Monday, June 29, 2009

A Week of Firsts

Here are the pictures I promised to post including the girls' first flight to Detroit, the girls' first visit to The Arch, Ella's first Cards game, and Adelyn's first trip to the circus with her buddy, Jackson. I'm saving Ella's first haircut for another post so I can include before/after shots. Besides, it's totally worthy of having its own post. ;)

Also during our recent trip to MI/OH with Daddy, we visited the Toledo Zoo as well as an island that we took a ferry over to called Put-In Bay where everyone drove around on golf carts and the girls were able to dip their feet in Lake Erie for the first time. On the island, we also went mining for gemstones and visited a really cool (no pun intended) cave. I should also note that there are a couple 'hotel pics' of Ella raiding the refrigerator and our infamous bed jumping contests. (Yes, that's jumping... not wetting.) We obviously spent a lot of time at the hotel and took full advantage of the pool, too. We also took advantage of some gorgeous Michigan parks where a couple of the pics were taken. I really think we made the most of one of Daddy's work trips- so much so that we are planning another trip there in a couple weeks and will be visiting Cedar Point... a themepark where I rode the tallest rollercoaster in the world. We also look forward to meeting up with old friends since we have planning time.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! We celebrated Andrew's grandparents' 50th yesterday in Springfield (God Bless them!) and I managed to leave my camera behind. I'm seizing the opportunity to catch up during some idle time. ;) We have little plans for this week besides a few trips to the pool... a neighbor has been gracious enough to let us use theirs. We look forward also to the grand 4th of July firework display in STL.