Wordless Wednessday

Man Alive! Looks Who's 5!!

 My youngest turned 5 on Sept. 25th. I cannot believe he's a whole handful =) We went to the zoo to see the Dinosaur Exhibit. It was pretty neat and Evan loved it. They all moved and one even spit 'venom'. The evening held fun at my parents with almost all the Knox cousins and included a dino dig and dino shaped chicken nuggets. It was crazy loud but the kids had a great time.

He's still a little squirt

Birthday doughnut

My loves

He had a dino themed day

the brothers

Checking out a dino at the dinosaur exhibit at our zoo.

For comparison...the kids next to the t-rex.

                                     

Also saw a tortoise race. They move pretty fast when they're chasing food.

Celebrating Levi

      I asked Levi what he wanted to do for his birthday and he told me he wanted to go bowling with his 2 best buddies and then to the splash pad (we'd had a very busy week so I was glad it wasn't complicated). It was a quiet affair. Just the six of us and Levi's 2 friends plus another mom. We had a great time bowling. It was so fun to watch the kids get excited for each other. Paige gave Levi a pretty cool water gun that was put to use at the splash pad. All in all a very nice day for everyone.                                                                   

He's 9!!

This is the way it was for two games. Everyone was right up there.

Levi and the two friends he wanted to celebrated with.

He must have done pretty good. He's pretty pumped up =)

My beautiful daughter and Levi's friend

Levi with his 2 besties...Bob and Paige

Wordless Wednesday

A Crawfish Boil

A very dear friend of mine was in town visiting from Little Rock this past weekend. Her fiance is a pro at putting together a crawfish boil and my family was invited to partake. Aaron and I had never been to one before so I wasn't sure what to expect. I learned that a crawfish boil is less about the eating and more about the visiting. It had already been a very long day so we didn't get to stay but about 4 hours =) And I only got pictures of Evan because he's the only kid that got into it. The others opted for hotdogs...

The food

His first crawfish

And now it's a finger puppet

At one point he had 2 on each hand

Poor crawfish. They have no idea they're about to get boiled...

The biggest in the bunch. Evan called it the Grandaddy.

St Louis

Back in April Aaron and I took the kids to St. Louis for a few days. We had so much fun! There was a lot of swimming, a trip to the zoo and of course the Arch. Walks in the park and eating out and the making of great memories. Enjoy the pictures!!

Our hotel is the red one.

We got to feed the sting rays!!

Me and my girl

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