Wednesday, April 4, 2012

First Stop...Columbia Zoo!!

On our visit to South Carolina we stopped by the zoo with all the family!  We had such a great day and hardly even used the wagon!  The babies loved having all the extra hands-on attention...mommy loved not having to pick each baby up at every stop.  We were very excited to not only get to see the kangaroos, but actually venture into their habitat!  The Columbia Zoo has a wonderful walk thru kangaroo exhibit where we could almost touch the animals!  The Ballew's were not used to such a long, leisurely visit but soon realized why everything takes for forever with the trio.  After a long day of walking the kids seemed very contempt to get back into the car for the ride home...a very successful day at tiring them out!  
We had an amazing time with the South Carolina Family!  Thanks guys for the great trip!

Madison was really confused about why there was no glass...
she tried her best to get off the path! 

Such sweet cousins!  We are hoping to have all five cousins together
again this summer! YAY!!

This guy was just staring us down!

Madison very animatedly telling Aunt Da something great!

No purpose here, just thought it was funny!

She held onto these beads for the longest time, unfortunately for her
I think we left them there...

Tyler and Grandma...so sweet!

They walked the ENTIRE day, here we decided it may be time for a break.

DIVA in training!

Carter and Grandma!

This doesn't seem like an animal...

Just a wild bunch

<3 <3

Smooches! 

They love feeding goats!  These fellas were huge!

This guy saw Tyler's buddha belly and thought
 he must have some treats stashed somewhere

Bubba and Madison gently petting the rabbit!

I think he wants one!

Alana tried so hard to get a photo!

Carousel...

round...

and around

and around!!

Priceless!

They really liked these birds.

Alana the bird whisperer!

A little more comfortable!

One final group shot...they made me get in to wrangle 'em all in!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

On the Road to South Carolina!

We weren't sure if we were going to make it to South Carolina because of Jeremy's work schedule, luckily at the last minute we took off for a quick visit!  Traveling 1,000 miles each way with three toddlers was not high on my "fun" list of things to do but we bought a DVD player and loaded up.  Logistically getting 2 adults and 3 toddlers in the car is tight, but traveling across the country adds a new element.  I'll just say that we all fit, very snugly, and we even had room for the trusty wagon!  The kids did amazingly well.  We stopped for a night in Atlanta on the way there to get the kids out for a break.  I had already hyped myself up to hiding in the bathroom while we waited for the kids to fall asleep.  Luckily we found a suite and the kids had their own room to set up camp!  We were able to take the kids swimming and the next morning went out to explore Centennial Olympic Park!  This was a great time for us all to be out of the car!  On the trip back home we made the trek without any stops.  We traveled all night long and by the morning the kids were ready to be out!  All-in-all the road trip part of this excursion wasn't that bad.  We all had a great time with the family in South Carolina, and are already planning our next trip this summer! Look for more posts soon about the fun trip!


View of the camp out from our bed!  Look at Carter in the Back tent!
I promise they really don't mind these and they're so easy to travel with!
Just so you know, each comes with an air mattress and a sleeping bag...
Jeremy kinda wishes they had these in adult sizes well extra tall of course!

View from the front door, Madison in the front!

The kids loved the fountain show!

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Impossible to get all three to look!


It really was a beautiful park!


I love this picture!

I guess I would be scared of the giant too, but it was really funny!

One really large Christmas tree, I told Jeremy I wanted a pic
of the entire tree.  He was not pleased at how far back he had to move.

but look how beautiful it is!


A few pictures from months 18-19

This was in November and December.


Play date with 5 sets of triplets and 1 big brother! 

Trip to Santa's Village 

Santa's Village with Averie
Carter staring down the sea turtle at the Aquarium

Here we were wishing Alana a Happy Birthday,  you can see
they are always interested in the phone.  When Alana would talk they all
three had huge smiles!

Playing on our new swing set, the sandbox is definitely a hit!
Thanks Bubba and Grandma! 

More backyard fun!


What a cool leaf!

Christmas Morning

We had a very busy Christmas this year with the babies and all of our family in Texas and in South Carolina!  On Christmas Eve we had lots of food, chatting and White Elephant fun!  Not sure what happened to all the pictures but I seem to be missing a bunch. :(  Here are a few shots from Christmas Eve and Christmas morning.

Dancing around on Christmas Eve 
Ride 'em Cowboy!

Goofy boy!

They took Pepa's hat and had a great time!

Something shiny straight ahead!

Christmas morning

Christmas morning

Christmas morning



Lolli thought it would be funny to wrap barbies,
Jeremy will be happy it wasn't well received from Tyler!

I love this smile! I wish his eyes were open!

And of course the paper was a big hit!

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