The Tree Family

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Summer 2012

Petting the sharks and stingrays at the St Louis Zoo.

The St Louis Science Center with friends.

If you're outside here you need water!

For the 4th of July we got together to BBQ all day with friends and then watched the fireworks .

Grants Farm

We went back to Grants Farm to give it another shot. First time was not a great trip. This time around was awesome. Weather was perfect which can make all the difference.

Feeding the goats was fun. The girls were terrified to go in. I took this pic of Tyson and later noticed Saydee crying in the background. Took her a while to warm up to them.

The elephant show was terrific but where we all got sprayed with snotty elephant water. I was a little disgusted and the kids thought that was cool.

Friday, September 7, 2012

A dear friend took our family pictures just a few days before our annual Utah trip. It must have been one of the hottest and most humid evenings of the summer. So much for curling hair and not being hot and sweaty. Despite all that she got some darling pictures.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Finishing 2011 highlights

Saydee is obsessed with the violin. Heath used to play when he was young and taught her how to hold it and play a few notes. For months after we'd catch her pretending to play on a hanger. It was adorable and finally I caught her on camera. Thought about starting lessons but we'll see.

One evening we had dessert with some friends. Saydee left upset because they had "shiny rocks" outside their house and apparently we do not. Heath told her that we have shiny rocks too, but our's are just dirty and need to be cleaned. So for two days straight the girls scrubbed the rocks/gravel in our driveway using a toothbrush and dishsoap. They spent hours scrubbing without getting bored. Heath is a genuis!

The halloween bugs of 2011

Saydee's 5th birthday. She and Elli made rainbow cupcakes. We had a party with lots of little friends and I of coarse forgot pictures again. They had a blast.