Grandma Great...

This month we celebrated my Grandma's 88th Birthday! We praise God for her and His faithfulness!! She has such a strong love and commitment to God and her family! Here she is with her 6 great grandchildren...

We love you Grandma and thank you for all your love and support!

Peek-a-boo and Oreos...

and it isn't just a normal Oreo...double stuff orange filling for Halloween of course! :)

I got invited...

A couple weekends ago we *ALL* went up to the Fish Ladder to see the Salmon. This is something that Kevin usually does with the boys every year, but this year they let mom come along too! So of course with me along, comes pictures!!

Hip-Hip-Horray!!

K-man lost his FIRST tooth tonight!! It was quite an exciting night here at the Hart house!! We have really been wanting it to come out, since his "big tooth" was already coming in. The big tooth honestly is halfway in so he doesn't have too much of a hole. K has been waiting a LONG time for this! Last year the kids in his Kindergarten class got to put their name up on a board when they lost a tooth and he SO badly wanted to be a part of that. But tonight was HIS night!! He is looking forward to showing his friends and teacher at school on Monday!
It's kind of hard to see in the pictures, but my mom made this super cute "Tooth Fairy Pillow" with a special pocket for his tooth...he can't wait to see what the Tooth Fairy leaves him tonight!! Poor E-bugs, he's not so sure about the Tooth Fairy visiting our house tonight while we are all sleeping! However Caleb is "on" to the Tooth Fairy...just before bed he says, "I know Mom is the Tooth Fairy!"

ARTPRIZE

The other night we took the boys downtown GR to see ARTPRIZE...it was a fun night walking around downtown checking out the different art pieces. Besides the "art" the boys really enjoyed seeing the people fly fishing and kayaking in the Grand River.
It is definitely something to check out if you haven't yet. Here are a few pictures from our night...

Wuv you..

Levi is at the fun age when your vocab just explodes...he repeats EVERYTHING you say, but also is able to understand and answer some questions. Some of my favorites: "Hello-o-o-o"..."Oh my"..."Hungry"...His favorite I think is "Here". He is ALWAYS saying "Here" to one of us and then handing us something! :) Levi can say Caleb and E, but most of the time you hear him say "Boys". This morning he was walking around the house saying "Daddy, where are you?" Too cute! He still LOVES our neighbor's dog...so we hear "Myah" and "Woof Woof" a lot. With two older brothers it didn't take him long to learn this trick...fake burp and then say "Excuse me". He also will say "Stinky" and then you know he needs a dipe change. Caleb and Ethan find it quite funny though, because his excuse me and stinky sound about the same. Of course there is nothing better then when he says love you. Yesterday when I dropped him off at his class for church he says "Bye Mom, Wuv you!"

And we sure love our Levi, he adds SO MUCH joy and laughter to our home!

The boys on their bikes...

Go Lightning Chargers!!

It's SOCCER time again and boy is Caleb having fun! This year he is in the U-8 level so they have goalies and Caleb LOVES to be goalie! He does a really good job at it too...diving for the ball or drop kicks he has it under control! Kevin and my brother Nate are coaching again this year and are doing a great job with the boys. The boys on the team were divided on two different ideas for the "team name", so Kevin took part of each of their ideas and came up with LIGHTNING CHARGERS!

We are enjoying another season of SOCCER here at the Hart home!

Ethan's turn...

He has been waiting a long time for this...first day of PRESCHOOL!

Labor Day Weekend...

We had such great time camping in Ludington this year! The weather was perfect...we went to the beach, bike rides, hikes, campfires, fishing, and of course ice cream and supper at House of Flavors!! The kids had so much fun playing with their cousins...yes all 10 of them! :) We had lots of laughs and many great memories were made...

Watermelon...

Mr. First Grader

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

Fishing Success...

Kevin took Caleb and Ethan fishing at his parent's house and it was a fun and successful night!! The boys were quite excited when they were getting ready to leave...checking out their tackle boxes and fishing poles, but they came home even more excited about the fish they caught!

Great Big Mable...

Sunday we went up to Rachelle's parents cottage for the day. The boys had so much fun riding on the "Great Big Mable", as well as Sea-doing, Hot-tubing, etc.. Yes even little Levi rode on Mable!! He loved it!! Kevin said he was copying his brothers and yelling "faster, faster"...even though he had no idea what he was saying! :) Special thanks to the Terpstra's for an afternoon of fun!

Today we are celebrating...

Happy Birthday Kevin!! We sure love you!! Enjoy your day!!

Way to go Ethan!!

Yes E's training wheels are off!! He is so excited and doing great! We are SO proud of him and so is his big brother...Caleb says to Kevin, "I just want to cry" so Kevin asks him why and he says "because Ethan is doing so good on his bike!"

cell phone pictures...

Caleb and Ethan both have play cell phones. One of the buttons on it does the sound of a camera. So while we are riding in the van they "take pictures" of things...cars, trains, stores, animals, etc. Well sometimes Ethan misses them and so he says to Caleb:

"Can you send me that?"

Kevin and I just laugh and laugh...our kids are definitely growing up in a different world than we did!!

So to end the post, here is a picture of Caleb and Ethan in the van with their cell phones...

...this picture was taken with Kevin's cell phone! :)

Summer Pictures: JUNE

sound effects...

Levi may only be 17 months, but he definitely keeps up with his big brothers...

A few days ago I was watching Caleb and Ethan play "Kung fu Panda"...for those of who haven't seen the movie or don't know what I am talking about, K and E are are kicking and doing martial art type stuff. Well little Levi joins in with "high kicks" of his own, as well as the lovely sound effects..."hi-yah". Then today K and E are playing Stars Wars...using Light Sabers and squirt guns. Well Mr. Levi goes and finds this rattle like toy and starts using it as a gun to shoot K and E. Not only does he shoot he makes the sound effects as well "pew-pew". It just cracks me up!! Levi's has the same vocab of what K and E had at this age, but to add to it he has a huge "sound effects vocab" that they didn't! :) It's so funny what Levi picks up on!

Happy Father's Day...

...to all the special dads out there! I have been blessed with a wonderful husband who is the best dad ever to our boys! Thank you Kevin for all you do for our family. We are so thankful for you and glad we can celebrate you not just today, but always!!