A Storybook of Grace

 Well, except for Lucas who goes to school.  Ryan is headed into 8th, Hunter to 6th, Andrew to 4th, Hailey to 2nd, Addison to 1st, Jessica to kindergarten, and Lucas to stay in preschool.  Proud of you kiddos!  💙❤️💚💜💞💛🤎💜

We love this zoo.  It’s right on Lake Michigan.  And it’s not a super big zoo so we can walk the whole thing in under two hours, perfect for us!   Brushing a goat 🐐  Memorial Day - thank you for all Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice so we could live in a free country that allows for a fun family day at the zoo.  

 

Went to a playground in Rockford for a picnic with Aunt Kelly and Taryn and Darby Visited the Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford and got to see Aunt Kelly.  That was a treat.  We hadn’t gotten to see any family from the Rockford area since we moved to IL close to 3 years ago.   The gardens were beautiful and so was the nice spring day.  Hailey and Addison got to participate in an art class for two sessions at the Antioch Arts Foundation  Addison lost her second tooth this week (literally….she could not find it ha ha ha).  Maybe swallowed it?  Natalie singing her ABCs and she’s not two yet.  :0) 

Natalie + Connor + CoCoMelon  Natalie + CoCoMelon  Our Pastor’s wife and family brought over a new outdoor activity for the kiddos :)  Our week was also filled with allergist appointments, art class, dental appointments (Hunter had three teeth pulled!), Quest Labs for Andrew to get blood drawn, and the library and garage clean out day.  We’ve also been getting our outside all ready for summertime.  So, summer, you may come now ;)   

The oldest four kiddos took us on an overnight to the Great Wolf Lodge, just in Gurnee.  It was a nice middle of the week staycation.   Ernie Egret at our house  Peeping Tomcat  In front of the lodge  The water park is behind the crazy kids  Kids looking from the shoreline at mom and dad on the paddle boat  Great Wolf Lodge  View of our casa from the boat  Hailey and Andrew rock climbing.  I did it too but didn’t  quite make it to the bottom of the paw.  My let go was pretty spectacular, full of arms flailing and spins.  :(. Everyone made fun of me.  Scratched my leg, too.   Thank goodness I was better at bowling!  Winner winner chicken 🐔 dinner.  Sean put me as Hottie.  Ha ha ha  From the paddle boat. The hotel room had an area set up as a cabin where the boys slept.   Natalie’s overnight at our friends’ house.  Another paddle boat pic.  The littles overnight  Last paddle boat picture.    

Is she scared of how I drive the stroller????   We are pretty excited about this Captain America lamp we found for the boys room at Ms Peddlers Boutique    Happy Mother’s Day!!!! 

She is by far the strangest cat I’ve ever had! Mom took this picture.  Handsome young man if I do say so myself.   Frenemies  Ryan’s birthday dinner at Brat Stop  His birthday key lime pie  Birthday fun at Action Territory  Mom took a few family photos of us Two handsome fellas  Our geese had goslings  Mom left.  It was a wonderful week with her and we all miss her.   Can’t believe we have a 13 year old!!!!!  We had a great weekend celebrating!  So thankful to God for these years with Ryan.