back to the zoo

We are zoo crazy lately, and we'll be going again in a week. We joined the membership thing they have that allows us to park for free and we also get discounts on stuff, and free train rides and all kinds of other fun stuff, so we go a lot. Anyway, here are a couple of cool pictures.


Then we went to Lone Elk park, which is a park that has deer and elk and bison just roaming around and you can drive through and sometimes see the animals up close. This time right as we entered the park there was an elk about 20 feet from the van.

Happy Birthday Nathan

Nathan had his third birthday on Sunday. Time is going by way too fast. Here are some pictures from the past 3 years of our litle boy!
When he was born

His first birthday

His second birthday

This year

Memorial Day weekend

We took the kids to the park on Sunday of memorial weekend. They are becoming quite the little monkeys climbing all over everything. At least they haven't started climbing onto things too much at home yet.

Happy Birthday to me!

Sean is so great. For my birthday he got me a really cute Bud Light Beach bag I'd been eying in the Bud Shop Catalog. He also got me a huge gift certificate to Seasons Spa, so I can disappear to the spa for several hours. I can't wait to go! On the crappy side, Nathan is sick today. Sean took him to the Urgent Care center because I think he has an ear infection. Hopefully that's all it is and after 24 hours of antibiotics he'll be feeling much better.

mother's day present

The kids were so cute for mothers day. Sean took them shopping and he asked what they thought I wanted for Mother's Day. They thought for a while and then Emma said, "Dad, Mom needs some friends." For those of you that don't know, the kids call their stuffed animals their friends, so she was telling Sean that I needed a stuffed animal or two. Sean said it was so cute he just couldn't say no, so my newest friends are a duck and an owl. They really are cute. Sean also got me some beautiful flowers and a calla lily plant.

4 months old

Megan had her 4 month check-up today. Everything went well, and she's still growing. She is now 13 pounds 4 ounces and 24 1/2 inches long. She had to get 3 shots and one oral vaccine. She hated the shots and has been running a mild fever, but that is an expected side effect, so we're not worried yet. I can't believe 4 months have gone by already. I am starting to get back into shape finally. Sean and I have both joined weight watchers. I've lost almost 10 pounds since joining on March 31st. Sean has only been doing it for 2 1/2 weeks, but he's already lost 6 pounds. We're both hoping to lose a lost more. Since having Megan I've lost almost 40, but I don't count all of that since a lot of it was just from being pregnant. Hopefully by the time everyone sees us again we're going to look fabulous!

this weekend

Saturday we had a big barbeque with a lot of friends and their families. The kids loved playing with everyone.

Today Sean took the Emma and Nathan to the zoo while I had a mom's club meeting at the house. Emma was in charge of the camera, and she took some awesome pictures. Of course there are still some pictures of the ground and a tree, but overall I'm quite impressed! Emma took all but the last one.




And now some pictures of Megan from this past week.