Wow! What a busy week we had. We have been busy doing stuff everyday. We went to a park almost everyday this week for picnic lunches. The kids have been having fun playing on the equipment and Brodie has decided that he really loves to swing. He never has been very interested until now. We loaded the bikes and went riding a couple days up at the cemetary. Will thinks we are crazy for going there to ride but it is very smooth riding for the kids and they really don't have to watch too much for cars. Also, with all the flooding most of the trails are closed anyway so this was a good place to go. Wednesday we spent the day at the Zoo. All 4 boys really liked that, even the older boys. The fish were the highlight of the day for all the boys. Jake and Tony would put their fingers in the water and the fish would suck on them. Very gross. Jake had a friend over for 2 nights this week and we put up the tent and they slept outside in the backyard. They had a fire in the fire pit each night. Thankfully the weather has been nice all week and they were able to spend most of their time outside. Friday we went to garage sales in the morning and then Brodie spiked a really high fever. So, we came home and he slept most of the afternoon. He was still running a fever today but so far I have been able to keep up with it using Motrin and Tylenol. Hopefully we won't have to take him in.

This morning we got up and went down to the downtown Des Moines Farmer's Market. It was crazy crowded but we had a lot of fun and scored on lots of fresh local produce as well as cheese and bread. I don't know how much the kids enjoy it but Will and I really like going down there. Then we hit a few sales before coming home.

I have posted a few Zoo pics. Enjoy your weekend.