Memorial Weekend

To celebrate Memorial Day, we went to GG and Grandad's boat in Louisiana. On Saturday, we spent the day in New Orleans at the aquarium. Emerson loved seeing all of the fish- even touching a stingray and baby shark!
We spent Sunday just relaxing on the boat. Emmy even got to help grandad drive! The weather was wonderful despite an ominous forecast and Emerson had a lot of fun hanging out with her grandparents, Uncle P and Aunt Bobo!

Go Cards!

For our anniversary, Jeff and I decided to go to a Cardinals game while Emerson spent the night with her grandparents. After only an inning, a terrible storm came through. We stuck it out, but they canceled the game anyway. So, for the makeup game, we decided to take Emerson along. We later discovered that she wasn't feeling too well, but we still had fun playing in the kids area!

Mother's Day weekend

We had a fun Mother's Day weekend! On Friday night, we saw the preview of the stingrays at the zoo. Emerson stuck her hand in the pool, but I think she splashed a little much for them to come up to her. She also loved watching a sea lion show and riding the carousel.
On Saturday night, we took grandma and grandpa out for dinner to celebrate their 40th anniversary. It's such a blessing to have been raised by parents with such a strong marriage. We had a delicious dinner on the Hill and finished with grandpa's (and Emerson's) favorite - Ted Drewe's!
For Mother's Day, we went to a tiger sanctuary and some wineries down in southern Missouri. Emerson loved hearing the white tiger roar and doing it back. I just enjoyed spending time with my daughter and my mother and realizing how lucky I am!

Mother's Day Pictures

We took the cousins to have pictures taken for grandma for Mother's Day again this year. I would like to say that it was a little more difficult due to the fact the Ben and Emmy can now run. But, really, it was just Emerson that ran around the studio like a crazy child. The last picture is a perfect example of how the kids behaved that night. Notice that Emerson is about to be up and running, Ben is calmly sitting, but not smiling, and Kenzie is excitedly trying to make the little ones laugh. We ended up with a few cute ones, and no matter what, Grandma Peaches would love them!