WI family visit

Bowling and a stop at Cops & Donuts for evening fun.
My nephew, Austin got a bacon maple donut. Looks gross, but he said it tasted good. Lol

Battle of the Pool

Love having the pool, but I've Never had a problem with algae until this season. We had to replace our automatic chlorine feeder. Happy to say we saved ourselves $75 and put it in. Easy fix and seems to be working. Got a great deal on the feeder to since I said, I would go get it online. Our local dealer said he would match the price. He sounded surprised when I said it was $99.99 online.

Enjoying the hot weather

We have been waiting to later in the day to head to the Lake. Liking all the hot days. I even got in the water and played catch with the boys. Tyler braved the tube for his longest ride to date. We even took Maizy with and she loved being with us ALL day.

Posing in the Marina

I guess I need to get in a small space to have them stand still and pose for a photo. They were ready for tubing, boat ride and some chilly swimming!

Higgins Lake 2012

Yesterday, we enjoyed our first day in the boat on Higgins Lake. The boys even went swimming and the water temp was a Whopping 58.4 degrees. Glad the air temp was 85. So thankful the kids will have these summer memories.

Happy Mother's Day

First time I got breakfast in bed at home. Two other times, of course was in the hospital after having the boys.
They both fill my day with laughter and joy. Love the homemade gifts and cards.

Making cookies for Santa

A long family tradition that Tyler is always happy to help with. He wanted to wear the Rudolph nose, he got in the North Pole.

Really??

Jack decided today, of all days he didn't want me to cut his hair. I've been doing it for 5 years. We found a place open (Borick's) and this is the photo he had me take.

North Pole Express

Dec. 11, we were treated to a train ride with Grandma & Frank. They can't call it the "Polar Express", since Disney has the rights. We enjoyed hot cocoa and playing @ the North Pole(aka Saginaw Fair Ground). Jack waiting in line to talk to Santa, but Tyler already saw him on Dec. 3 at the breakfast with Santa.

First Meet

Dec. 10 was Jack's first swim meet. He swam the 50 meter freestyle and backstroke. He now wants me to sign him up for every meet.

First Snowfall

We didn't even get a inch of snow, but it was starting to feel a lot more like Christmas. The boys, always come out just as we finish unloading the wood to get a ride in the back of the pick up.

Camping 2011

After we got everyone all set in their campers or cabin, we enjoyed hot dogs and good conversation. I think Jack loves having his Great Uncle Don to talk too.

Time to go for a boat ride with everyone.. all the men were under the canopy, while the women enjoyed the sunshine. Jack did some tubing and both boys went swimming!

Jack & Tyler really wanted to play on the beach, but who knew that relaxing and playing in the sand could lead to.....

THIS..Swimmer's itch! All night Jack kept saying he itched, so I sprayed calamine on his bug bites. In the morning he was covered with all these spots. Only a 1/3 of people ave an allergic reaction to the parasite.

 I didn't know if it was Chickenpox or swimmer's itch until Grandma Pat had a look at it. It should be gone in 5-7 days. Happy to report after 4 days of oral Benedryl and soaking in Aveeno baths he is doing much better.

Tyler likes Fish! Aunt JoAnn & Uncle Don treated us to a fish fry. They brought Sheaphead fish that they had caught in Florida and Uncle Don fried it up. Tyler wants to go to Florida, so he can go fishing.

All in all it was a great camping trip. Aunt Pat was able to join us and we had a couple of surprise visitors...Aunt Jane and Sidney. So nice that everyone got to play rook and talk around the campfire.

June 2011

We made our annual roadtrip to WI, so nice that my Dad also came to visit. Tyler and Papi enjoying a hotdog at Austin's baseball game. Boy was it HoT!! We only stayed for a few innings.

Just part of the 40+ people that made up our team "We Walk In Memory" for the Susan Komen Race for the Cure.

Ryan & I took a trip to Bermuda for SF. I may only scrapbook a page, I've had better vacations! The highlight was relaxing on the beach. This is a portion of Horseshoe Bay!

Our Shining Light

Tonight, Jack was 1 of 200 kids in the school district that recieved The Peacemaking Award!!! So proud of him and how nice to be nominated. He even did a little fist pump, before they called his name. It was very sweet, when his first grade teacher congratulated him.
 I thought he was going to pull his tooth out while waiting, since it is really lose. That would have been very entertaining and memorable.

GWL Fun

The boys love to go to Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City. We had promised Tyler, if he was good at preschool, we would take them. Yes, I do bribe my children.

Tyler all snug in his bed after a crazy afternoon at the water park .

Never again will we pay for a suite with bunk beds. They hardly slept in them. Tyler slept with me on the pull-out sofa sleeper. Usually they fall fast alseep!!

Next time we will go South for Spring Break!!

Two wheel pro

On April 1, no foolin here, Jack mastered riding a two wheel and then had to instruct his younger brother.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRrEleSzdvE
So proud of him!! Guess I don't need to sign him up for lose the training wheels camp this summer.

On three

On March 16, we went to pick Jack up from school. He had bit into an apple at lunch and his tooth was parrallel to his gums. So, I told him to pull it out on the count of three, but he had it out by two. He was so excited and said to Grandma, "now I don't have to go to your tooth shop." It was the first tooth he lost on his own.

Tough Guy

The boys all got boxing gloves for Christmas and a punching bag. Tyler thought he needed his shirt off...

Will finally get a visit from the Tooth Fairy

This morning, Jack had four baby teeth pulled. He is 8 and never lost a tooth. Two adult teeth already erupted through on the bottom, so he had two rows of teeth. We joked that he had shark teeth. He did great and next time, I am taking my video camera for when he is coming out of anesthesia. He is so funny.

 He kept saying:

 This is the Life

 Mother

 Father

Am I bleeding?

Where am I?

Can you take the tape of my chin? (the numbing feeling)

 I am the roadrunner, Beep Beep

It was very entertaining to say the least. He is back to his "normal" and enjoyed a vanilla frosty from Wendy's.

Just your average MI snow fall

Snowmageddon 2011,We survived the whopper of a snow storm last week. The drifting was the worse and the boys were happy to get THREE days off from school.  It took Ryan over a hour and a half to plow our driveway. He even had to get the truck to pull out the tractor:(

I will never understand, why the crazy boys stand there and get covered in snow, when Dad is on the tractor.

Tyler looking a little "Frosty"