June 2009

Life if going great for us here in beautiful Michigan. The weather has been mostly gorgeous! We have had some fun thunderstorms and not so fun humid days. Abby and I go to the pool a lot and love it!
Benjamin and Abby made a cool 'temple' out of blocks.

Cute shots of the Abster.

Father's Day was lots of fun here. Abby chose a purple tie for Benjamin that looks awesome on him.

A few weeks before Father's Day I asked Abigail what she thought her Daddy would like for Father's Day breakfast and she replied confidently, "Shrimp." So that is what he got.

We went to Lake Lansing beach one day.

We had to say goodbye to the Wagners. We have known them the whole 4 years we have been here. It was sad to see them go. Abby and Noah have known each other their whole lives. We have done a babysitting swap with them for 3 years. We will miss them. We've had 3 families that we have been close to graduate and move on. It is crazy to us that we will be graduating in only 1 year. We have really loved Michigan and all the friends we have made.

Abigail has been mixing things lately. This had food coloring, celery, carrots, milk, peas, pickles, whipping cream, sugar, salt, rice and some other things I can't remember. Abby said t was daddy's special treat. Being a good sport, Benjamin tried it.

We went to Battle Creek, Michigan to stay with some friends. We all went to a parade on Friday and the "longest breakfast table" on Saturday. A reporter took our picture on Friday and it was on their front page the next morning. We were at a grocery store on Sat. afternoon and someone stopped us and told us they had seen us in the newspaper. It was very fun. For those interested we will be doing autographs from 1-3pm this Saturday here in Bath, Mi.

Abigail's favorite part of the parade was Daisy the cow.

They had all sorts of cereal, banannas and juice. It was really fun and free.

My friend gave me a haircut. Free-ninety nine. I in turn gave her a haircut, it was a good deal.

We went to a festival where I did a 5k with one of my friends, Crystal. We met up with some other friends who had run in the race also. A couple in our branch offered to watch the kids during the race. I really appreciated that. It was totally different not having a stroller to push!

Here are some happy faces.

Update

This horse gives a crazy fast ride once you put the money in. Abigail gets a kick out of it.


We were in a toy store and Abigail was playing with the toys they had out for the kids to play with. She picked up a doll that was in a box and I thought she was going to try and take the doll out. I said, "Oh, unfortunately Abby we can't take the doll out the box to play with." She put it down and played with other things. A few minutes later I said, "Okay Abby, time to go!" She replied very seriously, "Unfortunately Mommy, I need to play some more." Classic.

We went to Shipshewanna, Indiana with some friends. It is a great Amish town. They have the largest flea market this side of the Mississippi and lots of fun little shops. Its really cool to see the horse and buggies driving on the rode next to the cars. Abigail of course loved the carousel the best.






Abby looking cute, read to go on a Sunday walk. Michigan is really so beautiful. The trees are filling out with their green leaves. This is just right at our apartment complex.

Abby is a Land Before Time fan. So she really enjoyed seeing what Little Foot would look like as an adult.



We went on a day trip to a Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek, Michigan. Abigail's favorite part was the carousel.


In this picture you can see a potted plant. Abigail brought home a little seed from sunbeams. She and Benjamin have been very diligent about watering it, letting it get enough light and repotting it as it has grown bigger. Its actually an apple tree. Its been a lot of fun.

I cut Abigail's hair. She asked me to and I thought it was a good idea for summer.

We got to tour a local firestation. Abby and I both enjoyed it.

Spring

Here are some pictures highlighting some of the activities we've had over the past few weeks. The first several are of Abigail and I going to the MSU horse and cow farms with some friends in the branch.

This next set of pictures is from when our branch did a Hawaiian luau activity that was a lot of fun. Benjamin pulled some sweet moves on the limbo and I got first place in my age division for hula hooping. Abigail enjoyed everything. The final video of Abigail hula hooping is hillarious to me!

We have been borrowing a car from a friend and before we took it back we cleaned it all. Abigail loved the Fabreeze. We used half a bottle of it. It made for a great Saturday morning activity!

Abby and I have gone on a few nature walks. Michigan is really pretty this time of the year. On Saturdays I take Abigail on a tricycle ride to a business that is down the road from our apartment. It is a very pretty walk. Abby loves her tricycle.