Ok so here's a couple photos

The best we could do was a self portrait with the bridge in the background.Here are the girls with their gifts. It's so great when they still love just a sweatshirt gift from mom & dad.

5th Anniversary!

It really is hard to believe that it has been 5 years already since Ken & I got married. There has been so much going on that the time has just flown. We took the motorcycle up to Mackinaw City for the weekend and had a great time. It was so nice to just relax and not be rushed for anything for a couple days. We actually had a couple relaxing meals and were able to have a few cocktails and talk without yelling over a kid or two or three. Unfortunately we got rained on a bit on the way home Sunday and we didn't really get any pictures of our trip but we still had a great time.

Today is Zac's 12 birthday! That seems so unreal too. He is starting Jr. High this next year which is really scary. I just can't believe that he is getting to be such a little man but he still acts like a little kid sometimes too which is just perfect. I don't want him growing up any faster than he needs to. Well gotta run to finish Zac's cake!

Family Cottage Time

We just returned from our week at a cottage with the Perkins family. It is a fun yet sometimes exhausting time. It's fun in that we get to see most of the family for an extended time and the kids get to do some things that they don't usually get to do (stay up until they crash, etc.). Just keeping track of my own brood is exhausting so when you add in 6 or 7 more people it just gets interesting. We ended up being away from home for about 10 days with the long 4th of July weekend in there so Alexis really was beginning to think that we had moved to Newaygo and was not all that pleased to hear that we were going home. Me on the other hand was ready to sleep in my own bed and shower at home for a few days.
Here are a few pics from our week. Don't have too many since I would constantly forget to get my camera out. I need to work on that more. Hope everyone else had a great 4th of July holiday too!

Fun Weekend!

Last weekend we had a lot going on but we had a lot of fun with lots of different friends & family. Saturday we had some friend over for a cookout in afternoon. Uncle Mike was a hit pulling all 4 big kids in the wagon around the yard. I think he might have regretted that one later :)
We then went to a Whitecaps game that was sponsored by Ken's work. We got a little wet in the beginning but then it turned out to be a wonderful evening. The kids had a great time but I think next year we need to make some sort of kid play area and block them in. We spent a lot of time running down kids and hardly watching any of the game. Sunday Ken and I went on a motorcycle tour of Montcalm County - sounds exciting doesn't it. It really was quite nice seeing some lakes and things I'm sure I never would have. We met up with everyone for breakfast at Turk Lake Inn and from there adventured to many places I don't remember the names of right now. While we were doing that, Aunt Toni took the girls back to another Whitecaps game and I believe that they both were in bed by 8:30 that night. Which if you know our girls is quite early.
And last is just a funny picture of Jordyn since she has now become very independent and likes to feed herself everything. I think if she keeps this up, she may starve!