Thursday, August 31, 2017

lazy mornings

most weeks are go go in the morning
which is oh so fun!
but this week we have had way more time to be home and play

we stay in our PJs and play lots of toys

watching a little choo choo






'helping' with the laundry and making the bed
aka jumping on it
may take a bit longer with my assistant, but it is so much more fun :) 

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

and the rest of the weekend

only about a 20 year delay
but finally decided to get baptized
thankful to thankful to finally do it
and thankful for my church

so since we went to church on Saturday night
we...still went back to church sunday morning
all ready to greet
and hold the door open and get in the way HAHA!

and instead of church
we played outside
his new way of checking for the mail
Mr. Monkey boy

then the boys headed off to the cabin with papa, the trailer and the VROOOMMM
Arie was BEYOND thrilled
and the mama and nana headed to the outlet mall
win win for all

and that was how we finished off the weekend 

Monday, August 28, 2017

a little bit

of this and a little bit of that 

lazy morning
coloring trucks and no tops :) 

playing with papa
cleaning the tractor

loving the hose 

riding a big boy bike

and one tractor ride before it was time to head home

still liking his elephant 

taking a pic for mama

FMG concert 

so thankful to see Five for fighting!
such a great show

new garage sale purchases
and very happy buddy

putting them to use
working with nana


and a crazy biker to end the day

Saturday, August 26, 2017

and now

the official day of celebrating
HAPPY 40th PAPA!  

party day 4 
when you turn 40 you get 4 parties apparently ;-)

wishing papa a happy birthday first thing in the morning 


then the afternoon :) 

helping with the cake 


and one more party
out to cake 
then cake and gifts back at our house with oma and opa and GG

there you have it!
one last HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Thursday, August 24, 2017

eclipse day

hooray!
even though there was clouds I was still able to see it happen
very neat to witness

here's what we did on Eclipse day
posed for a pic for the mama 

Arie took a nap 
while mama watched the special edition eclipse news coverage ;-)
and viewed it with her AWESOME glasses 

post nap snuggles
Arie would not put on the glasses so no viewing for him
will have to wait a couple more years to see his first eclipse ;-)

the best picture 
which was terrible 
but documented through my glasses 

a little playing on the truck before we headed off to meet up with Nana

at Krispy Kremes!
they had eclipse donuts
(but they were not hot and free...so we bought the ones we actual like haha)


then to costco and home for the night
fun to join in the eclipse fun :) 

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

full of family

type of weekend!
All of us together in Traverse City always makes for a great time
we had such a fun time 
and Arie LOVED being with his cousins 

Friday night Scooters and hanging out in the parking lot kind of night


and a little tennis before bed 

Good morning snuggles on the deck

breakfast

then annual family pictures 




Then playing on the beach for the rest of the day






celebrating papas birthday 

then fireworks
which arie HATED!!!!

and scootering around again

then it was time for us to head home :(

Sunday Funday
more cousins
Jr and his family came over for a boat ride
we had such a fun afternoon

 the brave/crazy boys

then off to dinner
arie was soooo excited to have the puppy ride in his car

another fun filled packed out summer weekend!