AJ'S Bath Time

This is the first video I have put on here, so hope it comes out OK.

"Arts Attack" Picture Board

Here are some shots of the picture board I did for the school Arts Attack Night at school. The art teacher has taken pictures of the kids all year during art class and then at the end of the year, I try to do the picture board with the theme of the year worked in. This year it was Go Green! So some of the kids pics are showing the recycling of different items. It is always fun to work on this board at the end of the year. And the kids are excited to see themselves in the pics.

This year I had a full sized board to work on, it is about 5 ft. tall and 3 panels, so we needed lots of pics.

Hope I will be able to do one next year too. This is about the 8th year that I have done a board like this for the school.

Fun at the "Golf Course"

While the kids were here, we decided to go to Stone Mountain in Tecumseh and try our hand at miniature golf! Looks like we are trying to decide what to do!!!

Brenden and Daddy decided to show us all how to do it!

Then it was Mommy and Riley's turn!

This was a really nice putt-putt course, we had never been here before and we all had a good time. The kids loved the waterfalls.

And they wanted to get a closer look, they were watching the water while we all finished up on this hole.

We had a good time, even though it was really windy and I seemed to find all of the water traps that they have over there! Ben was my retriever when I put it into the water...again!

Visit to Michigan

Visit to Michigan

Riley holding AJ, he's growing so big for her to hold as easy as she used to!

Brenden and Riley talking to AJ

Brenden and Aunt Amy

Brenden wanted his picture taken with everyone, even Riley as she was still sleeping.

Angie cheesin' for the camera! Love ya, Ange!!!!

HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE

Happy Easter

AJ's first Easter outfit. Doesn't he look handsome?

His first Easter Basket

Mommy cracked open the egg to get the surprise, he loved to hear the "pop" of the egg opening.

Mommy and AJ all dressed up.

OK, the rest of the pics are sort of out of sinc, but it's so hard to put more pictures on here. They come up in the wrong order! So forgive me.

Jackson won the secret egg this year, showing his surprise.
Some of them were hidden pretty good, even Daddy was helping to look!

Mommy helped Jackson in the high places to look.

Jackson helping to make the salad for lunch before the egg hunt.

Nana taking a break with AJ, getting ready to hunt for eggs with his cousin Jackson. All of the other grandkids were with their Mom or with their own family, too far away to make it for a short weekend trip, so it was a pretty quiet Easter. We enjoyed the adult children and conversation though.

Coloring Easter Eggs

Mommy, what are we doing?

We are going to color Easter Eggs to celebrate Easter!

First you take this round thing and hang on to it .....
Ut-Ohhh

It's a lot heavier than it looks!

I dropped my first Easter egg, Mommy!!!!

That's Ok AJ, it will be OK.

NEXT

Now we just write something on the egg with this crayon.


And then you drop it into the cup with colored water.
(Yea, right, OK Mom)

And then you end up with a beautiful colored egg!
AJ's first colored Easter egg.

A couple of weekends ago, we got to enjoy another visit from Pat and Kevin. It was a bittersweet visit. The kids grandfather had passed away and they came to Michigan for the funeral. We did get to visit for the day and help celebrate the life of Loyal Lewis.

Jeff, Sonya and Gabby came to visit at Uncle Mel's for awhile too.

And don't forget little Kevin. They have not seen each other in years.

Gabby holding AJ, she was sick when he first got home and didn't get the chance to hold her newest cousin.

Steve took a turn at holding the baby, but he said, "No!" when asked if it put him in the mood to have another little one!!!

Cherri and AJ, it satisfied her Baby Fever too. Only grandbabies she said.

We all helped celebrate the life and memory of Loyal Lewis at his son's that night. Good stories, good times.