Spring Day at Deanna Rose

Friday was a beautiful day - high of 78.  I had looked at the forecast earlier in the week and when I saw how nice it was going to be, I decided to take the boys to Deanna Rose that day.  I had plans to meet my sister-in-law Jen and niece Dakota there around noon.  When I got there, I got Oliver and Lucas loaded up in the double stroller and strapped Nolan to my chest.  I was walking up to the front gate to meet Jen when a woman walked by me.  I was waiting to hear the usual "OMG are those triplets?!?" or "Wow, you sure have your hands full!" comment.  But instead she just smiled at me and said, "They're beautiful."  And then she kept walking.  It seriously made my day.  I wish more people were like this.

Our afternoon was nice.  We walked around for a couple hours.  I think the boys and Dakota really enjoyed being outside.  At one point, we stopped at a large gazebo.  Bluegrass music was playing and I took Nolan and danced around like a total fool.  And in that moment, dancing with my son, his sparkling blues eyes smiling up at me, I felt pure joy.  Such a perfect moment.  Such a great day.  We'll have to do it again soon!

The Asher Trio Takes on the Zoo!

Last Monday was absolutely beautiful.  I believe the high was 75.  My sister-in-law Jen always comes over on Mondays with her 7 month old daughter.  Since this particular Monday was so gorgeous, we decided to meet at the zoo!  My brother-in-law didn't have to work that day and my 8-year-old niece Juliana was on Spring Break, so we had quite a crew!  And needless to say, we drew lots of attention with the triple decker stroller (i.e. The Bus).  In fact, we decided to make a game out it and keep track of how many people stopped and said things like, "Oh my, are those triplets?"  48 people.  We also had 7 people say "You sure have your hands full" and 4 people told me a story about their second cousin's brother's wife's sister who had twins or triplets.

The Kansas City Zoo just got penguins, so it was our first time seeing them.  They were so cute!!!

Despite the abundance of attention we got, we had a blast!  We'll definitely be going again soon!

I got all the babies unloaded and into the stroller in record time

Yeah, we got some stares

Penguins!

They were so cute!

Nolan

Ollie 

Lucas

Juliana and Dakota

Us with our babies!

The whole Asher crew!

Lucas thought the penguins were pretty cool

Me with my sweet babies!