Sunday, June 28, 2009

Fox Hills Resort, Michicot



We spent the weekend in Michicot with the Recob family and had a really nice time! On Friday we played at the park, ordered in fish and went to the pool for a little while! Saturday we went for a walk along the Marinars Trail (right on Lake Michigan between Two Rivers and Manitowoc). It was nice to enjoy the sunshine ona beautiful day. We got back to the resort and spent some time swimming and relaxing in the afternoon. Randy took Maddi and Logan mini-golfing after playing 18 holes with his father earlier in the afternoon.Our evening included games and more swimming, along with a birthday celebration for Kaitlyn. Sunday was more swimming and another big breakfast. It was nice and relaxing and so much fun to spend time with everyone!
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

The Place Where Dead Animals Go

Life is always more exciting when seen through the eyes of a five year old boy and so our story begins. Tonight, like most nights, I got home from work and began making dinner. Logan and Cooper wanted to go outside and hunt for worms so I let them. About 10 minutes later Logan comes into the kitchen and said, "Hey mom I found something which is dead." I was putting potatoes together for dinner and casually looked up only to find Logan with a dead bird in the tupperware container he was using to catch worms. Needless to say, I was quite suprised and really didn't know what to say. I mean how many times do you find yourself in a situation like this...we don't get many dead birds in our house. I tried to pull myself together and then Logan asked,"Mom, what are we going to do with it." I told him I wasn't really sure what we should do with it. He then asked me, "Maybe we should put it in the place where dead things go." By this he was referring to a little spot on the side of our driveway where we throw things that are dead or may not make it much longer (a bat we found in the garage last winter, a tadpole, other worms that have seen better days...etc). What a character! Well, the bird did join the others. After that he wondered what would happen to the bird and my comment was that another animal would probably come and eat it. He wondered which animal...a cat? I said, yes maybe a cat. Then he said,"but mom we don't have any cats on Thornapple Lane. Can we bring it to Matt and Cara's, they have 2 cats?" Too funny!

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Sunny Days



We had a great weekend, enjoying the wonderful sun. The kids played outside all day today. We started out on the playset, rode bikes and even got out the sprinkler. Our nice sunny afternoon was topped off with freeze pops on the steps! I am so excited for more summer days like this!
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

It's Raining It's Pouring


Cooper is 100% in love with his goloshes! He wears them every chance he gets...even if it's not raining. As you can see by this picture, the goloshes were actually at their functional best.
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Friday, May 22, 2009

Camping Memorial Day Weekend





We had a blast camping with the Miller family over Memorial Day weekend. We rented a cabin this year at LuWiSoMo campground and it worked out really nice. The boys slept up in the loft, while Ava was in her pack-n-play in the main room. Randy and I slept on a squeeky bed in the main room also. It was a true blessing that everyone napped and slept well! We had fun roasting marshmallows, enjoying Jim's annual fish fry, going fishing, going canoeing, eating Casey's omelets in a bag and doing a little exploring in the woods. The kids were truely in heaven because they were able to spend every waking moment outside! Thank you to Casey, Mom, Dad and Uncle Kevin for helping us with the kids. We even got a few rounds of sheepshead in, a game of cribbage and some Connect 4 (which was really enjoyable even as an adult)! All in all it was a great weekend.
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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Happy Mother's Day


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Pretty Dress

My mom passed this dress on to me for Ava. I wore it as a little girl and now Ava can wear it. I thought it only appropriate that she wear it to our Mother's Day brunch. It was so neat to look at her and think that I wore that dress so many years ago!
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