Lots of cousin time!!

My sister(Laura) and brother in law are in France for a week. So, their kids are over here while they are gone. Austin is not here yet because he had to go to school. Our kids think it's great to have their cousins here to play with. We went to the mall on Friday and then stopped at the movie store on the way home. They all fit on the love seat to watch a movie (they were a little squished!).



Today we headed to the zoo. We figured it might be the only good day to be outside for awhile. The kids had fun and were very excited to see the lions!! The above picture is in the aquarium and as you can see Tim was VERY excited to be there!! He just loves going to the zoo (ok, not really) but, we all had fun and it was good to get out of the house!




And this is Madison, it was her first visit to the zoo and as you can see she was in awe!! She just liked the lights in this building!! I just had to include her because she is cute.

The kids will have lots of time with their cousins in the next week. Hopefully this will help pass the time since it's not going to be a very nice spring break (weather wise).

Birthday Girl!!

Olivia turned 3 years old this past week and like always we celebrated with her cousin Adia! Adia is only 3 weeks older than Olivia so they always have fun having a party together.

They were both singing happy birthday along with everyone!



Of course they had fun opening their presents!! (It's almost impossible to get both of them to look at the camera at the same time, oh well)


We had to get a new picture of all the cousins now that there is a new one!! Madison makes grandchild #7 for my parents. The house is getting very crowded when we all get together! But all the kids love having a new cousin. Abby especially loves to just sit and hold her. We have one more birthday party tonight with Tim's family!! More cake :)

A new niece!!!

Jessica had her baby early this morning!! We went to visit her in the hospital after the girls were done with school. She is very cute! They named her Madison Grace. Olivia's middle name is Grace also, so she thinks that it's pretty cool that she gets to share part of her name with the new baby! Jessica and baby are doing great.

Wildlife

We always have some sort of wildlife in our backyard, atleast it seems that way. Last week Tim looked out the back window and there were three deer walking at the back of our backyard. You can only see the two doe in the picture, there was also a buck (he's behind the trees). He moved before I got the camera. This isn't the first time there have been deer, but it's usually just one. We see a lot of wildlife for living in the middle of Jenison. The girls love it!!

Who is this little girl?

Brooklynn has been asking to get her hair cut for about a month now. I've been putting it off because I knew her curls would be gone once it got cut. (that's what happened with Abby's hair too) But this week she was driving me crazy about it so we went and got it cut. She looks so much older!! It is crazy! And yes it's pretty straight now. She is very proud of it! And she does look very cute.

Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas this year. Can't believe it has come and gone already. The girls got way too much stuff (as always), but I know it's only because they are loved so much!!!


We spent Christmas day with my family this year. The kids are getting so big, they are beginning to take over the house when we are all together. But they love playing together since they don't see each other that often.



We went to Tim's parent's house the Saturday after Christmas and celebrate with them. They have 2 new cousin's this year, Haley and Casey. They love playing with Haley. Poor Casey gets left out a lot being the only boy!! But he survives!

Elves

Ok, I have seen this done a few times now and they are SO funny, so I decided to do one with our family. The girls think it's hilarious. Turn off my music on the lower right before you watch it. Enjoy!!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Snow Day!!

Today the girls had their first snow day of the year, they get an extra long Christmas break!! They were both excited that they didn't have to go to school, even though they both love going. They "played" school all morning with their stuffed animals. After lunch we went outside to shovel the driveway. You know there is a lot of snow when you have to shovel paths in the yard so the kids can walk without falling with every step!! They loved it!! Olivia was out for about 5 minutes and then decided there was too much snow!! The other 2 stayed out for quite awhile.








Christmas Parties!!

Luckily the girls had already had their Christmas parties this week at school. I was able to help at both of them, they both had a good time making crafts and having fun snacks. The teachers anticipated a snow day today, so they gave the kids their gifts at the parties instead of waiting until today. Good thing!!


Abby's school party was yesterday morning.



Brooklynn had her party on Wednesday morning. She was supposed to have a little program this morning for the parents, but that was obviously cancelled.