Can't Believe I am still Blogging, but just one more.

Grandpas birthday was this week. We had Bumpy Cake again, just like Aunt Nilza's party. She gave me some more this time also. We will miss you Joe and Nilza as you head back to Hermosia.
Natalie, pay attention to the gift opening and stop studying books on pottery designs.
I won't reveal his age.
Who couldn't love a face like that.
See my Holland sweatshirt. At Grandma Lois' house I got some new cereal, strawberry and bananas.

My motorcycle family in Manistee. It was fun exploring and they even found quite a few washed out roads from the severe storms. Dan led them into some off roading that the boys were not to happy about. Imagine that.

Baby Update

Our baby girl is crawling and now she even is lifting herself up and standing on her own. Wow, is she a handful. When she is not sleeping, she is constantly on the go. Sarah is wondering how to get anything done. It is so wonderful to see all the advancements she is making. She is also getting very heavy. This week we will get the official weight at her doctors appt. I will just put some shots in of our trip to campmeeting and Grandma Lois' for July 4th.

My first fourth of July celebration.

Can you believe someone gave out frozen treats. YUM!I love you mommy.
Is this parade ever going to get over?
Natlie designed our banner for VBS. Looked like a professional job. We helped with the last minute touches when we went to the shop for the annual July 3rd BBQ.

Campmeeting here we come.

We were in the overflow parking with no electricity. Got a little hot over night and my hair was pretty goopy when I woke up.
See how well I stand up. Problem is now I don't want to go inside the bouncy anymore, just stand outside of it.
We ate at Cracker Barrel on the way home and they blew these neat bubbles for me.

Quick Catch-up on Us!

Man, it's been almost a month without a post. I guess that is nothing new for me. Problem is it takes me forever to put one up. I will try to just put a few pictures up so you can see what we have been doing over the last 4 weeks. Never a dull moment.

These pictures are from Brian and Laurens wedding in Milwaukee. It was a fun time. Brian is Adam's good friend from college now in Medical school at Loma Linda, CA. Lauren is a sweet girl we worked with on Higher Ground Sabbath School. Loved seeing them and enjoying the wedding. The reception was at the Aquarium on Lake Michigan. Just beautiful. The food and service were outstanding.

This is the old gang from college and even academy. Justin in the middle is Adam's surfing buddy.

Two great looking guys. I am so proud of them both and lucky to have them in my life.

This is the perfect picture of these two. Lake Michigan in the background. A little to smooth to surf.
They look like they are having the time of their lives hey?
Our church greeters, and so nice to see them as the first people we met at the wedding.


I love Steve Peck. How great to chat with him about Politics.
The happy couple.

Crawling

Hi, you would think I am the mom wouldn't you with all my blog news. Well, my daughter doesn't have a blog yet, and I will probably have to teach her how to do one, so I have to do all the bragging.



On Leah's 8 month and 1 day birthday she started crawling forward. Yeah! It is so cute. We hadn't seen her for two days and went today to watch her crawl. She was so happy to see us. Big smiles and arms reaching out. This time I think she really likes me better than Grandma Great. She is kind of wobbly also but gets where she wants to go. Leah loves the phone, so Sarah puts it out way in front of her and off she goes for it. We are afraid we may have emergency vehicles at the front door someday since she loves to press those buttons.



Okay, I will add one picture. Leah is also getting her first tooth and we think she plays with her gum because almost all the time her tongue is curled over. Well, I can't get her to open up for a picture of the tooth, so the closest thing I have is a picture of the curly tongue. It's good for a chuckle.

Bathtime

It was our last bath time together so I decided we should take a few pictures to show how she has grown from the first pictures I took. Of course, couldn't find any bath, but this was a few months ago. Leah turned 8 months on

June 15th, Fathers Day. The day before we discovered that she is getting her first tooth on the bottom. Also, she started crawling forward yesterday. How exciting. Now we will really have to be on guard. She is a real mover.
I know it may be hard to believe, but she can also be an imp. This picture says it all.

Nothing feels better than cuddling with this sweetheart after her bath, all wrapped up in her towel. The one thing we can't figure out is that she hates to get her clothes changed now. She screams the whole time. So I end up giving her the desitin, my watch, my reading glasses, anything in site to keep her occupied. That is one pretty cute baby. Lori, she would give Anthony a run for his money in that Gerber baby contest.......Maybe we could get them to chose one girl and one boy.

Dueling Cameras

One of the best things I ever did was buy Sarah a camera just like mine. Not only does it take great pictures, not blurry, but I can download her pictures very easily onto my computer. I guess it is legal, like scraplifting for you scrapbookers.

They had a great weekend in May when they went south to Louisville, KY to visit their good friends James and Kim. Kim went to Andrews Academy and Andrews University with Sarah and David. Sarah and Kim graduated as teachers together and taught in MI for several years until Kim married James and moved to KY. They got engaged at our condo in Florida. Great kids and I am glad Sarah and David have them as friends. This is their baby, Levi.

Looks like he is checking out Leah. From what I was told, they turned into fast friends. She didn't even care when he licked her face.Leah also like to play with Auntie Kim. Those balloons were great and I have a cute video off the camera, but don't know how to put that on the blog yet. Still working on it. Kim and James are working very hard on the house they bought. Looks like Kim likes green like Sarah likes pink.

Time for bed and Leah was tucked away in a dresser drawer. Guess it didn't last too long cause she is quite the mover now.

After church on Sabbath the kids went to the zoo. Weather was great and they were able to buy tickets online before Sabbath. Leah loved it. Sarah now has a season pass to the Toledo Zoo as a gift from the school and can't wait to go.Those shades are great and mommies and daddies are nice too.What a great group picture.I think she likes this Kangaroo.
This is Kim's school with James getting ready for a 5K run that they sponsored. David was the brave soul who ran. Kim of course was in charge and made sure James and Sarah knew what they were responsible for.



Here are the official judges and time keepers. See what I mean about green?
Sarah and Leah were in charge of the refreshments.
He made it. Whew! (not really, he actually is a triathalon athelete)
Family picture at the end of the day. Looks like Leah even got in the green of things. David is faithful to his old school, check out the AA on his shirt.

Finally, with the medal. Great way to end the weekend. I know Sarah had a great time and can't wait to get together again. Study hard Kim and great going on that Masters.