A beautiful day!

 So, since this outing only a few short days ago, it has turned into normal winter weather, but we had a few days in the 50's and 60's here and there.  We decided that on Saturday we would take a walk on the Katy trail and take advantage of the abnormally nice weather.  We have been on few walks on the trail, but it spans almost the entire state, so we decided to drive to a spot not far from us that we hadn't explored yet.  

  It is mostly a biking trail.

Sam forgot to inform us that he is afraid of bikes.

If I would have known, I would have left him at home.

Wrangling two kiddos is enough work, but to add an unmanageable dog that barks and growls and yipes at every biker is just annoying.

That aside, the outing was great.  We decided to go on part of the trail that had a neat bridge over a smaller tributary river, and then takes you right along side the Missouri River, or, as it has been dubbed in our house by Shiloh, the "big big river", or sometimes, the "big big tubbie"

 

  

Shiloh LOVED Running up and down this big bridge!  It was such a neat bridge and I will definitely keep it in mind for some sort of photo shoot. You can see in the first pic the little red blob, which is the double stroller, and me and Eli.

 Here I am pushing the boys along.  Ken and I took turns with who had the CRAZY dog, and who had the big stroller.  I do have to say that since we thoroughly tested the stroller out on a four and half mile trek, that I am quite certain it was made for paved roads, not dirt and gravel trails, however nice and well maintained they may be.

Shiloh loved looking out at the big big river.  There was a steep hill right there and then a nice sandy beach below.

 Kenny decided to take an adventure with Shiloh and Sam to the sandy beach and river below. I stayed behind to feed the little guy.

What the above pictures don't show: Shiloh being covered head to toe with sand, Shiloh trying to scoot closer and closer to the River all whilst Kenny is yelling at Sam for jumping into the river and then rolling in the muddy sandy yuck at the edge, Kenny throwing Sam back in the River to get the aformentioned guck off, and finally Kenny having to drag wet Sam and sandy Shiloh back up an enormously steep sandy hill....

Gotta love the adeventures of 2 year olds and dogs.  Never a dull moment, I tell ya!