Memorial Day Weekend!

Hi all!  Went to church this morning with James, Sarah & Willa.  It was such a great service, one where we celebrated the true meaning of Memorial Day!  We had past serviceman that told us what it was really like at war and we celebrated all of the servicemen in the church as we all waved flags, it was truly a fun and rewarding service!

Everyone wore red, white & blue to celebrate the weekend - what a great idea!

Willa was into it with her stars and stripes dress that matched Mommy's shirt.  Can't wait for July 4th when baby boy will were his stars and stripes as well, all picked out by Grandpa Dan at a recent art show.

Willa entertaining everyone outside of church!

Whoa Mama - you are ready to BUST!!    :-)

Baby Boy was flippin and jumpin in church...too funny, Sarah's belly was moving all over the place...

Have a great day all!

Peace!

Lynne

Happy Mothers Day!

We had a great day - started off with church and then Aaron took us out to breakfast (don't know why Dan gets in on this deal...) and then off to Sarah and James' later in the day for dinner!  James barbecued - and what a great job he did!! Steak and crab legs - delic!!  It was such a nice day, watched the Red Wings win and to top it off a trip to the custard shop for ice cream!!  YUM!  Willa was her usual entertaining self...and I also grabbed a couple 9 monthers of Sarah!

Look at our little walker...she totally gave up crawling when she figured out she could be vertical all the time!

So, this is her new thing...as soon as I pointed the camera at her, she would make her funny face...we soon figured out she thinks she is smiling for the camera...funny what kids learn from us!  She must see us smile when the camera is pointed at us, so she is trying to do the same thing!

Goofy girl, look at all those teeth coming in!!

Mama, 2 more weeks to go!!  Can't wait!!!!

There's that smile again!  I had to really try to catch her before she made the 'funny face'!

What will she sit on once Mommy's belly bump is gone...better yet, how is she gonna handle that little treasure when he comes home?  She's pretty jealous if Sarah gives any other kids (babies) attention!

The guys, chillin after dinner...watching the Wings game!  GO WINGS!!!

Bath time!  She LOVES her bath!!!

Smiling again!  So funny!

A better look at all those teeth  ;-)

Giving directions I think...

Look what I can do Grandpa!

It was a great Mothers Day...can't every day be Mothers Day????

Better late than never...

Easter started out to be a very fun day for Willa!  We went to church and while Willa took her nap, Sarah and I hid eggs outside for Willa's Easter egg hunt.  After lunch we decided to go down and see the animals at the farm next door before we did the Easter egg hunt. Well, as you all know, Willa no sooner got in the barn when she was bit by a goat.  See Sarah's blog post 'Ate by a goat' for all the details!

This is heading into the barn with neighbor friend Aurora at the wheel!  Willa's 1st ride in a John Deere - many more to come with Great-Grandpa I'm sure :-)

Willa was so excited to see the animals!

This is after our trip to the ER...you can see that it took it's toll on Willa AND Mommy!

Finally, we get to the Easter egg hunt!

Checking out her basket!

I can't reach them, I have a sore hand!

Getting into it now...

Basketfull of eggs!

Still looking a bit sorrowful...

Stickers on her legs from the ER.

Her bunny ears, playing with all her new toys in Great-Grandma's livingroom...

Aurora, playing with Willa and all her new toys...Willa still looks wiped out!

We all had a beautiful Easter dinner together...thank God that Willa's hand is healing well and it wasn't any worse than it was!

SPRING - really??

When will spring come to Michigan???  We are trying...but the weather is not cooperating!  We have our boat in and last weekend Dan set up the fountain...but then the snow came and it got colder than it already was!!!  Ugh!

This is a picture of our fountain this morning...Dan just keeps it running, I guess he figures it will warm up one of these days!

We are praying for SPRING!!!

Hello Arizona!!!

Sarah, Willa and I flew to Arizona a week before Dan came out for a show in Tempe.  It was the most perfect weather ever!!  Blue skies and sunny every day!!  We flew out first class, which proved to be quite comfortable with an 18 month old.  Willa was great, she loved the plane ride, slept thru an hour of it, ate and played -  and didn't really disturb anyone around us - except when she threw her little elephant blanky onto a man's lap that was sleeping...oops, sorry!

She's quite the little traveler!

Showing Grammy her funny face!

(Great)Grandpa Jeffrey was in town and we went to visit (Great)Grandma Jeffrey in the nursing home where she was in rehab for her recent knee replacement.  She's doing great!! They loved seeing and spending time with Willa - it's been a long time since they've seen her! (okay, they loved seeing you too Sar! :-)

Kelley had us meet her at a great place for lunch - food was wonderful, very different from the usual old lunch spots, healthy too!

Willa tried many new foods this trip - she's checking it out!

Of course we had to try the tiara on the little princess!  Shopping at boutiques seemed to be our quest this trip!

We managed to accumulate some shopping bags...never a problem for us!

Willa loved playing in a box at Joye's...she acclimated very quickly to Joye & Doug's house!

She loved the little cars that she found in Joye's toybox...better go shopping Mommy and get that princess some cars!

Speaking of princesses - this is Princess Logan!!  All dressed up in her princess clothes and high heels!  The apple doesn't fall far from the tree!  Reminds me of all the dress-up and shows we had when the girls grew up (Sarah, Julie, Kelley...)

We were baby-sitting Logan & Jake while Julie was at work!  We missed you Jules, but managed to have a good time!

Princess Logan - again!

Yum, tortilla soup - one of Sarah's specialties - she put us all to work in preparing this meal, it was a good time!

Some cute videos!

Jake & Willa pushing Logan...

Jake & Willa driving together...go-go-go!  (Willa's new words!)

Dance, dance, dance!

We had a great time - thanks to all for the great hospitality!

I had a problem with my camera and a lot of the pictures are blurry, so you'll have to fill in on your blog Sarah!

Love to all!

First signs of SPRING!!

The ice is melting on the lake...we anxiously watch as when it is gone, the boat goes in!  The swans are back (not always a good thing...) and the fishing boats are out - even though there is still ice on the lake!  Probably the same fishermen that were out there ice fishing a few days ago. They are a crazy bunch, those fishermen...very committed to their sport ;-)

Spring officially rings in tomorrow!  Happy Spring!!!!  YAY!

***This was Tuesday...yesterday the ice was gone, so the boat went in last night - Hooray!!