The Farm

 After Texas, we headed to Aunt Ruth and Uncle Mark's house in Alabama.

The boys always enjoy driving Aunt Ruth's buggy

Benjamin channeling his inner farmer

Grandma Crowe

More Texas

Visiting J.L. and Emily is always a treat when we go through Austin. This time, we met up at a park for dinner. And forgot to take any pictures until it got dark.

Noah, Zach, Quinn, and Benjamin

The next day, Aunt Claire and Uncle Curtis took Benjamin, Noah, and their cousin, Kyra, to the lake to swim.

 Back at the house, the boys did a little bit of pottery.

University of Texas in Austin

We took advantage of this trip to visit some college campuses with Benjamin. Uncle Curtis showed us around UT at Austin since he was familiar with the campus.

Architecture building

Benjamin's favorite part: the turtle pond

 

Swimming pool

Rush, Arkansas

 On our way from St. Louis to Georgetown, we stopped overnight in Arkansas. We visited Rush, a former zinc carbonate ore mining town, now deserted. 

Missouri Botanical Gardens

The weather in St. Louis was steamy, too, but we braved it and ventured out to the Botanical Gardens. I hadn't ever taken the boys there, and I don't think I'd been since I was little.

Me, Noah, my mom, Benjamin

Noah, my mom, Benjamin, my dad

Checking out the koi

the Climatron

me and Noah

Noah, me, and Benjamin