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.

Big Boy!

Owen turned 2 last Friday and he received so many gifts. His new favorite toy/book/show is anything to do with trains. He LOVES Thomas and was so excited to open all of his Thomas trains and books and DVDs. Well, he also received Thomas underwear. Kris called me while I was at work today and informed me that Owen took the package of underwear to Kris and said "peaze" for Kris to put them on him. Who is going to deny this sweet little boy of his very Big Boy request? Not his daddy who melts at everything Owen says and does!!! So with the help of daddy I received this picture of Owen running around the house. I was promised updates as Kris is going to try to get Owen to use the potty today. Wish us luck!

Happy Father's Day!

Today is Father's Day and I am so thankful to be married to my wonderful and supportive husband. Kris is such a role model to Owen and Owen just loves his daddy to pieces. We decided to go out to dinner tonight and had a really nice time. Of course what would father's day be without amazing fathers? Below are Owen and Papa and Owen and Grampy.

Thanks for being great dad's and also for being great grandpa's to Owen. Kris, Owen and myself are extremely blessed to have such loving and giving fathers in our lives.

Owen is one lucky little boy and Kris and I are equally lucky to have such wonderful family!

Love to you all and thanks for everything!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Owen!

Our sweet little boy turned two today and was given this bike as his main present. He was thrilled! Too bad it is raining out so we can't take him out on the driveway to play on it!

Owen being daddy's little helper!

We had quite the adventure on our way home from camping on Sunday afternoon. We were about a mile from home when Kris' truck decided to quit working. There was no time to even get to the side of the road, so here we are in the middle of M-36 stalled. It would be semi-okay if it was just the truck but it was the truck and the camper. So all in all, probably about 50 feet in length of truck and camper taking up a huge part of the road. I had to walk Owen home to get a scan tool for Kris, but in the meantime I called my parents who thankfully were home and were able to meet Kris on the road and tow him home. It was a little crazy and Kris was not all that thrilled since Diesel engines are not supposed to have ANY problems. So over the last 4 days Kris has been working on his truck in the driveway when he has had time. Today Owen decided to help him work on his truck (actually he just likes going on a ride!)

Decorative chair

I bought this cute little decorative chair the other day and Owen seems to think that it is just for him. He is way to big for this little chair, thus you can't really see it in the picture at all.......he doesn't realize that it is NOT for him and thinks that it is pretty cool!