Owen's new buzz cut.

For the first time in over 2 years we decided it was time to give Owen a buzz cut. His cousins both get buzz cuts often, but we never gave one to Owen for fear of him not looking like a baby any longer. Our fear certainly came true as we watched Owen go from a baby to a big boy in a matter of minutes. He was extremely unhappy throughout the whole cut and we had to give him m&m's in the end to FINALLY be happy. Every time we look at him now we are amazed at how huge he looks.

Happy 4th of July

We had a great Independence Day this year. We went to a parade in downtown Brighton early in the morning and then in the afternoon we were invited to a BBQ at Tami's parents house. They just got their new pool a few months ago and it is gorgeous. We were also right on the lake so we had the best of both worlds.


Here is Kris going down the water slide. Owen must have gone down the waterslide at least 50 times. He was in love with the slide and couldn't get enought of it.

It was a great way to spend the day and completed our vacation.

P.J. Hoffmaster State Park

We spent the last week camping in Muskegon on Lake Michigan. It was an awesome vacation.


What's a vacation without some adult fun? Below are Jim and I having a plasma car race. Owen got the plasma cars for his birthday and it turns out that they are also a lot of fun for adults.

Owen hanging out on a sand dune. This was really the only nice day that we had which was a bummer since we were there for a whole week. But we found other things to do in our spare time........ Like hang out at Lakeshore RV Superstore for several hours while Jim and Tami got a new camper. We looked at all the fancy campers on the lot and hung out with Nick and Nathan for a while so Jim and Tami could focus on all the paperwork they had to sign without any kid interruptions.

We had a wonderful time and can't wait to go on another vacation again soon. We learned earlier this season that if we take riding toys Owen will have more fun, so we loaded the truck and camper full of toys for Owen to play with. We all had so much fun. Here is Owen on his four wheeler. Owen and Kris hanging out by the campfire.

Below are Owen and Nick buried in the sand.

Owen playing on his plasma car that he got for his birthday. It is a very cool toy.

Our camper and Kris' truck. We love our fifth wheel so much, it really has all the comforts and amenities of being at home.

All in all it was a GREAT time. It was sad to come home. All of us wanted to stay for a few more days. But with everything else in life, all great things must come to an end. More fun to be had and more memories to make in the future.