SNOW FUN!

Last week Wednesday was our boys best day....

SNOW

They have been outside every day sincesliding, snowboarding, making snowmen, and shoveling!!They just love it and can't wait for more snow to come!!

November 2010

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Celebrating

...with (Betsey's sister) Kate and Josh on their Engagement!!
We love you guys and we are SO excited for you!!

Levi's Broken Arm

So how does a 2 1/2 year old break their arm?

Try riding a bike down a flight of stairs...

October 2010

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Sharing...

Today we were at the Children's Museum and Levi was doing a great job with sharing toys. Each time he would share something with another child he would then walk up to me and say...
"That's my friend!"

Our Fall Family Getaway

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Giggling

A loud flock of geese fly bye and Ethan says to Caleb...

"Hey Caleb, you hear all those Geese giggling? They are saying we are going to Florida!"

Caleb's new smile...

Sunday night he lost the one on the bottom and last night he lost the one on the top! Caleb actually pulled the top tooth out all by himself and was quite proud!! He has lost 4 teeth total now, however his other top tooth is super wiggly so I am thinking it will be 5 soon! All of this happened just in time for school pictures today! What a great 2nd grade smile! :)

ARTPRIZE

This "Penny" was made up of more than 84,000 pennies. This was one of Caleb's and Ethan's favorite!

This was done by some people from Mars Hill...go Waterprize!!

This was their other favorite...the longer you looked the more animals you found!

Levi finally woke up...he had napped in the stroller while we walked around ArtPrize all afternoon.

Nate & Rachelle's Wedding

This past weekend my brother Nate got married to Rachelle. We had a special weekend celebrating with them and spending time with family! Here are some pictures from their Wedding Reception...

...our boys had SO much fun out on the dance floor!!

That was easy!

Kevin and I were feeling it was time to take away Levi's "Pipie" (aka Pacifier). Our plan was to do it when we got back from California in July, however it didn't happen...

So we got back from camping over Labor Day weekend and Levi basically just lost interest in it. He wasn't ever asking for it and to be honest we only had few Pipes left...and we only knew where one was. Well he went 4 days without it, when he asked one night before bed where it was. We kinda just left it alone and he went to bed that night without it. He asked again the following night and we did the same thing. Ever since then he has been fine without it!

Wow, that was easy!! Our plan was to have the "Pipie Fairy" come and take his Pipes away and leave him a prize, like we did with Caleb. But way to go Levi, he did it all on his own!

Now if only potty training Levi was this easy!!

Zzzzzz...

Poor Levi couldn't even make it through bedtime snack tonight!

It's SOCCER time!!

Well our SOCCER season has started...Ethan had his 1st game this past Saturday. His team name is "Green Tigers" and he is #5. Ethan scored a goal, so that was super exciting! Right away Caleb yells "looks like the technique I taught you worked!" Caleb was busy being a big brother coach to Ethan the entire game. Caleb's 1st SOCCER game is this week Saturday and he can't wait! He said it was so hard having to watch Ethan and not being able to play. I said, now you know how Ethan has felt for the last 2 years! We are so excited to have Ethan playing SOCCER this year and looking forward to a fun year of SOCCER with both our boys!

Ethan going for the goal!

"Coach Caleb"

Kevin, the boys, and I with (uncle) Nate.
Nate is helping Kevin coach Ethan's team this year.

Ludington 2010

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First day of Kindergarten!!

Tuesday we got to visit his class for a little while,
but today he goes ALL DAY by himself!

I wanted to bring him today,
however he couldn't wait to ride the BUS!

So off he went, with the BEST "Bus Buddy" ever!

First day of 2nd Grade!!

Who gets to get stung?

Levi comes running in the house and says "there is a Bee outside!" Ethan and then Caleb come in right behind him and I hear Caleb saying this to Ethan..."You and Levi need to be the first to get in the house. If anyone is to get stung it should be me. That is my job as the older brother!" Ethan responds with, "Well if you are at school, then I will be the one to get stung. And if we are both at school, then mom will be the one to get stung."

"The harvest is good"

Those are the words I have been hearing from my boys the past few weeks. Everyday they go out to the garden and come back with loads of Tomatoes, a handful of Strawberries, and maybe a few Beans or Sweet Peas. Right now we have SO many Roma Tomatoes...Kevin and the boys made really good fresh Salsa and we have given lots of Tomatoes away, but there is still tons left! If you would like some, please let us know we would
love to share them with you!!

Cottage 2010

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Levi...our little cowboy!

A few of my favorite pictures from July...

Ethan skiing with Kev for the 1st time!

Caleb and (cousin) Allison tubing!

Shots...

Today the boys and I had to go to our Pediatrician's office so Ethan could get his 5 year shots before school starts. I found it quite interesting how Caleb seemed more concerned about it than Ethan. All morning Caleb kept saying he didn't want to come along, but we all made it there...as usual Caleb got carsick on the ride there and Ethan had to pee, just our typical ride! :) As we sat in the waiting room we saw all the kids get called back, until we were the last ones in there. Ethan looks at me and says "I am next" and Caleb says "can I stay in the waiting room?" Well we get called back and it was our lucky day, because we were able to get two "combo" shots, which means Ethan only had to have 2 shots, instead of 4!! The nurse was going to do it in his arm, however looked at him and said "why don't we do it in his leg". Ethan did great and Caleb helped by trying to make him laugh by saying things like "I am weirdo", etc. After it was all done and Ethan was picking out his prize, Levi says to the nurse "YOU HURT ETHAN!" The poor nurse felt so bad! And I just couldn't help but laugh, as well as smile because of all the love and concern Caleb and Levi had for Ethan!

Sweaty boy..

Of all three boys Levi is our "sweater"
...it doesn't matter if he's outside playing
or just waking up from a nap, he will be head to toe sweat!
Right now we are in the process of potty training him
and we talk about pee a lot. So now when he gets all sweaty he says,
"I peed, I peed" or "I all pee"!! :)

"Star Wars Night"

This past Saturday, Kevin and I took the boys to the

Whitecaps Baseball game.

The theme for the night was "Star Wars" so you know our boys

had a good time...from getting their picture taken with Star Wars characters,

to their glowing Light Sabers,

and of course to end the night Fireworks to Star Wars music!

We all had a great time and left with some pretty excited Jedi, I mean boys! :)

Our trip to California

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A big shout out to Kevin....

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY!!
WE LOVE YOU!!

June fun...

We sure are having fun this month...from fishing, frog catching, playing in the sandbox, swimming, going on picnics, boating, getting ice cream, bike rides, reading, playing with friends, going to parks, spending time with family/cousins, cutting down 2 trees in the backyard, the beach, celebrating Ethan's 5th Birthday, Luke's and Kate's visit to MI, and the list goes on!! Now with June coming to an end, we are looking forward to what July will bring!

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Father's Day...

We sure had a great day
celebrating the greatest DAD ever!!
We Love You!!

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Happy 5th Birthday Ethan!!
We are SO happy to be celebrating YOU today!!
We sure love you E-bugs!