Big girl Kezzi holding big boy Fowler! 

Tori, ever the poser, with her cousin Fowler. 

I think Abbi had me take 10 pictures of just her and Fowler! 

My middle girls, their Aunt Franki and Fowler all cheesing it up! (Okay, so Fowler isn't really a master of the cheese, he's wondering when the photos will end!) 

While we were in St. Louis with the Neeleys, we enjoyed many fun things. Maybe I'll post our Krispy Kreme photos later, but here's a picture from our night out at the arch. I love this picture because it's crazy. We were standing at the base of the arch as it was getting dark. I practically laid on the concrete to get the shot. Kezzi was asleep in the stroller, or she'd be in there, too.  

We visited Meramec Caverns on our way to visit the Neeleys and Grandmother and Pop. Tori took this picture of me, and since I rarely post photos of myself, I thought I'd use this one from the caverns. We enjoyed the caverns, and spent the night there, too. (In the very retro motel, not in the caves themselves!) 

The next 5 pictures are at the RiverSide Reptile Ranch, just outside of Meramec Caverns. We weren't sure what we were getting into when we went, but it turned out to be a great place to visit! They had everything from lions and emus to tortoises and alligators. The guy that lead us around let the girls touch and hold some interesting stuff.

Here is Abbi holding one of the snakes they got to touch. It was especially cute when Abbi held the snakes, because she cradled them like a baby!

I was really impressed that Abbi (Tori and Emmi, too) actually held the alligator. The reptile ranch guy was standing just outside these pictures. He would count to three, jump out of the picture, and jump back in when I had snapped it. 

Emmi cheesing it up with the alligator. 

Finally, here's Tori and the alligator. 

This crazy look is as close as Kezzi got to holding the alligator.

Happy Birthday, Tori!!!

Well, today is Tori's birthday, and I'm posting the pictures already! Yippee! I did good this time! Now, we don't have any more birthdays soon (except mine... probably no pictures) so we could be in danger of a posting shortage, but we are going to Illinois in a couple of weeks. That should give us lots of good pictures with the boy cousins, Grandmother and Pop, and all the rest. We're looking forward to that trip.

Enjoy these photos from Tori's birthday. I realized that I didn't get Abbi in any of the pictures that I posted, so we're going to take some more tonight. I'll try to get them posted soon... don't want to leave her out!!

Here is the 8 year old princess of the day. (And of every day, in her mind.) Tori had a McDonald's birthday party this afternoon, and it was great. I especially liked the part where the waitress cleaned the tables. :) Everyone enjoyed themselves, and Tori got some cute gifts. 

Tori, Rachel and Erin, enjoying their sundaes. 

Tori even had boys at her party! Three of them. These boys are Jaden and Braden. Despite the rhyming names, they are not siblings. I didn't realize until just now that they rhyme. Not that your names should rhyme if you are siblings, but.... okay, I'm rambling again. I get a little silly when I try to come up with things to say about all these pictures!