Last Big Outings

I may find that I have more energy than expected in the last few weeks, but just to be safe, I planned a few outings a month or 2 before the baby.  One place I've been wanting to go is Canton.  A group of us girls hopped in the car and went one Saturday morning.  It was really fun to just walk around and look at all of the little shops in nice weather.  If I were going to go again, I would make sure to have a specific list of things I wanted since it's all kind of overwhelming!  I was very happy with my one purchase though -- metal angel wings for baby girl's room.  Great deal and unique!

Our friend Jackie invited us to the Arboretum one Friday, and it was gorgeous.  We had lunch and walked around, but the majority of the time, the kids played in the stream.  Jackie and I were more than happy to relax on the grass with baby Jackson.  I even got lucky and had extra shorts for Grayson (because of potty training) and Hazel dressed herself in 2 pairs of shorts that morning!

The next Friday we went to the Dallas zoo with Jackie and Zara.  It's always a hit with the kids, and again, beautiful weather.  

They had amazing lego animal art displayed all around the zoo.

We had to pose in front of the cougar.  Go Cougs!

Here was our cute zoo group, although most aren't looking.

We had a sad moment when we just missed the pony rides for the day, but the goats cheered us up.

We've been having lots of fun!  Hopefully the kids remember these times because I'm about to be down for awhile.  We're also grateful James's schedule is already slowing down, so we'll get to see him more around this time of year than we did the last.