Graduation, St. Louis Zoo, Metropolis, and Fort Campbell

Last Friday Mike graduated from his BOLC class at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The same day we drove to St. Louis (about two hours away) and stayed the night.

Saturday morning we woke up to snow on the ground but decided to go forward with our plans of attending the St. Louis Zoo. We had two good reasons: James loves animals and it was free! It was freezing cold, but we bundled James up and braved the freezing weather. We saw one gorilla, orangutans, a sleepy tiger, leopards, zebras, Mongolian camels, ostriches, crocodiles, bears, and a plethora of birds, monkeys, lizards, turtles, and slytherin’ snakes (pun intended). We really wanted to take James to see the elephants (his fav animal), but they were not out because it was so cold. That made us a little sad, but we took an awesome picture with the elephant statue instead! James enjoyed the birds the most. On parental demand, James makes sounds for elephants, gorillas, monkeys, snakes, and eagles.

After the zoo we continued our drive to Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Along the way, we decided to take a detour to see the world’s largest Superman statue in Metropolis, Illinois. We had a great time taking pictures at the statue and museum.

We hopped back in the car and finished our drive to Fort Campbell. Sunday morning we went to church and later went for a drive to find our house on post, sadly we got lost. Google maps don’t give directions to our houseL. However the next day WE FOUND IT. Boy are we excited. James loves to play all day long; thank goodness there is a playground in the center of the hotel building. He stops playing and points in the direction of 50 cal. range fire and rotor sound. AIR ASSAULT! Lots of love and prayers to family and friends. Again, take a moment to check out facebook for more pics.