Road trip: Part I

Selby to St. Louis Summer of 2012

  We left Selby June 15th for Spirit Lake, Iowa. We stayed with my parents for a week.

One night Jason and the boys flew a kite. Peyton was very interested in holding the string and watching the kite. Nolan could care less about what they were doing. 

Nolan would rather have another ear of sweet corn than fly a kite.

Grandma and Nolan playing

Peyton building with his legos. My mom bought him some legos and when she brought them home she realized that they were the little ones. Peyton saw the new legos and had to open them and Grandma couldn't tell him no. So both of them looked at the pictures and started putting the pieces together. Peyton did a wonderful job looking at the pictures to see what came next.

While we were in Spirit Lake we headed up to the Twin Cities to see Jason's sister JoAnn and her kids Makayla and Evan. We all headed to the Minnesota Zoo.

Peyton and Makayla looking at the bears.

This was Jason's favorite exhibit I think it is because they were so close to us.

Is he looking at me?

Nolan loved feeding the goat. He got mad at me when I took him out to see another exhibit.

Peyton on the other hand wanted nothing to do with the goats. When Jason tried putting Peyton down he justed screamed. Later we asked Peyton why he didn't like the goats and he said," They will eat me." I don't know where he got that idea from.

Evan and Nolan taking a breather

The pegiuin exhibit was my favorite one. It was fun to watch them swim around.

A few days later we headed to St. Louis. We stayed with my Aunt and Uncle. We had a fun time swimming in their new pool and chatting. I wish that I toook more pictures. We also went to the Arch.

Here we are waiting to go up the Arch.

Inside the Arch

Boys, what can you see?

Views from the Arch

 Our truck is somewhere in the parking lot.

Our family pic inside the the Arch's musuem.

Relaxing on the grounds at the Arch.

The boys playing sit on dad.

We also went to visit Jason's Aunt who also lives near St. Louis. It was nice to catch up with her and for her to met Nolan for the first time.