Spring Break

Last week was Andrew's Spring break (probably his last one since he will be working at a private practice next year at spring break time)! We knew it wasn't going to be much of a break since boards are coming up in a couple weeks. We spent Monday and Tuesday doing the normal routine, Andrew went to school and studied for 8 hrs both days. Wednesday he studied all morning as well why the kids and I drove to Little Rock to pick up Andrew's sister Deb. We were excited for he to come visit us and see where we live. We thought we were going to be back by late afternoon but we got delayed big time. What is usually a two hour drive each way turned into a 3 hr trip on the way there and a almost 4 1/2 hr drive back. We were literally parked on the freeway for a good 45 min, and interstate 40 is lined with semis so it was us and all the truckers. Luckily we had lots to snack on and talk about and movies to entertain the kids! We finally made it back and were so hungry and Deb requested we go to Gus's fried chicken, can't go wrong with Gus's it was delicious!

Thursday we woke up super early and drove up to St. Louis for the day. We love going up there and going to their zoo and science center/planetarium since it is all free. We arrived just after noon and went into the zoo and had a picnic of Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches and some leftover chicken from the night before. We sat on a nice deck overlooking some water. After we ate we went and saw the penguins. They also have some in a cold stinky building with puffins and penguins in it as well!

Ella wasn't a fan of getting close since they were sticking their beaks outThis is my stinky face, it smelled so awful in there!We then went and saw all the different monkeys. Ella loves monkeys and was pretty excited and actually got up close to the glass!Easton was happy to be let out of the stroller to roam around. He loved standing at the windows of all the exhibits!Easton loves to be on shoulders!

Seeing the giraffes! Easton loves to point!Before we left we drove by the arch. We actually found a spot to park across the street from it so we got out and walked around. The kids were tired and done otherwise we would have gone inside for a bit. It was a windy day! That would be us standing at the top of the hill!Looking towards downtown from the arch!I love how you can see the little piece of the moon in this one!It was fun to take Deb around to all the different places she had never been!We went to the planetarium before the arch and walked over to the science center. They were closing soon so we just walked around quickly. We crossed the sky bridge that goes over the freeway a couple times. The kids loved looking in the little windows on the ground that look straight down to the freeway! They are just happy anywhere they can roam free!