Owen story

I was out shopping the other night and honestly I really wasn't paying attention to Owen. I mean I knew where he was at all times, but he was doing his own thing and I was doing my own thing trying to beat the clock before the store closed. Out of the blue I heard him say, "Why don't you look pretty today." As I looked around I had no idea who he was talking to so I said "Owen who are you talking to?" His response was "This lady without a head." Gotta love him!!

Wyatt 14 months

Tell me it doesn't really start this early????

Who knew.....

That Owen was our little worry wart?.......Kris and Uncle Jim said he is a worry wart just like his nana. When I told my mom she said, "um no dear, he is just like his momma!"

So we are getting ready to go tubing...a ton of fun for a four year old, right? Well we got about 2o questions wanting to know exactly how everything would go.

Some of my favorite concerns were:

1.) "where is my car seat going to go? If we put it in daddy's truck and go on the river, how am I going to get my car seat back?"

2.) "what if I need a tootsie roll?." Yes he was very concerned that he would need to eat a tootsie roll on the river.

3.) Last and favorite... he was literally crying when he said this because he was sooooo concerned.....wait for it.......

"what if I need to poop?"

Yep, that's our boy! Love us some Owen

More tubing pictures

Our secret find while tubing on the Muskegon river.

Kris enjoying his tube ride

Out of about 10 pictures this is the best one of me and Wy. He wouldn't look at the camera at all. Ugh oh, he is becoming his big brother!

But I did capture this great picture of Owen....such a looker!

Tubing on the River

Yep we had fun! As you can see from below!

Did you know that Paris, Mi is right on the Muskegon River?

Sure is and again was only about a two minute walk from our campsite. It was actually a cool little county park.

I love this picture of Kris and Owen....I just wish I was closer so I knew what Owen was saying, but by the looks of his hand, he is definitely telling Kris some pretty great stuff.

What a pretty picture! We had perfect weather and Owen enjoyed fishing with his daddy.

Kris helping Owen get situated to watch him fish for a few hours....sounds like fun!

Finally Owen is situated and Kris can fish, fish, fish.....all day long! You can tell by the river that there was a little current going on.....Owen came back in one piece though so it's all good!

Yes there were ducks and an Eiffel tower in Paris too....

Stinky ducks...... but wyatt liked them and wanted OUT of his stroller!

So we let him out and he was just amazed with these creatures....it was fun to watch him!

And yes, they did have an Eiffel tower there too. Owen and Nathan posed for he so I could take there picture by it.

It was a cute place. The best part was that we did all of this on foot. It was less than a five minute walk from our campsite. Very fun!

Paris Park Fish Hatchery

Watch the progression of these pictures:
1.) Owen feeds the fish at the fish hatchery. What a cool experience. There were hundreds of fish in this section and though it was cool, they were kind of creepy at the same time....I'm not gonna lie about it! 2.) With the help of Kris and Dirty Jim, Owen gets a little bit gutsy and goes along with his father's and uncle's request to try to "touch" the fish. Owen didn't think twice about this and put his hand in the water.

3.) Yes, he got bit by a fish and his Mee Mee had to comfort him. (we aren't actually sure if the fish had teeth or if he got cut on one of the scales.) Needless to say he wasn't very happy with his Uncle Jim for the rest of the trip.

Thank goodness for CARS band aids......they are perfect at fixing everything.

Grand Haven

We went into Grand Haven a couple of times while we were at PJ Hoffmaster. Grand Haven is such a pretty down and they have the cutest shops! It is a fun, clean city!

Here is Wy man on the way home from Grand Haven. Surprisingly he mustered up the energy for one last smile.....he was exhausted! Here is Owen looking at one of the art displays they had on the main strip. He is pointing to the orange pop can. Orange pop is his favorite!

Here are Kris and Owen by the US Coast Guard station.

Kris and Owen

Me and Owen

We had a great time! It was a beautiful day spent in a beautiful city....doesn't get much better than that!

Fourth of July

We went to the Village this year for the 4th. We met up with some great friends who unfortunately we are only able to see a couple of times each year.

Here is Owen with his prize from his Grammy.....a bucket full of goodies! Grammy is the best!

Here is me and O by one of the cannons they had. It was a super fun night with super fun friends!! Hopefully we can make this an annual event.

PJ Hoffmaster July 2011

We had an amazing week at PJ Hoffmaster state park in Muskegon. The weather was perfect. Sunny and hot every day! My sister came up for the day and was able to capture these great pictures of our family.

Here is Wyatt posing my his name that I drew in the sand. This was at the end of the day. Wyatt was cold and shivering so we bundled him all up and all that was left sticking out of the towel were his sweet little cheeks.....so of course we had to kiss them!

Owen playing in the sand.

Owen posing my his name in the sand.

Owen and Kris enjoying a nice relaxing day in Lake Michigan

Me and my boy!








Wyatt man.......

Love, love, love this picture of Kris and Wyatt! Just perfect!