Another Zoo Trip

Our Anniversary

Darrell and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary on Sept. 30 with a little get-a-way to southern IL and the Shawnee Wine Trail. We stayed at a great house called Cypress Grove Lodge, tucked in on the edge of Shawnee National Forest. We traveled the wine trail and sampled at 9 different wineries over 2 days. We fell in love with Star View Vineyards and Blue Sky Winery. We met some great people and even made friends with Starview's dog. We had a great time and cannot wait for the next 11 years!

Fall wrap up

So I've been a little absent on the blog. This time of the year seems to sneak up on me and the days go by too quick. The family has been busy trying to fit the last of summer activities in before the weather turns cold. I've been trying to juggle being a working mom again as well as a deer widow. I went back to work last week and it's been a big change. Getting out of the house in the morning and getting back to O'Fallon in time at night is a challenge to say the least. But the bright side...I'm back to work for a company called Biomedical Systems. Now on the the good part, pictures...
-Our 11th anniversary
-The kids
-The Zoo