Ooh I like that: Rutledge-Wilson Farms

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This "Ooh I like it" Post is probably my favorite yet but a little different than usual. Different because it is a location but my favorite because not only is it FREE but it is something that keeps an 18 month old entertained for hours!!! It is a local spot called Rutledge-Wilson Community Park located off West Bypass and Sunshine. I am sure many of you have heard of it and been there but I am just now discovering how fun it is. It is a 207-acre farm park that has a beautiful barn, playground, lake and lots of animals and run-around space. It is directly off the Wilson Creek Trail so you could even bike there. My mom and I took Sawyer there Saturday afternoon and we quickly learned this would be a new favorite place to take him. We visited with every animal, he especially took a liking to the mini horse but was not a huge fan of the huge hogs. The farm-themed playground looks like another barn with climbing walls, slides and fun hidden tunnels. He did not want to leave, that was a struggle. We ended our trip by feeding the ducks on the lake. Since he had so much fun, John and my dad took him back Sunday to fish. We plan to check out their Fall Festival coming up in September because we hear it is awesome.

CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO: http://www.parkboard.org/rutledge_wilson/index.html

FARM HOURS:

May 1st - September 2nd: Open Monday - Sunday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.Starting Monday, September 3rd.: Open Tuesday - Sunday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

lets check this place out....

When you first walk up you can hear the Northern Bobwhite Quail calling

beautiful cow!

mini  donkeys

goat

Goat play area

mini-horses

Sawyer loved this little horse

feeding his new friends. 

watching as his friend walk away....so sad!

maybe I will just go in there with him.

sleepy piggies

Kept his distance, wasn't a huge fan of their snorting.

they were huge!

soft sheep

he really wanted to climb up in the tractor but as you can see it was filled with manure,  yuck!

Farm-themed playground

playing peak-a-boo with some other kids

       

taking a breather

he was obsessed!

Fishing Pond

feeding the ducks

2nd Annual Appelquist Foundation Golf Tournament

This last saturday (Sept. 29) we had our 2nd Annual Appelquist Foundation Golf tournament at Deer Lake Golf Course. I don't think any of us would have imagined when we started the Foundation almost 3 years ago that our 2nd tournament would be a memorial tournament. While it was a huge success it was bittersweet to say the least to not have Jim there to see how much support and love was shown. We almost doubled our registration with 18 Teams of 4, had a huge increase in monetary & raffle donations and the weather couldn't have been more perfect! 

We will continue to honor & remember Jim with our 3rd Annual Tournament in the fall of 2013 and are already talking about ways to make it bigger and better. If you are or know a golfer please pass on our website & facebook page and sign up to play next year. We are already super excited.
Here is our website: http://appelquistfoundation.com/

Our wonderful committee member Angela took a bunch of photos at the tournament that we will be sharing on our facebook page soon. Here are some that I snapped and ones Megan sent me mostly of the Beer Cart girls and Sawyer (of course)...

Beer Cart

Godfather Tim

We had too much fun

Enjoying the beautiful weather

Nixon & Lindstrom Plug

Sawyer really enjoyed the large dice for the Casino Game

Lots of tips

Sawyer with his Godmother Megan

In the Golf Cart with Megan

And he's out

Loved geting to spend the day with my little man

Sawyer & Evan at the Park

We had the pleasure of taking our birthing, CPR and breastfeeding classes with our friends and my coworkers Hugo & Wendy. Our due dates were only a few days apart and we talked about how fun it was going to be to introduce our boys one day. Evan was born exactly one week after Sawyer and this past Sunday we were able to finally get them together at the park. They are built completely different...Sawyer short and stout and Evan, long and lean. They are some handsome dudes!

Proud Poppa's checking out each other's sons

had to show off his cute new socks

Sawyer's First Cardinals Game

The Springfield Cardinals hosted the St. Louis Cardinals last night at Hammon's Field. We were able to bring Sawyer to his first baseball game with my parents thanks to Great Grandpa & Grandma Hamra who let us sit in their box. He slept through almost the whole game but got pretty social at the end of the night trying to talk to his grandpa! It was a beautiful night and we all had a blast!

Grandma Engel got him a new outfit to wear

Watching Daddy get ready for the game

Beautiful night for baseball!!

Sawyer's first baseball game

Grandpa & Grandma

Met Fetch in the elevator but he was sound asleep

Grandpa rubbing his head for Good Luck

We left his milk in the fridge and had to come all the way back. That stuff is too precious to leave behind!!