Today we celebrate...

Our Grandpa's 95th Birthday!! Over the weekend we had a party for him at our house...

Our Grandpa or Great Papa as our boys call him is very special to us. We are so thankful for him and the blessing he is to our family! Our boys think the world of him...just the other night Caleb asked me a question and I told him I really wasn't sure about the answer and Caleb says "I bet Great Papa would know".
When we think of our Grandpa we think of commitment...to God, his wife for 61 years, his 3 children, 8 grandchildren, & 12 great grandchildren, his country (WWII vet), his job, and the list goes on. We so appreciate all the words of wisdom from him and the wonderful example he is to our boys.
We praise God for our Grandpa and Blessing him with 95 years of life!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA! WE LOVE YOU!!

End of August already!?!

It's hard to believe that summer is coming to an end...since this is Caleb's last full week of summer vacation we have been trying to do a "fun event" each day. Monday we went to Meijer Gardens with my mom. The boys just love the children's area...searching for fossils, playing with the boats in the Great Lakes, and so on. Here are a few pictures from our day!


Levi just loved the sculptures...he would just stand for the longest time pointing up at things!!

Poor E got stung twice on the neck!! He cried when it happened, but after that was totally fine!

Caleb always likes to make a friend or two for him and Ethan to play with...met a boy to play hide and seek with them today!

We had to do an outfit change after playing with the boats!

squished...

Monday night Caleb caught a fire fly and was quite proud of it. He put it in a container and Ethan helped him find some flowers and leaves for it to eat. The boys have enjoyed the little bug...watching his "bootie glow" and showing neighborhood friends. However Kevin told them they better let it go tonight. So they open the lid and it lethargically walked out of the container. It falls onto the deck and is lost. Ethan said he thought he saw it fall through the crack in the deck but... it didn't... Levi found it. The next thing we know Levi is squatting down squishing the glowing bug into the deck boards with his finger. Poor bug...stuck in a container for a few days, finally free and then squished...

Cottage 2009