Toledo Zoo and Emma's Birthday!

Ben checking out the butterfly house at the zoo
The Butterfly house was very cool
Great Grandma Ila, Mommy and Ben by the hippos
Happy 3rd Birthday, Emma!
So excited about her train cake!

Two weeks have gone by so fast! We went to Adam and Nellie's wedding on the 8th of September and our niece, Emma, turned 3 on the 9th. For Emma's birthday we went to the zoo while the guys (Greg, Doug, Danny, and Grandpa) golfed in a tournament. It was Ben's first time at the zoo and he loved it. We did pretty much everything you can do at the zoo, rode the train, rode the carousel, went to the Butterfly house, and saw just about every animal. The kids did great and slept the whole way home...woke up just in time for cake. This past Friday Ben and I went shopping with Jaclynn, Maddy, Marnie, and Kendal. It was Jaclynn's idea and Marnie and I were the only ones who spent any money-bad Jaclynn :) Later that night we all went to get ice cream and hung out at the Schmidt's for a while, Ben was attempting his new skill...walking. Check out Miss Maddy's blog for the video. He has been walking more and more since that night and he is starting to get a lot more confident. Now he will let go on his own and walk to one of his toys. Greg and I finally got some video tonight (he seems even more stable then he was on Friday).