Photoshoot

So many photos, so little time. We took a baby photoshoot of Anna today. We about died when Anna put her little hands up like this. She's really growing fast. Take a look at the photos we got.

Welcome to the Zoo

We went to the zoo today, and it was awesome!! We had such a good time. It's free too! The grounds were gorgeous, and they had some pretty impressive animals. Our favorites were the hippos, elephants, cheetahs, and rhinos. See the elephant in the background?
It's so cute because they have a little train that takes you all over the zoo and all of the kids on there had a smile on their face about a mile wide. The park was packed but we still had a good time.
There's a beautiful bird behind Josh in the picture below if you can see it.

If you look in the distance, there is a HUGE rhino. It looks like a massive rock. He was camouflaged very well.

Here's Anna, just hanging out in the stroller. The only animal she seemed to like was her stuffed frog.

Look at this hippo!!! It was humongous!! This was definitely my favorite to see.

This is a picture of a cheetah!

More elephant pictures.

Check out this gorgeous waterfall in the background. Look how big Anna is getting!

Family Pic. Awww.....

Date Night

Dating your husband is the best!! Josh and I got to go out on Thursday night while some of our good friends watched Anna. It was very nice to spend some quality time together. Since it was such a nice night out, we went for a bike ride in Forest Park. The sky was all lit up with beautiful pinks and blues and purples. There were huge clouds everywhere and a great breeze in the air. We couldn't have picked a better night.

The landscape in Forest Park is out of this world. You might not be able to tell but there is a beautiful waterfall behind Josh.

So, this isn't a fabulous picture of me but check out the scenery. There are huge trees lining the path. It's so green and lush. We were in heaven just looking at everything.

Take a look at this beautiful sunset.

This is Ted Drewes. It's very famous here in St. Louis and has even been on the FOOD NETWORK. I thought that was pretty cool. They sell frozen custard, and I admit, it was delicious.

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It was a great night!

Silly Girl

Anna has just started making the craziest faces. She's recently learned the art of screaming, which we think is just adorable. She jets out her lower gums and makes the cutest sound. It's so fun that her personality is beginning to develop.

Nauvoo!

This weekend we went to Nauvoo. It was so much fun! We had never been to the pageant before and it exceeded our expectations. We also got to see a show called High Hopes and Riverboats put on by the performing missionaries. The weather was perfect. We were so worried because the A/C in our car went out, but we were blessed with cool weather!

We went to Carthage Jail first.




This is at the Smith Family Cemetery. Joseph's home is in the background and his grave is the stone in the middle behind the beautiful girls.

We ate at a buffet at the Hotel Nauvoo. It was INCREDIBLE! Anna sat in the high chair for the first time and loved it.

She couldn't get enough to eat!

Poor Anna didn't get enough naps in during the day. She was totally pooped by the end of the day.

Here are my beautiful girls in front of the Nauvoo temple getting ready to go to the pageant.

The pageant was incredible. We were very impressed and recommend it to everyone!

Happy 4th!!

Happy late Independence Day! We had a great 4th! We began our morning making crepes, flag-style. It was really fun and they were delicious. We think this just might have to become a Lee family tradition. It rained all morning so we couldn't go out until the afternoon. We headed down to a city festival/fair, but it looked pretty terrible, so we ended up going to Forest Park. Forest Park is one of the largest parks, or maybe the number one largest, in the nation. It's even bigger than Central Park. As we walked around, we wondered how much it cost for the upkeep because it is perfectly landscaped and absolutely beautiful. They show free Broadway plays there, and it's actually the touring broadway company! Josh and I are planning on going in a few weeks when my mom comes so she can watch Anna. We're really excited. We went and looked at the outdoor theater and it was awesome.

Here's a very patriotic arch. This is a very St. Louis thing to do. :-)

Behind us is the art museum. It's absolutely HUGE. We're excited to go because it's free admission and they have awesome art there, so we've heard. The grounds were incredible.

We thought this was the outdoor theater but it is actually just a pavillion. We hiked all of these stairs then were surprised to only find a bathroom. However, an interesting note is that this pavillion was the head place when the World Fair was held here. Cool huh?

Anna wanted to dip her toes in the water.

Say cheese!!

We had some of our friends over to go swimming and everytime Anna got close to little Lucas, she tried to eat his float. He didn't like that too much, but we had fun nonetheless.

The day we found out that I was pregnant, we went shopping of course! This is the very first outfit we ever bought for our little angel. She is finally old enough to fit in it, and she looked really beautiful that day. We couldn't really get her to smile for the pictures so this is the best we got.

Anna helped me do the laundry on Saturday night. We had a great time together.