We finally took the kids to the zoo yesterday. It was beautiful outside and we had a great day. Mallie enjoyed her 1st trip, despite coming home with a fever and the flu. Reid loved seeing all the animals. Both of their favorite part was feeding the goats.
This year has just went by so fast. Mallie is 18 months today. She is getting so big. She is already 23lbs 13 oz and 34 inches tall. She is very independent and likes do as much as Reid. She talks a lot more and says many sentences. Her favorite still being "I eat, I eat." She can put down some food. Reid recently got a bike and loves to do "tricks" as he calls them. He has started preschool and likes it a lot. Enjoy the pictures.
Windsor has a annual carnival for Labor Day. We went last night and got rained out very soon, so we went tonight again. Jamie, Chloe, Jaxson, Joey, and the rest of the family were there to watch Barry's grandma get Woman of the year, so that was very exciting. Reid rode a lot of rides and liked seeing Jaxson. Mallie only rode two times. We even got Reid on a little roller coaster with Jaxson. He was kind of scared, but made it through it. Reid even got to shake a monkey's hand!! We head out tomorrow to see the family. I am so excited!!
What a busy month we have had. Mallie is now a big 17 months old. Mallie and Reid have built quite the relationship lately. They still like to wrestle and now have begun snuggling and playing together. It is neat to watch. School is back in so our free time is few and far between. Reid starts preschool the 9th, so we are looking forward to that. The pictures of fishing are from two weekends ago. Jimmy, Gretchen, girls, and my parents came down. I know why so late, but we don't have time. It was Reid's 1st time to actually fish, he usually just plays on the playground there. Hope everyone is doing great. 
We had a great visit with April, Cameryn, and Maddison on Thursday. We met in Columbia and visited all day long. It was nice to catch up and watch the girls play. Can't wait to do it again. Thanks Gretchen for letting us use your house.
We had a wonderful trip to Branson this week. We stayed at the Grand Country Inn, which has an indoor and outdoor waterpark. We took Brooke and Haley with us, so it was nice to have a few hands to help. The kids had a lot of fun swimming and riding rides. Us girls got to sneak away and play put-put, which was a neat indoor course. We then sat by the pool until 2 am talking girl talk. Tomorrow I am heading to Columbia to meet up with April and twins. I am excited to see them and watch the girls play.
