BonVoyage Dance

The Family before the dance

Jarred and Mal at Chili's

Jarred and his friends at Mallory's house

Jarred and Mallory before the dance...too cute!!

Yesterday was the 8th grade BonVoyage Dance. I just CANNOT believe Jarred is done with middle school. I keep saying it over and over again thinking it might get easier...it doesnt! His date was Mallory Schouten, a real nice girl. They had such a nice time Jarred has mentioned a couple times it was better than he expected. After the dance we went to an "after party" at the Boyds, which I, of course, accompanied him too! The parents and kids all had a real nice time.

Memorial Weekend

Cookout at the Conrads....the boys love to swing

Lakeside Memorial Day Parade....the boys partied until they fell asleep!!

Memorial Day

Picnic at the Anderson's

Two of a kind (Brayton and Brady)..this was right before the punching match!

Connor is adorable.

The boys love Cullen....they follow him everywhere.

What a week!

This week we have been at the Doctors or hospital just about everyday! Colton is recovering from his surgery, then Jarred had an issue which is an on going process trying to get that figured out and then to top it off Colton's eye swelled shut from his allergies, it has been three days now...this morning it is still very swollen, red and itchy....I guess its Brady's turn any day now:-)

Prom

Kristia and I went to the prom last night and left the boys at home with the Dad's! This picture of Brady and Jaxson was taken around 9:30 when we got home....I think they had a good time...maybe too much of a good time:-) Jaxson and Brady have so much fun together, they can get into a lot of trouble in about 2 minutes, Colton is behind the scenes quietly creeping around!! At one point Jaxson and Brady were two houses down running around in someone else's yard, we did not even know they left the yard, Colton's little jeep ran out of power so he persuaded Jaxson to make a "trade" for the one that worked! Poor Jaxson got in Colton's jeep and it was completely dead, Oh boy what are we in for??

Spring - Ducks

Spring brings the ducks back to Lake Harbor Park! The Houle girls walked with us down to the park for some spring time fun feeding the ducks...Yes that is Brady and Colton with the sun glasses on the wrong way and I do believe Brady might be trying to pick his nose as well, arent they just so adorable!!!

Easter at the Swanson's

The boys found eggs filled with change at Grandma Swanson's and a big bag of Easter goodies including a new pair of skates!!! We had a nice day with the Swanson family.

Easter Morning

Thanks to Grandma Carol they boys had TONS of Easter Eggs and goodies in their baskets this year. They had a great time hunting around the house before church looking for all the goodies the bunny had brought. Next year the bunny has to step up his hiding skills, these kids were not stumped by him this year!

Chicago..spring break 09

We took our first over night adventure without Jarred:-( We know Jarred was having a once in a life time trip with Grandpa and Grandma Ohime, but our spring break was not the same without him! With that said the four of us had an awesome get a way to Chicago this weekend. Brady LOVED the taxi ride...I think it was his favorite part of the trip (in a car going really fast, in a big city, without a seatbelt..whats not to love?) Colton enjoyed the pool and hot tub they both liked the aquarium! They slept for all except 15 minutes of the entire ride home!!

Alaska Day 2 and 3

Picking up ashes from the volcano right in front of the hotel

Bald Eagles were like pets around in the area

At the hotel in Homer, Alaska

A little too close for me!

Crazy Bounce

On today's spring break agenda was Crazy Bounce in Holland with Lilly and Elise, the kids bounced around for over an hour and had a total blast! Leah and I did a little power shopping afterwards:-)

SPRING BREAK 09

Jarred left for Alaska on Friday with Grandpa and Grandma Ohime, they are having a blast, we are so happy for him. We will spend the week doing Kiddie fun things!

Saturday - Easter Egg coloring with Grandma Swanson, mom and dad went out with Leah and Mike to watch MSU!!

Sunday - Movie: Tale of Deperoux, riding the 4 wheeler, camp fire and fun at the Lund's

Monday - Crazy Bounce

Tuesday - Preschool

Wednesday - Dino exhibit at the GR Museum

Thursday - Pre school

Friday - Chicago

Saturday - Chicago

Sunday - Easter....WHAT A WONDERFUL WEEK!!!