St. Louis Zoo

The Zoo here is awesome. It got me all excited for San Diego after seeing the see lion show. One of them even did a back flip that I did not get a picture of but it sure was amazing to see.

(Sorry the pictures are all out of order.)

This Bear was so funny the picture below was the first picture once he realized we were there he waved to us hence the picture above. It was so funny.

The Ferris Wheel lasted the majority of the time. I started to get sick from going around so many times. But Tyler and Raquel refused to get off. We went around like ten times. So not good for the stumic.

Here is one of the videos that I got of the sea lion jumping 7 feet from the water to ring a bell. So fun to watch.

First Day of Preschool

Tyler's first day of school was today. He did a lot better then his mother. I all most started crying so I had to hurry and leave his room. After school I asked him how it was. He said it was dumb and he wanted to go to another school. So I asked if he got to play on the playground and he said yeah but just for a little bit. Apparently that is why he did not have fun because it was all about learning and not enough play. We will just have to see if he starts picking up on Spanish here soon.

Polka-Dots

Raquel's new church dress. Jared picked it out. After church we took her out of it so it would not get ruined and 5 minutes later she had it back on. This went on a couple of more times and finally we gave up and let her wear it the rest of the day.

The Turtle Expedition

This was our second attempt to catch turtles. Needless to say we caught pretty much everything except a turtle. I guess we need to wake up a lot earlier.

Tyler saw a snake and was trying to hit it with a rock.
Raquel had to take her stick everywhere.

The frog we caught. It sure was a jumper.

The crawdads that we caught. They were pretty busy fighting one another.

and of course the snake that we scouted out

It was fast but Jared was clever. It was a stare down and while the snake was busy looking at Jared, Jared moved his hand slowly behind him and grabbed his neck. (not sure it was a boy but we will just say that it was)

Unfortunately, the snake escaped the bucket. Jared was not willing to let him go so he grabbed his tail and the snake sprung around and bit Jared. So after convincing Jared that the snake could bite the kids he let it go. And since I was on the roll I convinced him to let all the other critters go too.

HELLO MISSOURI!!!

Well we made it. We are here and all alive. It is gorgeous here. So green with lots of bugs. They are the only things that annoy me. Other then that the humidity has not been bad but everyone has been telling me that this summer was very mild (Not looking forward to next summer). There are a ton of things to do here. The first night here Jared took us to catch frogs. gross I Know but fun to watch the kids. All you have to do is run your foot through the grass and they start hopping. The firefly's are really neat. My favorite personally. We caught one but Jared had to kill it. It was about to make it great escape in the house. The pictures are of today's event. We went down to the Missouri river and the kids road their bikes well I pulled Raquel and Tyler road. There is a trail that goes along the Missouri river that is literally about 250 miles long. I hear you can take it all the way to Kansas City. It use to be a railroad all along the Missouri river so every so often you will see tacks and even cabooses. It is so neat. It is even better to go to church and study the Doctrine and Covenants and to think that most all of it took place in just a 3 hour radius. The lessons are so spiritual and more exciting.

This is Tyler after his long bike ride.

Sorry I could not figure out how to delete this picture.

This is Lewis, Clark and Clark's dog Sean. They are the explorers that founded St. Charles. Tyler and Raquel were really afraid of Sean until they realized he was not real.

The great beauty about this bridge is that it looks like the cars are driving into the trees.

My cute little angle, need I say more.

There were bird houses all along the park way.

Tyler enjoying the boat up close.

Good By Utah

Well I do have to admit that the only thing I miss about Utah is family. Don't get me wrong I love Utah, It is pretty and it will always be home for me but I am still excited about the adventure here in Missouri.

Great Grandpa Roberts and the kids. They still ask if they can go to his farm and feed the cows.

Grandpa and Raquel. Terry got Raquel hooked on ice. everytime it melts in her cup she needs more. That was untill we got here and don't have ice anymore. However that does not stop her from asking.

Grandma Kay, Grandpa Terry and the kids during the 4th of July. this is the the hardest for the kids. They really miss them and always talk about them.

We will see ya again in San Diego come November.

I would of posted more pictures of the family but I don't have any on me right now.

Raquel's Cute Belt

This is the belt that Paul made for Raquel. So Cute and perfect.