Not as tall as the rocking horse. (That is one big rocking horse!)
Not as tall as the tomatoes.
He wanted hamburgers for dinner and a chocolate cake with a white smiley face on it.
Jake is all into building and wanted a Lego birthday this year (that will be the cake at the friend party).
The castle required "some assembly," 
and an hour later (maybe more, I lost track of time) it was done!
Happy Birthday, Jake!
I thought the signs for the bridges in Arkansas (and a couple of other states) were funny: "bridge may ice in cold weather" (not specifically "winter").
In Georgia we have some signs that say: "bridge may be ice in winter" (that has never made sense to me - being to much the literal chemist - the bridge may be icy, it may have ice on it, but it is not ice. You'd think they could change one letter. Or the sign in Houston: "nature preserve pending development"- but I digress).
The movie "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" being a favorite - if only for the prayer and the name of the two boys: Walker and Texas Ranger - warranted pictures.
The flags at the race track.
It's good to be home!
During the day we went to the swimming area.
There were breaks for snacks.
There was also a huge pile of sand (probably to build up the beach area, but they hadn't spread it out yet) and the kids had fun digging in it.
We headed back home for dinner and then after went back to the lake again with the boat (Randy had gotten back from work). 
We went out in two shifts. Randy found a little inlet and stopped to let the kids jump in and swim around.
The first day we got there, Logan saw the boat in the garage and was THRILLED to get a ride in it.
Once we didn't know where he was and found him in the garage looking at the boat!
The next day we went to the Old Spanish Treasure Cave.
The treasure is still yet to be found, but you can see cool cave formations and tour through some of the tunnels.
Our guide, the owner of the cave, told us a lot about the history, evidence that there is treasure there, and cool stories about experiences he has had exploring tunnels and finding new caverns. On our drive back to Georgia, Jake kept saying how fun it was to go to the cave and that that was the best day.
inside
and out. 
Logan was really cute with Jaclyn. They were eating popsicles and Logan sat right next to Jaclyn, watching her every move. If she moved, he moved. If she licked, he licked.
Every morning the first thing Logan would ask for was the trains. The first thing Jake would talk about was how he had thought of a way to get past parts of Lego Star Wars on the Wii.
We did get to my parent's neighborhood pool almost every day. They filled in the baby pool, this year, putting in a fountain system. It was perfect for Logan.
The weather was a bit cooler than we were use to, but that didn't stop the kids from having fun
- and warming up in the sun.
We had to make a stop into Cabela's. The outdoor adventure began in the parking lot with ducks that almost ate out of the kids' hands (peanuts from the car). 
We then went inside to look around,
play at the shooting gallery,
and picking up some fudge and pretzels. 
Logan was happy to have another one of his addictions satisfied! Since we don't have a Cabela's in Georgia (probably a good thing) we stock up when we can.
The kids got to practice driving a train (simulation), walk around an actual train car and engine (they are BIG), and learn a lot about the history of the railroad - very interesting.
After having lunch, we saw the 3-D "Fly Me To The Moon" movie they had there. Logan kept his glasses on most of the time, but got too nervous. Jake kept reaching out to objects coming in close. It was a cute movie and we all enjoyed our day out with Grandma.
The best thing about being in Missouri was seeing family. We are glad the cousins come over and they all had a great time playing the Wii together (we had brought ours out).
