Lakeside Michigan

Grandy treated us all to a great time away for a few days in Michigan. The kids had a great time and enjoyed the one day with their cousins. Playing on the beach and swimming in the lake and playing in the waves was a blast and we hope to make it a yearly tradition! (:
Logan was so cute seeing the beach for the first time and you have to love his swimsuit!
My creative husband made an alligator in the sand! It was so fun, but didn't last long. The kids wanted to jump on it and destroy it the second he finished...at least we got a picture!

Michigan vacation...Lakeside Michigan

While we were away, I realized Silas wanted to eat his mac n cheese by himself....he loves feeding himself, but he holds the spoon in one hand and eats with the other hand!
The Warren Dunes....Brad and Isabel climbed to the top while the rest of us swam. Then Brad, Isabel and Nolan climbed before we left. Can you find them in this picture?
Here are the three of them walking back in the middle of the picture.
This is what Silas did at the beach all week. He sad on the towel and went through the bag. He hated the way the sand felt, so he would not get off the towel.

The new school year!

I need to down load some pictures, but Isabel started 3rd grade and Nolan is in Kindergarten. WOW, how time flies! Silas is 16 months old and trying so hard to walk, but getting more bruises and headaches than anything!
Isabel's reaction to her first day was that it was awesome! She love her teacher, new friends, and her agenda book! This year they got a planner and each day they have to write their homework in it and the parents have to sign it! Who knew she would love the organization! She sure doesn't in her bedroom! A little structure is all she needs to be happy and mindful! (:
Nolan could not wait to play on the playground....all morning, "When do i get to go to school and play on the playground?" He did not say as much about school, but did let me know that the firetruck on the playground moves when you get on it! The details!!!! Apparently he likes the school bus because Isabel said that, "It is like Nolan thinks IT is a roller coaster...because he has so much fun just riding on the bus!"
It is so cute because the past two days they have gotten off the bus holding hands and today Nolan told me he felt safe because Isabel was at school with him!!! My dream come true, that they are close and watch out for each other! My heart is melting and my house is quiet in the afternoons! I have not had a hard time finding things to do....you know, I may just start blogging again! (:

Bear hunt #2

Brad, Isabel and Nolan went hunting for bear in the woods by our house! A very fun spring adventure.....splashing in the creek is a ton of fun!

Food Rescue Walk 2009

Food Rescue walk....this was a fun family thing we did in April. We raised just over $100 for Food Rescue and we walked a mile as a family....well, Nolan and Silas road a lot of it! Nolan thought he would use his scooter and then ended up being pulled! It was a warm windy day in April. Isabel and I got massages by Dr. Melissa...it was a great day! Food Rescue volunteers gathers left over food from local restaurants and take it to the local food pantries. We were happy to raise money for this great organization!

Catch Up!

So, no blogging for a long time, because I was unable to figure out how to post pictures since the upgrade to my iBook last September. My solution was to get an external hard drive to keep my pictures on, so I can take it anywhere and store it in our fireproof box! Well, my wonderful husband agreed and got me one for my birthday! Although, my birthday was in April, I am finally getting around to loading all my recent pictures to the hard drive and therefore starting to update our blog! I have every intention of catching up and blogging so that my little ones can forever have memories of our days....

Some things may be out of order, but bare with me i will be posting things from Sept 2008 through today...all the memories I don't want Isabel, Nolan, and Silas to forget! (:

Neighborhood Block Party

Summer Fun! We just returned from our Family Vacation and we headed to our neighborhood pool! So much fun for the summer! Hard to believe Isabel will be 8 soon and Nolan is 5!