After the zoo we drove over the river to Illinois and went to "Our Lady of the Snows". We watched over a mile and half of life lights. The pictures didn't turn out so well but, it was pretty.
We went to the St. Louis zoo last night. It is free to get in. It was so cold that there was almost no one there. I think it was about 20 degrees out or less. We got there about 1/2 hour before it closed so between the cold and close to the close of the zoo there were not many animals out. Though we did get to see a lion up close. 
Here are a few picture of the boys playing with gramps and then dinner!
Where to start... Well, we arrived at the airport on Wednesday at about 10:30 am. Went through security (it was a long line). Then we got to our gate and the flight was delayed 15 minutes... no big deal. Then it was delayed 1 hour 15 minutes. Then it was delayed 5 hours 15 minutes. Then it was delayed until 9 pm (we were supposed to depart at 12:45 pm)... so a little over 8 hours late we departed. We even got to see Auntie Ali before she had to start work. Fun to see her at work. So we were in the airport with 3 kids and one prego mom for a little over 11 hours. We arrive in Missouri at 2:30 their time. Then we arrived at Sean's parents place at 4:30 am. That makes for one long day/night. 
We opened presents from Pop-Pop & Grammy Jo, Auntie Ali, and our family before we headed out to Missouri.
Last Saturday it snowed and snowed!!! Then it got cold (especially for here)... 14 was the low one day. These are picture of the kids playing in the snow last Sunday after church. The kids had lots of fun! 
We took these pictures before going to the annual elders and wives Christmas dinner. This is what the baby bump is looking like these day. The elders Christmas dinner is always a highlight of this season for us. We are sooooo blessed to be a part of this church. We are also so thankful for the way that God has gifted each of these men to serve the body of Christ and how well they all work together. This year Lisa didn't make it because their oldest was sick. We missed her!
We went to Fred Meyer to buy our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. We have done this since we were first married. Hopefully soon we will go to a tree farm instead of Fred Meyer. The kids love the tree. It was fun to decorate it with them. Now the challenge is to keep the ornments on the tree. We tried to get a picture of just the boys but, they would not sit still. So, we each had to sit with the boys to get a picture.
This year it was just the 5 of us (6 if you include baby in tummy). We played pin the hat on the turkey. You can see in the picture that we are deciding on a color to paint the kitchen wall. We also made "Turkey Cupcakes". We had a great day!!!
