A Day at the Park

This past Saturday, I wanted to go do something fun as a family. Just the three of us. We talked about going to the Zoo and the Missouri Botanical Gardens, but we thought they would just be too crowded. It was the first nice Saturday we had had in a long time and it was the day before Mother's Day, so we thought we better choose something that would be a little less crowded. 

Jake thought it would be fun to find a nice park and just let Jackson run around, since that seems to be Jackson's favorite thing to do in the world right now. I immediately thought of Faust Park. I had never been there, but had heard it was really nice and that they had a carousel.

So we pulled up directions on our phone navigation and headed out.

It was a beautiful, sunny day! Perfect for a day at the park. 

The playground at this park was very nice. It had a rubber padding as the floor, which was nice! The carousel was closed that day, which we were bummed about, but we had plenty of fun on the playground and just walking around the park. We will have to go back sometime and try out the carousel and the butterfly house that they also have.

Here are a few pictures I took that day. ☺

Jackson did NOT want to stop for a picture. Can you tell? Ha!

Have a great weekend everyone!!

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Throw-back Thursday - Cruise 2007

Thanks so much to all who linked up for Throw-back Thursday last week! I loved reading your posts!

Welcome back to the second week of the Throw-back Thursday Link-Up. 

This week I thought I'd share a cruise Jake and I took back in August of 2007.

We had just gotten married in July of 2007 and had actually just gone to Hawaii for our honeymoon. But we had planned this trip around a friends birthday, so even though the timing wasn't perfect, we were excited to go nonetheless.

We flew to Miami and boarded the Carnival ship "Imagination". It was a smaller ship as this was just a 4 day cruise.

Sailing out to sea.

The Pool that we never once got into. (It was always quite crowded.)

A portion of our cabin.

Beautiful sunset.

The lobby of the ship all lit up.

Jake and I at dinner.

My yummy dessert that night.

Our whole group at dinner.

Our bed the first night.

Our first stop was in Key West! We rented mopeds that day and toured the island. It was so fun... probably the highlight of our trip for me.

Our bed the second night.

Our second stop was in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. We spent a majority of our time in Mexico at the beach. We even ate at a little bar/restaurant right on the beach. We also did a little bit of shopping there as well.

This is where we ate. I had a yummy Pina Colada as well. ☺

Our bed the third night.

Our last day and night were spent on the ship headed back.

 Here Jake and I are after dinner, the last night on the ship.

Another beautiful sunset.

Our bed the last night. 

We had a lot of fun on this cruise. I will say, that my favorite parts though, were when we were stopped in Key West and Mexico. Being on the ship wasn't as much fun for me. It got a little boring after a while. Part of the problem may have been that we were on such a small ship, something I would pay attention to if I ever went on another cruise.

I can't wait to read your posts.

Mother's Day 2013

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day, I certainly did. ☺

We went to church on Sunday and celebrated all the Mothers there!

Then we headed to the cemetery to visit Grammy (my Mom's Mom). She is missed every day, but especially on days like Mother's Day.

After that, we went to my parents' house for lunch. The guys cooked lunch for us. They grilled pork steaks, brats, hamburgers and hot dogs. They also fixed macaroni and cheese, corn and baked beans. It was yummy. My Papa Reg (My Mom's Dad), brought dessert! It was a great afternoon spent with my family.

The guys in the kitchen.

Jackson's not really into taking pictures these days. I think I've worn out the camera's welcome with him, but we managed to at least get one of him and I where he is at least looking at the camera. ;-)

My sister with her boys.

My mom with all three of her grand-kids.

My sister and I went together on gifts for our Mom. We made these cute little flower jars from the boys. My sister posted a tutorial on how they were put together on her blog today. We also plan to take my mom out for a "girls day" to the Painted Zebra and to lunch/dinner.

I also made my mom and my sister these sweet collages and framed them. I got the idea here.

The boys played outside after lunch. They LOVE being outside as much as possible.

 That evening, we headed over to my MIL's house for dinner and to watch the Season Finale of Survivor! ☺

I made her a flower jar with Jackson's hand print on it as well and I made her a collage and framed it. I made her jar pink to match her house a little better.

This was her collage.

And here are a few pictures from our evening with my MIL.

A beautiful rose on my MIL's rose bush.

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