Missouri Botanical Gardens

Since we had the Sutherlands visiting for Evie's birthday, it was a perfect time to go see the botanical gardens. It was so pretty, and I definitely want to go back on a weekend so we can plan to spend the entire day. The girls were pretty impressed with all of the fountains.

This sculpture was fun for the kids to pull on and ring the bells. 

Kiersten really wanted Kara to get a picture of her making bunny ears behind my head. 

There were some mazes for the kids to run around in. they weren't too challenging, but Kara was sure upset when Tommy ran ahead of her, and she thought he was lost forever. 

The kids loved putting their hands in this waterfall. 

One of the highlights was the pond where you could feed the fish. The kids had a great time here. 

Kara wanted to stay longer with the Sutherlands, but Evie and Kiersten both wanted to go, so we didn't see the rest of the gardens. But I'm sure we'll be back with Ben soon enough. 

Evie just loved tickle time with Tucker. He is such a fun baby, and easy to laugh. 

Kiersten is swimming so much better all of a sudden. on sunday night we went over to the pool, and she just started swimming around. I was a little surprised, as I've only seen her be able to go a little bit before she panics and puts her legs down. Maybe she'll be able to do swim team next year. 

Last week Ben and I went to a cardinals game. It was really nice to be in the "champions club" because it was air conditioned, and had all you can eat food and drinks. It was such a hot day. we got to go down on the field during batting practice to get our pictures taken, and it was so hot! I thought the game was going to be miserable in that heat. But our seats were just outside the champions club area under an awning with big fans going, so it was actually pretty nice after all. I still haven't gotten the picture of us on the field from Ben, so I'm assuming they haven't sent it to him yet.