A Great Day on the Farm

We spent our Father's Day evening with our friends, the Thonstads, they raise Alpacas.

Stevie enjoyed chasing them around!

They chased him around a little too.
Hello Kitty!

Stevie his buddies

A Day at the Zoo: Stevie's First Birthday!

Today we went to the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha for Steve's first Birthday! Stevie got a great powernap on the way.

A picture of the Zoo from the interstate.

Ready to have some fun!

Giraffes!



A Monkey!
An Elephant!

Stevie had a GREAT time on the Carousel!
Yipeeeee!

Eatin' Ice Cream like it's my Birthday!

Gorillas!

Milk break!

Octopus...wierd.

At the end of the day Daddy and Stevie were tuckered out!
Carrying on the Metz family birthday sign tradtion.

Stevie's First Birthday Party!

Dear Grandma D and Granpa Leo: Here's a few pictures of my party! I love you both. Get well soon Grandpa! I can't wait to see you, don't worry we'll have another party next time I see you. Love, Stevie

What's this Birthday cake thing all about?

Ooooh, that's pretty good!

Stevie with some kids from church!

First Birthday present!

Stevie LOVES his John Deere dumptruck!

Stevie's First Big Vacation!

Stevie just got back from his first BIG family vacation! And when we say BIG we mean it. He was in 15 states, all before he turned one. Quite an accomplishment. He spent hours on end in the back of Gram and Pap's truck and he hardly fussed. He really seemed to enjoy life on the road. The best part was that he got to be with lots of family and friends. But before we left Stevie was in dire need of a haircut...

A brand new baby!

Our first gas station stop!


Don't eat my toes Pap!

Our first destination was Charlotte, NC...Home of the Tomsovic's.

Here's Stevie and his cousin Will.

Here's Stevie with his biggest cousins, Emily and Andrew.

While in NC, I (Tony) took a trip to Durham to see Uncle Todd. And I got to she he and Aunt Laura's beautiful new house!

We had a pre-birthday party party for Stevie and cousin Daniel.

On the way from North Carolina to Pennsylvania we had a flat tire on the camper! Here's us on the side of the interstate.



Stevie was giving out kisses after his first waffle house breakfast!


Here's Angie and Stevie checking out an Amish farm in Pennsylvania.

Stevie helped a little with the driving, or so he thought.
Stevie LOVED riding on the tractor with Pap!

On our way back to Illinois we stopped to see the Coneheads, here's Stevie with cousins Izzy and Mason (aka "Fuzzy")
On our way back home from Illinois we stopped in Chicago to see Josh and Miranda!
Josh does this with all his guests...Stevie was clean.
How big is Josh?
How big is Stevie? Almost as big as Uncle Josh!


Once we got back to Iowa Stevie got to see his friend Marilyn, she turned one on June 6th!