Hot Rods Baseball Game

We headed to Bowling Green on Friday night to go to the Hot Rods baseball game with our good friends, the Watson's.

Owen 'chillaxin' on the way to Bowling Green.

Morgan was able to get two free tickets for the upper deck through her work. She graciously gave Gabe her ticket so he could sit with her husband, Eric, and we could sit on the grass with the boys. Not long after we got there, Eli started off down the hill and she decided to let him try it out. He was very successful crawling down and back up the hill and decided to do it many more times.

Eli was pretty proud of himself, as he should be!

After watching Eli a few times, Owen decided to try it out for himself and enjoyed it too!

The weather was nice, the boys were entertaining, and it was fun to talk to a great friend! I don't know that we really watched the game at all. :) I can tell you that the Hot Rods won!!! The evening was topped off with some awesome fireworks after the game!

Louisville Zoo

Owen fought sleep most of the way to the zoo. His feet were too much fun!

Getting ready to check out the zoo!

The orangutan cracked us up! He was very entertaining and wanted to check out everyone's bags, standing up to see what was inside.

Doesn't it just make you want to go curl up with him and take a nap?

Watch Out!!! Live animal!

My little animal decided to pose for a picture.

Owen comparing the size of his hands to a gorilla's hands.

Silly boys!

The monkey's

Crazy little monkey

Sally the camel had....(Are you singing yet?)

We didn't get to see any elephants, so we decided to let Owen take a seat on this one.

So Gabe reads this sign that said something to the effect of check out the rhino's manure. So, Gabe being Gabe, starts turning the crank only to start laughing hysterically when water shoots all over me from from the rhino's behind. As you can tell, Owen thought this was pretty amusing as well.

It is hard to tell from the picture, but the Rhino was actually running. Gabe and I were amazed because we had never seen one move before, let alone run.

The rhinos were cracking us up standing back to back.

Owen and Dada taking the rhino for a ride.

All tuckered out after a fun day at the zoo!

Shopping Adventure

After hanging out at my parents house for a few days, my Mom was nice enough to bring me back home today. But, like always, it wasn't just a task - it was an awesome adventure! We called Jill on our way and she decided to meet up with us and ride to Bowling Green to have some lunch and do a little shopping.

Two car seats in Mom's car was fun! I was in heaven sitting between the boys, but as you can see we had a great opportunity to do some bonding with our tight fit.

Our first stop was at Heartstrings in Bowling Green. If you haven't been, I definitely recommend it! It is a cute little boutique shop that has everything polka-dotted and monogrammed that you can imagine, along with anything and everything cute! Mom found some super cute stuff for her desk! Then we hopped back in the car and headed to Mariah's for lunch. This is another awesome spot special to Bowling Green. The boys had a great time. Mason thought it was awesome that he could hear his echo so he tried it a few times and Owen loved banging his sippy cup on the table. I let him do this way too long because I forget that there are actually people around that don't think every little thing Owen does is adorable like his Mama does. Haha. Mom, Jill, and I shared a galaxy pie for dessert. This is my absolute favorite dessert of all-time I believe! YUM!!! After lunch, we headed to Essex. This is a random store that buys items other stores don't sell for a heck of a deal! We racked up with a LOT of goodies which was fun to figure out how to fit it all into the Vue. The last stop for the day was TJMaxx- where you always find something! I ended up with three Christmas gifts! I am pretty pumped I have gotten a start!

Jill with the boys on the way to my house. Her picture is WAY cuter than mine with the boys.

After a great day of shopping! (Just a little note that this was not all of the stuff that we found. There were also bags on the floor boards as well as on my lap.) I think you call that success!

I love days with Mom and Jill! There is never a dull moment with us! We talk about anything and everything, but even more than that we laugh non-stop. We usually all end up sore from laughing by the end of our visits. I wish we could have even more than we do. I don't know what I would do without them, they mean the absolute world to me! Love you Mom and Jill!

Burdette Park

On Tuesday, Jill and Mason came to hang out with us at Mom and Dad's. We hung out at the house and watched the boys play together. Of course, they obsessed over the same toy which totally cracks us up. Then we headed out to lunch and decided to go to the pool after that. We picked the perfect day to go to Burdette Park. The weather was really nice and the huge baby pool was practically empty.

Jill and I with the boys.
Owen made huge leaps and bounds from the last time I took him to the pool. He splashed around in the pool! As he got even more comfortable, he even stood on his own leaned up against the ledge and walked around a little bit.

Mason splashing around. He was so much fun to watch in the water. He even ran in the pool!

Owen showing off his turtle with his wild hair.

The boys!

Mason also liked to throw all of the squirter toys over his shoulder. As soon as Jill or Mom would put a toy on the ledge, it was over his shoulder! Owen was just wondering how or if he could grab a toy before it was gone again. =)

Owen trying to put his sunglasses on.

Warrick County 4-H Fair

On Sunday, Gabe and I went to Evansville to watch the final game of the World Cup at an Irish Pub (Ri Ra) in Evansville. After the game, we went to my parent's house where we all oohed and aahed over Owen and watched him play. Then Gabe hit the road to go home and I stayed to hang out with my parents for a few days. It was an awesome time, as it always is, with my parents and we did a lot of fun things! (Even though we wouldn't have to do anything in order to have a good time!) Monday night we went to the Warrick County 4-H Fair. I was in 4-H for ten years and then worked on summer staff for 2 summers after that. Needless to say, I love 4-H! And fairs are awesome! We had a great time and I just wanted to show some pictures of what we saw while we were there.

When Owen is in 4-H, Dada will want him to take this project. Dada loves to recycle and be green!

My favorite projects at this fair, with no surprise, were the piggy banks for the piggy bank pageant. Here are a couple of pictures of the creative piggy banks.

Owen saw most of the animals at the fair. To my surprise, he wasn't so sure about them. I think the fact that he was very sleepy had a little bit to do with it.

The pigs tried to eat his stroller wheels. So if you take your kiddos to a fair, watch out!

The duck was the only animal he reached out for.

Ice Cream and a Moovie

On Saturday, we went with some great friends (the Watson's) to Chaney's Dairy Barn for Ice Cream and a Moovie. Every two weeks during the summer they project a movie on the side of their barn and create their own drive-in movie type feel for free. We have definitely taken advantage of that this summer!

Before we went to the movies, we went out to eat and Owen had his first kids meal. He loved it!

Not only does Chaney's have a free movie, they also have a ton of fun things to do for kiddos. Owen enjoyed the swing for sure!

Dada made it even more fun to swing!

Owen and his friend Eli.

Trying out the slide.

Then he went down the big slide!

Axle the Hot Rods bear was at Chaney's.

Little ice cream man. (He takes after his Mama with that!)

The Humane Society also joined in on the fun and brought two cute puppies. Owen had fun watching them wrestle.

After all of this fun, we still got to watch the movie Hotel for Dogs. It was a pretty silly movie, but the whole experience was a lot of fun.

Bark at the Park

We had a great time at Bark at the Park tonight! The Bowling Green Hot Rods baseball team allowed you to bring your dog for this special event and give donations to the Humane Society.




After paying for our tickets, we decided to let Bridget try out the agility course they had set up for all the dogs at the game. Bridget was not so sure about it, but it was entertaining nonetheless.

Bridget walking (well...being forced) to go on the balance beam.

Bridget finally going through the tunnel. She was not successful with the first go around, but after warming up a bit with the other obstacles and shortening the tunnel...success!

Owen and Dada having fun!





Owen decided to steal Dada's glasses.

Owen taking care of Bridget.

Owen cooling down with a nice cold sippy cup of water.

Bridget cooling off with some water.

Owen's friend Aubrey came over to play. Even though he didn't pay her much attention, I think they had a good time!

Me and Owen with Lindsey and Aubrey. While we were playing, we had a two-year old little girl make friends with us. She decided she wanted to hold the babies and grabbed them up as well as played with all of their toys, held their hands, and tried to put their pacifiers in for them.

Bridget was worn out after a fun time at the ballgame!