Life here in Missouri is pretty nice.
We get to enjoy this sunset every night.
Sophie enjoys riding in the boat...
...and jumping off the back.
This is how Sophie gets her daily exercise, among a couple walks and romps in the yard.
Zach found this earthworm while cleaning up leaves. We threw in the pen so people could see the true size of this small snake-sized worm. Eww...
Garbage day. People just burn their garbage out here. Zach was like a little kid at scout camp.
Zach has the tough job of yard boy. Look at that view.
I learned to make pie crusts. What you don't see is that I spilled about a half a cup of flour down my side, onto my pants and all over the floor while I was rolling out the crust.
We made fajittas the other day and I thought the peppers and onions looked so gorgeous.
Zach was excited to have a butterfly land on his hat.
This was our favorite butterfly. It is called the Apollo. These ones are just hatching.
The butterflies were freaking me out because they are shifty like birds.
This pretty blue butterfly wouldn't land long enough for us to get shot.
The palace was full of orchids. This one was my favorite. I call it the inkspot.
Cockroaches...Zach's favorite.
We headed next to The Titanic musuem. No cameras are allowed inside, so this is all you get.
Inside the exhibit there was a tub of 28 degree water (same temperature as when the Titanic went down). We challenged each other to see who could keep two fingers in the longest. I lasted nearly 30 seconds and Zach made it a full minute. He was rubbing his fingers to get them warm for several minutes afterward.
