InstaFriday

~~~my weekly phone pics~~~

We visited my sister.

We went swimming and it was awesome!

Grandma and Grandpa returned home from their trip to Alaska and they brought gifts!

Carter does this a lot.  All he wants to do is eat!

We celebrated our 8th anniversary.

Grandma and Grandpa kept the kids so, we could go out.  Alone.

We ate at J. Alexander's and we both had the steak maui with mac and cheese.  Mmm!  It is so good.  You need to try it next time you get a chance.  I'm serious.

Carter is beginning to show a little interest in watching TV.  I obviously don't want him watching all the time, but a few minutes every now and then would be nice.  I need a few minutes.

I got some fun, new nail polish.

Beth and I went shopping at Anthro.  Love!!!

I hung out by the pool.

It was a plastic kiddie pool in our backyard, but that's where I hung out.

Grace and Carter love it.

We went to story time at the library.

Then we picked out some books to take home.

The kids played in our neighbor's sprinkler.  It was coming over the fence into our backyard and they thought that was hilarious!

"We got SUPER wet!"

Well, that was my week in phone pics. Nothing interesting.  Just us being us.

Woo-Hoo! We went to the zoo!

A couple of weeks ago when it wasn't 101+ degrees outside, we went to the zoo.

Carter loved watching the panda snack on some bamboo.

Then, the kids thought it was time for their snack.  They saw me packing lunch and they couldn't wait to eat at the zoo! That face.  Oh my!

After lunch, we watched the elephants and they were playing in the water.

So cool!

Grace and I rode a camel.  She loved it!  I did not...that hump is not very comfortable.  It was actually super uncomfortable and awkward and I felt kinda violated.  Just sayin'

Grace "swam" with the sea lions.

We watched the black bears and played in the Northwest Passage.

Then we headed to the Teton Trek and played in the geysers...so much fun! 

After exploring the Teton Trek, Grace found her favorite baby girl antelope.

We love the giraffes!  They are our favorite!!!

There are signs by the crocodile exhibit that read, "ALIVE" because these things like never move, but we saw it move!  It looked like a lot of work!

Flamingos...pink flamingos!

John took the kids on a train ride through the farm.

This horse liked our Carter Man!

After a short "nap" in the chicken egg, we decided it was time to go.

On our way out, we walked through Cat Country and Carter discovered his favorite part of the zoo...

...the snow leopard's ball!

The Wilhite Farm

The newlyweds, Beth and Kenny, had our entire family down to the farm for the weekend.

I kinda love it there and I'm trying to figure out a way to move there.  I just need to sell our house and get our church, schools, Target, Hobby Lobby, our friends, and our families to move with us.  Then, I'm there!

Lily's pony, Paisley, was saddled up and waiting for us when we got there.  Lily showed the kids how to ride.

Grace rode next.  Thanks, Tripp, for being a gentleman and letting the girls go first.

Carter loved Paisley!!!

Tripp finally got his turn and steered (?) Paisley all by himself!

Grace rode her back to the barn.

Then, it was time to jump in the pool!

Carter and Poppa played a lot of basketball!

Mimi threw gently tossed a lot of kids in the water.

I think Lily was excited to have company in the pool with her!

I love this sweet, silly girl!

We cooked and ate so much food and it was all yummy!

We jumped and giggled on the trampoline (and the kids did too).

Best Cousins!!!

The guys were in charge of the shrimp and crawfish boil.  It's nice to see that the lemonade stand is getting some good use.  Ha!

Kenny, me, and Beth hanging out. (I was totally giggling while taking this.)

Charlie and Carter loved sharing their food and feeding each other.

There will always be some form of dress up when these three get together.

Thanks, Wilhites, for a fun time!  We can't wait to come back or move in!