Memorial Day Weekend in MI

For Memorial Day weekend, we stretched it a day longer and flew to MI on Friday for a wedding weekend at Granny Pat and Grandpa Jim's.  They renewed their wedding vows in style and with a big party.  Everyone had such a good time!  The kids were pretty good with all the flying and driving, and it was so nice to see so much family all at once.

Squeezing into the trunk of the rental car -- for fun!

Saturday was the party day....

Jadyn is a dancing machine!

Enjoying some fun dress up party clothes 

We were sure (well, Mommy was sure) that Joseph would take his first steps without a helping hand on this trip, but it was not to be.  Too many people there to play with and to hold him and carry him!  Plus he is such a good crawler -- his incentive to change his mode of locomotion is low.

 

The kids stayed up late and didn't sleep in like they should, so they were pretty tired.  Joseph took a good nap each day.  But every chance he got, he lobbied for a ride in one of the Gators.  He loved it!

Snoozing on Mommy

A natural at the wheel!

Jadyn and Daddy also very much enjoyed tooling around in a Gator.  (Mommy prefers riding in them when it is NOT hayfever season.)

Jadyn found time to do some crafts in Granny Pat's craft room.  Auntie Julie was a great help with these crafting projects.

And just like that, we were back home for dinner and the usual bedtime routine on Monday night.

We are grateful for the loving family that makes these fun gatherings happen.  Maybe the next one will be in Seattle at our newly renovated home.  Wouldn't that be fun?!?!

Spring in Seattle

Honestly, we've been quite busy, pretty tired, and too often under the weather to have taken LOTS of pictures over the last couple of months.  But we have taken photos occasionally, and so we can share a few from this spring in Seattle.

Finding a seat in a storage container

Playing dress up as a Viking

Cool dude in sunglasses

Joseph loves to eat!

These were taken on Mother's Day, at a playground near Green Lake.   We walked all the way around the lake (about 3 miles) as a family -- a first in a very long time for all of us.  From the photos it might look like we were the only family at the playground, but that was definitely not the case.

Waiting to go down the slide

I'm such a good climber!

Still loving time on a swing

I can swing by myself now!

It's so hard to reach the chains
on these big bucket swings!

She's so good on her skuut bike
now that we need to get her
a pedal bike this summer!

Our next post will include photos from our Memorial Day weekend trip.  Stay tuned!