Beilmans Out & About in St. Louis

We had so much fun enjoying the St. Louis Zoo with Grandma Pat & Grandpa Dan!  The sea lion show was fantastic! However, my favorite stop was the penguin house because it was ice cold in there.  The heat & humidity of Missouri in the Summer never ceases to make me crazy, so I could have stayed in that smelly penguin exhibit all day.  Plus, those little guys are cute!

 All the Beilmans waiting to go visit the penguins.

 

Davis doing his best penguin impersonation.

 Sean & his folks.

 Davis cooling off at Uncle Marc & Aunt Cindy's pool!  We celebrated our niece Brooke's college graduation but unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures with her.  So disappointed about that, but we were very glad to be able to spend time with her and the rest of the family.  Such a great day!

 

 Carter jumping in with the big turtle.

Relaxing in the shade with this cutie. :-)

Back at home, Davis loved watching Grandma Pat play the piano.

Stop #2, The Lou

We drove to St. Louis for our second leg of the Midwestern Adventure.  (After a stop in Columbia to see my dear friend, Stephanie, for some girl time.)  We took the boys to the Magic House in Kirkwood for one of our favorite stops.  This place is amazing!  

 Davis climbing the three-story plant.

 Davis dressed as a construction worker.

 Carter digging.

 Carter warming up his seat in the oval office.

 Mary Anne's daughter, Kathryn, and Carter holding court. 

 Fun with pokey thingys.

 She's going to kill me for posting this...Mary Anne swinging like Tarzan.  :-)  LOVE it!!!

 Carter building with giant Lincoln logs.

 Davis floating his contraption.

BFFs.  Love her!

Summer Road Trip, Stop #1

Since Fall has started, I decided I needed to get back on track with the blog!  So...I'm starting with our annual Summer road trip to the Midwest.  First stop, Lawrence, to visit Grandad & Grandma Nancy.  I posted lots of pics from this stop on Facebook back in July so I won't duplicate them here.  We had a great time exploring downtown via the bus from Grandma & Grandad's house!  The boys loved that and spending time with cousin Marcus.  They all had a blast!  It was a short visit there since we had already planned to see Grandad & Grandma again in Estes Park the following week. 

Everyone waiting for the bus.

Leaving the cool toy store on Mass.  We were good & didn't buy much!

The boys loved playing with all the vintage toys Grandma Nancy has saved.