Insta-Friday

Here are a few of my Instagram pictures from the last week or so. You can click on the collage to view the pictures larger.

Happy Friday!

1. Jackson decided to clean out Daddy's closet. ☺

2. A pretty rainbow.

3. Blue Orchids in the lobby of the building next to where I work.

4. A nice walk up to the grocery store Saturday evening.

5. Watching Little Einsteins with Jackson.

6. Bath Time. I love that his little toy is right in the perfect spot.

7. Jackson was laying his head down on the couch. He was getting sleepy.

8. Hanging out with Jackson on my day off this past Monday.

9. A bowl of Frosted Flakes for dinner. ☺

10. Jackson loves the show Chuggington on Disney Jr.

11. Swinging Jackson in our back yard.

12. The Gateway Arch out of my sunroof! ☺

The theme for Photo Friday this week is center, so I thought I'd use this photo.

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Grant's Farm

This past Sunday, we took a family trip to Grant's Farm after church. Jake and Jackson had never been. The weather was perfect and we had a great time!

Jake, Jackson and I on the tram that takes you around the farm.

Jackson on the tram. He really liked it!

Jackson sitting on Daddy's lap on the tram.

General Grant's Home.

Horses and Geese.

Texas Longhorn

Once we got off the tram, we walked around to see some other animals. Here is a very large tortoise.

And an elephant.

 And some geese.

Jackson looking at all the geese.

And some pink flamingos.

Next we saw a cute little donkey and pony.

And then a Bald Eagle.

Then we decided to feed the goats. Unfortunately we didn't think this through very well. You see, you feed the goats with a baby bottle and Jackson thought this bottle was for him! Major Fail on our part. He was not very happy to share this bottle with the goats but we got a few pictures before the major melt down. 

These goats were CRAZY! One was behind me trying to eat my skirt and another was chewing on Jackson's overalls!

Then, I looked down and saw that one of the goats had Jackson's whole hand in his mouth!! At that point I said WE ARE DONE!! Ha.

After all that excitement, we decided to take a break in the garden and have a drink and some snacks. Jake and I each had a complimentary beer and Jackson had some veggie straws.

After that, we walked around the courtyard and saw all the horses and donkey's in their stables.

 Then we took the tram back to our car.

Jackson waiting for the tram.

Jake and Jackson waiting for the tram.

The bridge you cross to leave the farm.

We had a great time at Grant's Farm. Jackson was a little more into it than he was when we went to the zoo this past Spring, but I still think he will enjoy it more when he's a little older. We'll have to go again next year. ☺

What I'm Loving Wednesday

♥ I'm loving my new car!

♥ I'm loving that Jackson only woke up once last night, which is great since he woke up 3 times the night before. 

♥ I'm loving this new blog I found. Her photography is amazing and her children are adorable! Go check her out here.

 ♥  I'm loving these cooler temperatures that we've been having here in the mid-west.  I will gladly take upper 80's and lower 90's compared to the 100 degree weather we've had most of the summer!

♥ I'm loving the new show "United Bates of America". Not sure if you all watch "19 Kids and Counting", but the Bates family are friends of the Duggars and they are another family with 19 children. They live in Tennessee. I love watching how they raise so many well behaved children and how they all work together as a family and seem to all get along so well. I really don't know how they do it. I would be pulling my hair out!

♥ And I'm loving my two sweet boys!

I hope you all are having a great week!

Touch Up Tuesday

I found this easy tutorial for converting your pictures to black and white. So I thought I'd give it a try. I really love picmonkey and use it for all my photo editing now, so I was happy to see she used it in the tutorial. Its always fun to learn new editing techniques.

I just love it when babies smile around their binky!!

I'm linking up with:

Jackson's 43 Week Pictures!

43 Weeks!!!

I can't believe how fast time is flying by! I know I say that every week, but its true. I really can't believe it. Jackson turned 10 months old yesterday! I just can't get over that he's 10 months old already! He's such a big boy and he's just so much fun. I'm really loving this stage. He's so inquisitive. He has to see everything thats going on and be right in the middle of it. 

He's still eating great, walking better and better and learning something new every day it seems like. 

I love my sweet little boy so much! He's such a blessing.

See his two front teeth! :-)

And just for fun... here are a couple pictures I took of him yesterday on his 10 month birthday!

And the Winner Is...

 A 2012 Chevy Equinox!!

After test-driving 8 different SUV's and a few days of comparing them against one another, we ultimately decided on a 2012 Chevy Equinox! (To see which SUV's we test drove, click here.)

The Chevy dealership by our house had a huge inventory of 2012's and they were priced to sell because they were getting the 2013's in soon. So in going to that dealership, we were able to get all the things I wanted and stay slightly below our price range.

So here are a few pictures of my new car! I love driving it. It drives very nice and has so many fun features.

The color is called Gray Stone Metallic.

 

It has a touch screen stereo, a back-up camera and blue-tooth connectivity. It also has a sun-roof and an automatic start (which will come in handy this winter).