1st Visit to the Arch

We had a beautiful day here yesterday and we were out all day..it was great being outside and enjoying St. Louis. We went to Grant's Farm again...it is a great place to go for no money. We have learned that you can park off site and walk about 5 minutes to get in for free! We love that even more.
We then went to the famous Soulard Farmers Market. There is a lot of food there! Then we decided to head downtown and walk around. We decided to go to the Arch and got a metered spot that had 50 minutes left!! This was turning into a very cheap day out in St. Louis. Here are some pics from the Arch:


Isabella was not wanting to sit and take a picture with me.
But it had the potential to be a very cute picture.
She thought she could climb the tree like Winnie the Pooh.. it was pretty funny.
I was feeling artistic.. I don't know if it is or not, but I think it looks pretty with the color of the leaves.
The Arch is really pretty and huge. I like these pictures because the sky is so blue.

Grant's Farm

So, it has been WAY to long since I have posted "real" post and I am so sorry. I am blaming it on the fact that I do not have a laptop and I hate sitting at a desk to type..so, I shall just do the blame game for now. Also, now that I am out of the first third of my pregnancy I am started to feel more energy..so, maybe I will not have as big of a problem sitting at the computer desk. We shall see..
Matt was off one day a couple of weeks ago (yes, a couple of weeks ago) so we decided to go to Grant's Farm for the morning. It is a really cool place we found out. It is the original home of the Bush family. They have turned into a an animal park (I guess you could call it). As you will see they have all sorts of animals...it was really fun for all of us.

She LOVES these!! She has a very hard time if we see one and she can't ride it.


They had two bald eagles there. They were both injured and would never
fly again so that is why they are there and can't fly away.
Palmer here is your namesake...I thought he was strong and hansom.
I thought it was a very fitting name.
The camel wasn't really that close.. it was just the angle.
The elephant, Mickey, was great! He did some amazing tricks..
Isabella loved clapping for him.
The clydesdales were one of my favorites! Those horses are huge!
All I could think about was what it would be like to ride one of them..I think
my thighs would really hurt after a while. But it would be completely worth it.