Outdoor Discovery Center Field Trip

On Thursday I went on a field trip with Riley's class to the Outdoor Discovery Center. We first went and ate lunch at Timbertown and got to play for a little bit, then spent the afternoon exploring the trails and then learning about animals habitats and got to touch a few animals

Riley's first grade class

Out on the trails

They got to see and/or touch a snake, salamander, bunny, and a screech owl that was hit by a car and was missing an eye.

Busy, Busy

Nothing special about this post but just some things that have been going on lately. The title says it all. Its exactly how I feel this past month and the month to come. All my weekends for May are booked. Don't get me wrong I like keep busy, but it has been non-stop. Plus I do alot of the stuff with 3 kids on my own b/c the hubby is over the road trucking alot and it wears on you after awhile. I just feel like I have been running here and there and shuttling kids around, planning parties and sport events. I shouldn't complain I don't even have to get up to do a job on top of it all, they are my job. I am just tired and I have another month of this craziness.

Carter has turned 4, John is the BIG 3-0, I turned 28( these were all in a 2 week span) Riley is turning 7 on Saturday- we are having a party at Crazy Bounce with the boys from his class( pictures to come soon) and then a small family party the same day. At some point we as a family go to a fun place of their choice( Carter chose Chuckie Cheese, gotta love that pizza- not). He usually picks the Craigs Cruisers in GR its alot more fun than the Holland one, but the weather needs to cooperate to do the outdoor stuff. Then in June my baby turns 1 :( and we will have another big party! Anyway enough rambling. Here are some pictures of our past month....

The cake that I made him-sort of. I baked the cake and frosted it, but the picture was made of an edible icing by someone else and all I had to do was apply it to the top of the cake. I emailed her a picture of his truck and she was able to make this.

John the birthday guy. Not the best shot , but its all I had.

Some of the party guests and activities at John's 30th Birthday party

My sister-in-laws, Jen and Jen and my sister, Julie on the right

Levi being a little busy boy. Checking out the cupboards, he didn't make to big a mess. He has also started to climb the stairs, so its time to get the gates out again. He is really getting into everything!

Headed out to the Tulip Time Parade again this year and of course it rained as it usually does just before and then was fine the rest of the time.

Our neighbor Austin, nephew Trenton, Riley, and neice Sophia. Carter did not want to take part in the picture. I told him someday when he is older he is going to wonder why there are no pictures of him and I will tell him that he never wanted to be in them b/c he always had a little attitude. :)

My sister and her daughter dressed up in their Dutch costumes for the street scrubbing

My nephew Kody( 3rd from the left) got to hold the gun for the ZCS band during the Tulip Time Parade.

Levi LOVED the parade! The loud bands did not bother him at all.

Riley's 7 Year Pictures

My oldest is turning 7 on Saturday, so we got his pictures taken. He was not to excited to do it, but once he got into it and the lady figured out what made him smile nicely it went pretty good. He wanted to give a cheesy smile with wide eyes as you can tell in the picture where he is standing with his hands in his pocket, but towards the end he gave a more natural smile. I again went with a blue background b/c the other two ended up getting their photos that way, which was not planned, it just happened to be the pose I liked, so I couldn't have him being left out, so I had to do it the same way. Although when Levi turns 1 soon his background may change. Oh Well!

10 Months

Levi's first year of life is going so quickly. He is such a big boy at 10 months. When we returned from Florida he had learned so much while I was gone( probally b/c he got all the attention from grandmas, sorry to say, hes the third child and yes they do get less attention, especially when they are such good babies) He has started to "talk" alot more, the other day he was attempting to copy me and make truck noises, it was so cute. He learned so big. I think its funny b/c their arms barely reach past their head. He also learned to wave bye-bye. He is pulling up on everything and will attempt to stand for a few seconds without holding on to anything. He loves to walk around holding your hands. This is the month that my other two started walking so we will see if he follows them. Its going to be a busy summer with him! He now has 4 teeth, the other tooth on the top came through just after we came home from vacation. But they are not his two top front teeth they are the next two. I thought that was a odd pattern, so he looks like he is missing his two front teeth. He is eats both jarred and table food yet with a total of 3 bottles a day. He loves to eat and will eat about anything. He loves to be outside and watch everything. Its fun to start seeing his little personality come out, although it looks like he has some attitude already, but right now its cute! How can you get mad at this face...

Fort Myers Beach, Florida 2010

WARNING: Lots of pictures. I was kinda putting of posting this b/c of al lthe pictures that I had and it seemed a little daunting. They are in no particular order they are just a few snapshots of what we did during the week in Florida. I have more posted on FB.
We had a wonderful time the weather was perfect, sunny and 80 all week. I went down with my sister and her 3 kids and then my two oldest( Levi stayed behind and got spoiled) The ride there and back went smoothly. There were a few traffic delays but nothing major. The ride back was worse and I drove straight home, so I was very tired and night driving is hard. We mostly hung out at the beach or the pool, walked the beach and pier. We saw baby sharks that people would catch while fishing and we even touched it and we got to hold a parrot( no pic b/c I forgot my camera!!) We walked around the shops downtown alot and also went to an outlet mall one morning. We also visted the Shell Factory and Nature park and their community pool which is pretty much like our aquatic center, just outside. We also did a little mini-golf too. And a few nights my sister and I got to go out and enjoy a few drinks. I would definetly go back again. It was very nice and relaxing.

our condo where we stayed at the Bel-Air Beach Club