At the Zoo!

We LOVE the St. Louis Zoo!!  It wasn't really hot but it was quite humid.  However, we had the best turn out of animals we have ever seen.  We always laugh that we never get to see the Rhinos, and FINALLY, he was out today

We always take a picture by the snake.  Eric wasn't very cooperative.

The elephants are always my favorite, and today was incredible!  These two girls were having so much fun in the water.  There is a spray of water coming out that each was competing to get to.  I am not sure how old these girls are, but they are still quite small.  What fun to watch!

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beautiful

I absolutely love the tiger shots we got this time

This little camel was just born this morning.

This is the mom.  She is always this ugly.

At the park by Grandma and Grandpa

We haven't been to St. Louis in such a long time!  We certainly won't wait as long next time.  There is a park by Grandma and Grandpa's house that Ryan and Eric really love

I was not around for this picture.... thank goodness.

Houston....

I think we have a binky problem

Pre-School Graduation

Well we have finally made it to Kindergarten.  Ryan had his pre-school graduation and it was a lot of fun.  They had the kids sing all sorts of songs they had prepared for this special event.

We have a new camera that has this cool feature that allows you to take pictures while taking video at the same time.  Sort of.  I find this rather humorous, but Sean is less than thrilled with the results.  Watch and see what happens when Sean "takes" a picture - haha.

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Grammy made Ryan a very cute, I mean cool, shirt

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Here are all the kids

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Caroline, Colton, Ryan and Brayden

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Ryan receiving his diploma

oh the trouble these four have caused over the years...

Ryan and Brayden and most of their teachers

Guitars and Dancing

Ryan and Eric are really into FAST music.  We all are fans of the Zac Brown band, and Sic em on a Chicken is Ryan's favorite song.

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Last soccer game of the spring.

It seems that another season of soccer is behind us. I once again was honored with the privilege of coaching. I truly do love coaching and watching the kids grow during the season. It is amazing how much better Ryan is this Spring than he was just last Fall. I once again managed to have a "Bad News Bears" team. We didn't score a goal all season....well until today that is. And to make it even better it was Ryan that scored our only goal!!!! The upside for me is that I can tell my kids all have a good solid understanding of the fundamentals of the game...and of course they have more fun than the other teams because they have nuttiest coach in the league.

Late in the 4th quarter down by probably 5 goals, Ryan is determined.

He shoots...HE SCORES!!!!!!!!!!



Enjoying a snack after the game.



I figure I should document all the kids names while I can still remember them. From left to right...Christian, Jake, Josue, Luke, Jordan, Mary , Coach Sean, Tyler, Lucia, Emmet, Brayden, Ryan