A couple of weeks ago we got to take the girls to their first carnival! Our little town of St. Joe hosts the Venetian Festival every year and it supposedly brings in about 200,000 visitors every year (that’s what I read online anyways)… and everything on the internet is true, right? We chose not to […]
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Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer!
Summer is off to a great start here in Michigan! The locals have commented that temps have been cooler than average, but we’re certainly not complaining!These past couple weeks Ty has been focused primarily on completing his first class with Moody Bible Institute ~ The Church and it’s Doctrines. He is enjoying it immensely and […]
Old Habits Are Hard To Break
“You see these fingers?… well you won’t be seeing them in my mouth any more!” We recently celebrated a victorious milestone in Nya’s life… no more sucking those two fingers up-side-down! It’s been a tough habit to break, but thanks to some disgusting nail polish she finally conquered it! So after one week of no […]
Oahu Days 1 & 2
Well it’s the end of day number two and we are having a blast! Yesterday was pretty laid back and we just spent a couple hours at the beach playing. Today was a little more adventureous. Most of the day is documented by the attached pictures. Really the only thing missing is pictures of me […]
Off to Hawaii
Well it’s a little last minute but we decided to take a trip to Hawaii! All the details worked out perfectly and were on the airplane. Nya is so excited to spend time on the beach. More pics to come…
All The Marks of a GREAT Summer
It’s only the beginning of July and we’ve already experienced days upon days of beautiful and unusually warm weather for us Alaskans! So this blog post will be short on words because, well… a picture is worth a 1000 words, as the saying goes… Elli eating on our front patio Sadie & Nya in their […]
Burning The Midnight Oil
I think I’m starting to understand the true meaning of the statement “Momma burns the midnight oil”. There was an old song with that title and somehow from listening to it I got the impression that “momma burning the midnight oil” went something like this. Momma tucks her beautiful children into bed, turns out the […]
The Day Niki Lost Her Wisdom
This is an oldie but a goodie. Shot back in August of 2004 BC (before children). Niki had her wisdom teeth removed and I think they took a little more than her teeth…. you be the judge. This video is fairly long but if you know Niki you’ll enjoy every minute of it. (If you […]
Contagious Laughter
There’s nothing quite like the laughter of little kids…
$4 A Gallon
When gas is this expensive you have to scale back a little. Drivng to the mail has never been this exciting!