Missouri Trip

Jace and I were able to go to Missouri for two weeks with my sister Natalie and her two kids. The whole reason we all headed to St. Louis was for my niece's baptism. All of her aunts were there and she said that was really important to her so I was glad I made it for her special day. I can't believe she is 8 already. My sister, Heather, had a very nice program planned and the spirit was so strong. My mom gave a really nice talk on baptism. I am glad I could see sweet little Kyra dressed in white make such an important decision. After the weekend was over my parents and my sister, Melanie, each went home and Natalie and I were there to stay for two more weeks. We ate a lot of food, stayed up way too late, went shopping a lot, and did tons of fun activities for the kids. It was fun to spend time with my sisters, Melanie and my parents were VERY missed, but I think all of us were super tired by the end. Thanks Chad & Heather for letting us invade your house for two weeks!!!
It snowed the first weekend we were there so it was very cold. There is a pond close to their house that we took a walk to several times. The kids enjoyed watching the geese.
Here's the baptism girl!!!!
Grandma did her hair.
Heather and her family.

Here's the whole group that came for Kyra's baptism.
Heather made lots of yummy food for us and her house was way cute too.

We enjoyed Heather's backyard. Jace had a great time playing outside.
Here's all the grandkids-Ashton, Skye, Kyra, Cali, Dane, & Jace
My mom rented a hotel room for two nights and we enjoyed swimming in the pool.



This is how Heather's van looked the majority of the two weeks, packed full of kids.
We went to the train museum and the little boys loved it.




More fun in the backyard.


Meal times were a little crazy. :)
We went to the Magic House which is a large children's museum. Jace loved it!!


We also went to the mall a few times. Jace enjoyed the ice cream and the merry-go-round.

Most of the time Ashton and Jace didn't get along so this was a rare moment when they played well together. Jace pushed Ashton in the stroller all the way into the bedroom and then they bounced on the bed together. I think because they are so close in age they have a hard time sharing toys.

We went to Chuck E. Cheese and Jace fell asleep after about thirty minutes there. His nap and bed time routine were all crazy so I guess he had to crash sometime.

We went to the St. Louis Zoo. Heather didn't go because Dane was sick so we took Skye with us. We had fun looking at all the animals and the best part was that it was free!!



The little girls took a break in the baby strollers.
They have an indoor room with butterflies. The little boys loved it. Jace was laughing every time he saw a butterfly. It was so cute.
We also went to an indoor bounce house place. We went the day before we left. It was fun for Jace to get to know his cousins more and fun for me to be with my sisters. We were glad to see Sheldon though since that is the longest we have been apart and glad to get back into our normal routine again. But is sure was FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!