Stacey's Wedding

Summer 2007

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Dallas Cousins In Town

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Making the Best of Winter

Winter in Michigan...well, it's like ham (ask my mother what that means). January and February are the longest 8 months of the year. Cold, slush, salt, gray skies, no baseball. The question everyone asks themselves during those months is: "Why do we live here?"

But when you get lemons, make lemonade. Which is what we did, trying to make the best of another cold, Michigan winter...

Maggie loves to build forts inside when the weather is cold outside

We watch lots of movies in the winter. Jay, Jack and Jack's cousins Aiden and

Michael watching Star Wars

One of the cool things in Grand Rapids is that the Zoo is Free in the Winter. We conducted a "scavenger hunt" with clues that took us from one exhibit to the next...

Gretzky and Kerrigan wowing the locals with their skating prowess.

Even though it's a long couple of months, God let's us enjoy it's beauty

How We Spent the Holidays

Whew!!!!! The holidays have passed. Not much snow in Michigan this year, which is exactly how one of us likes it (he's the one who cleans it all off the driveway). This was Jack's "4 year old" Christmas. 4 year old Christmases are the best. It's the first year they understand the concept of Santa bringing presents, and they embrace the magic.

Right after Christmas, we flew to Dallas to visit Jay's brother and his family. Together, we have 8 kids, and they love hanging out together. We sure wish they were closer. Take a look at a few photos from the holidays...

The kids all camped out in one room the night before Christmas

Maggie reads the back of the photo left by Santa.

Jack waits patiently to open his presents

We stayed up until 1:30 Christmas night playing dominos with family and friends.

Annual New Year's Picture (click it to see actual size)

TEXAS TRIP

Just hanging out, playing Gameboy.

In Dallas, it's warm enough to play baseball during the holidays. Jack gets ready for the pitch.

We took the kids on a scavenger hunt one day. Here are all eight of them, trying to figure out where the next clue may be.

After the scavenger hunt. The prize??? Candy. Lauren, Molly, Jack and Maggie enjoying the spoils of victory.

Spending the afternoon at the local YMCA pool.

Our last night in Texas.