GRANDMA AND GRANDPA CAME TO VISIT

In the first week of July, Grandma and Grandpa Geddes came to visit us.
They were only here for 5 and a half days, but we made sure to pack in lots of fun, and I think everyone really enjoyed the visit.

We did lots of fun things locally... Toured the Ford Rouge Factory, went to the Henry Ford museum, played at the park, ate ice cream...ATE LOTS of things, lol, etc
We celebrated Grandma's 21st birthday (with MORE FOOD) while they were here. Luke colored in a picture for grandma, and we gave her a new webcam, so that we can have more fun skype dates with them.

We also planned a little overnight trip to Niagara falls in Canada. We made a stop on the way, at Storybook Gardens. It was a super cute, fun place for the kids. We stayed at the Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara, and everyone had a ton of fun at the indoor water park.
It was such a great week. The kids had so much fun with Grandma and Grandpa, and we wish they could have stayed longer.

Waiting for grandma and grandpa at the airport

Luke was super excited to see them.

Grandma's Birthday dinner and gift

Grandpa and Luke playing games on the iPad

Henry Ford Museum

Storybook Gardens, London, Canada

FAMILY PICTURES 2013

I have been trying to get an updated family picture at least once a year.
Last year Jake's dad, Spence took some great pictures for us when we visited them in Utah, so this year when they came to visit us, we got him to take some more for us.
Luke is VERY anti photo's right now. I think he think he lives with the paparazzi because we probably take too many pictures.
The standard picture of Luke right now looks like this.

Needless to say, I was very happy that between Grandma's entertaining and the ice-cream bribe, we were able to get some good family pictures.
Here are some of my favourites.

 And I love this one, just because Luke is such a little crazy kid. lol

SUMMER FUN 2013

We have been REALLY enjoying this summer. We have loved being back in Michigan. The summer weather is a lot more forgiving, and there is so much to do here that we've just been on the go all the time doing fun things with the kids.
Here are a few photo's of  each of the things we've been up to lately :)

We've been to the splash park...more than once. It's fun, local and free!





We went to the African Drive through Safari in Ohio.
You get to feed the animals from your car. That was quite the experience. lol. The bison and steer are kinda big, slobbery and a bit scary when trying to get their giant heads in your car window. haha.

We went to Greenfield Village. We got a membership for this year, so we'll be going a few more times before the winter. Greenfield Village is a little historic village, set up to display things from the times of Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford etc. It was very hot on our recent trip, so we mostly just took a few rides... we rode on the steam train, and the Model T Ford...and of course the kids went on the old carousel. We'll do more walking and 'looking' next time.

We also went to the Detroit Zoo.

Just last week, Grandma and Grandpa Geddes came to visit and we took an overnight trip to Niagara Falls in Canada.. but that will be a separate blog post later :)

It's been a fun and eventful summer this year. We're enjoying it

LUKE TURNED 4

Luke turned 4, on May 6th! I'm a bit late on the posting, but better late than never right?

We had our usually little mid week play date party for him, only this year we had the party at a local park. Luke wanted a rainbow party this year... an interesting choice for a 4yr old boy, but we went with it. lol.
We all had a great time.

A quick update on Luke:
He is talking soooo much now...some days I literally have to ask him to be quiet. lol
We are so glad he is catching up on his speech so nicely. It has made communicating with him so much easier, and he's coming up with questions and funny things to say. I love watching his little mind learning and absorbing everything.
He is really into his trains right now. We bought him some Thomas train stuff a couple years ago, but it wasn't until recently that he really started to play with it a lot.
In September, Luke will be starting preschool... he'll be going to Mother Hubbard Preschool on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings :)
He's pretty excited about that. I think it'll be GREAT for him.
He loves his little sister... sometimes a little too much...He drives her CRAZY, because he doesn't know how to NOT pester her. He still LOVES getting tickles on his back. He'll do pretty much anything for a few minutes of back tickles :)

Luke is growing up so fast, we can barely keep up.
He is such a special part of our family.
We love you buddy :)