A Trip to the Zoo

We finally made a trip to the Toledo Zoo last Saturday. Everyone enjoyed themselves and Mommy and Daddy were very tired at the end of the day!Heidi and Andy love the elephants! They were moving alot and actually doing something other than sleeping!

Cole finds riding the stone statues to be rather exciting!

Mommy took this cool picture of a bird in its little nest. She was convinced after she took the picture it was going to fly out and attack her!

They had a big butterfly exhibit, but you had to pay extra to see it. Mommy decided that a few got out of the building. Why pay money to see several. One was good enough for our kids!

Cole riding a tiger...will he be a circus trainer someday?

Heidi and Andy stayed in the wagon the entire day without a fuss. We got them out to ride the train right before we left. You will notice the sippy cups... they did not stay in the wagon the whole ride!

Cole had to be hatched!

We thought we would get a picture of the three kids together... no point. Heidi and Andy were too interested in the statue to look at the camera!

Tessa's Baptism

This weekend Mommy and Daddy became Godparents again. This time they have a beautiful Goddaughter. Tessa was a real sport during the baptism...she never even woke up to see what was going on!Here is a picture of us with the newest Seibert addition.

Meeting up with the whole Seibert clan is always alot of fun. The only one missing from this photo is Andy because he was too busy ringing the church bells to pose for a picture. By the time we convinced him to join in the action others started to wander. What do you expect when you have this many children 4 years old and under!

Heidi let Mommy hold Tessa for a little while until she insisted that I make room for her on my lap. We could never steal Tessa and try to pass her off as a McCool... no one would believe us!

Heidi and Andy even played nice with June. Three kids playing with the same toy at the same time and no one is crying...never happens in my house!

Evie played with Heidi for quite awhile stacking blocks. Thanks for being such a good sport, Evie!

Pictures

We attempted to take group pictures one afternoon. We were soon reminded why we go to the professionals when we really want a good picture! Pretty Good!

Two out of the three look good!

Way too goofy!

Too Much Fun at the Fair!

This is what happens when you let them out of the wagon!

Fair Time

We loaded up the Trailblazer and headed to the Williams County Fair last weekend. We had a nice afternoon touring the buildings, seeing some tractors, and chatting with familiar faces. We thought maybe all would look and smile at the camera... nope!

Heidi felt the big tractor was great. Let me drive, Daddy!

Andy was more interested in the big tire. We tried getting the kids to sit in the tire for a picture, and no one would cooperate. Sorry, Uncle Kevin & Aunt Elizabeth!

We checked out the Big Bobcat... the boys thought this would be fun to have at home.

Scoop us up, Cole!

More Fair Fun

Heidi and Andy observe Cole milking the cow in the cattle barn. Andy just loves cows these days. He watches for them whenever we take a trip in the car!

Cole was a big "leader" at the fair. He wanted to make sure we didn't miss seeing any of the animals while we were there!

Heidi and Andy took seeing all of the animals pretty well. Here, a goat tries to get a closer look at Heidi... she wasn't so sure. She was much happier when the animals couldn't get to her.

Cole felt a great need to pet any animal that was sleeping or seemed "okay to him". We were sure to remind him that he would never have farm animals at his house to pet.

Even Andy liked petting animals as long as they didn't look too scary.