa: go there. Free amazing hot breakfast- wait for it... And  DINNER- We literally bought 3 meals total- between that- the fab rooms and the pool- we could have literally gone to the next exit over and had a blast

The kids were over the moon- they adored every detail of the hotel- every detail