About a month ago we had a "Special Family Vacation Day" We thought the kids needed a vacation, but Mark dosen't have any free vacation days left at work, and we didn't really want to do a road trip with the three little ones. So we did a one day trip to St. Louis. They were so excited and asked every day if we were going.
First we went to the Museum of Transportation. They have a LOT of trains.
And they are HUGE!
They had so many different types of trains, it really was fun. Danton, Lydia, and Daddy even got to take a ride on a rail car. I missed it, and they didn't have the camera, but Mark said the driver let Danton sit in the front and he had a HUGE smile on his face. I did wave as they rode past

The caboose

They also had LOTS of cool old cars

The picture doesn't do this one justice, it was massive.
Then we went to the temple grounds. Our kids had never been and we wanted them to feel the sacredness of the temple as they walked around. As soon as we crested the hill and it came into view Lydia was SO excited.
We walked around for only about 10 mins. We were dressed in casual clothes, and it was stinking HOT. Arissa slept the whole time.
Lydia had to touch the temple.
The kids wanted to go touch the trees.
Then we went to lunch at a restaurant, (Hardees) And then off to the Science Center
The hop scotch made sounds when you jumped on it
Danton was a little scared of the T Rex. It moves and makes noise and he kept telling it to stop.
Then we ran into Uncle Scott and Aunt Laura...that was crazy and super fun.
in the picture from right to left Mark, Danton, Laura, Jessica, Hayley, And Lydia.
We were so tired, that we were all done by 2 or 2:30. The kids totally fell asleep on the way home.
The kids got free bowling passes from the library reading program this summer, so we took them for FHE a couple weeks later.
Arissa was a little fussy and didn't like being handed off constantly, so Daddy got pretty good at bowling with a baby.

The kids LOVED it till about the 5th frame, but they lasted till the 7th frame...then they noticed the arcade driving games behind them. So daddy and I finished out the game for them.
It's hard to see his ball cause it's yellow-ish green and just looks like the reflection of the light on the lane, but it's down on the right side of the lane. It was going REALLY slow. ...that may be why they didn't last all 10 frames...

Lydia doing her victory dance. She did one nearly every time she knocked ANYTHING down.

And these are just some pictured of Danton helping Daddy wash the truck....Lydia helped too, only she had the hose and was not only washing the truck, but she was washing Danton too. Soooo...she had to go inside.