Fun and Friends

Connor feeding the birds

This week was spent getting back into the routine of being in our new home and sleeping in our own beds for a week. I no longer here Allison say, "Where are we sleeping tonight?" Like she has for the last 2 1/2 months. Each morning this week Allison has had safety town. It has been nice to have her doing something fun for a few hours so that I can exercise with the two younger ones and do a few things around the house too. I spend most mornings jogging with Connor and Ella in the jogging stroller. On Monday I ran around Reeds lake, which was a bit much with the two kids in the stroller. They are good for 3 miles, but 4 1/2 was a little much and it was a lot pushing them up the hills. Ella fell asleep, but Connor kept wanting to talk to me and I could hardly hear him with the noise of traffic. After each run I would either go to the track to let Connor run around or to Wealthy playground to play. He had a ball doing both and it was nice to spend some one on one time with him (Ella typically took her morning nap in the stroller).

Monday Allison had her afternoon swim lesson with Lucy. She is really coming along with her strokes and seems to really enjoy the water too. We joined MVP on Monday, so we went to the pool for a short bit to check it out. The kids LOVE it and it gives us something fun to do as family. Craig and I enjoy working out there, they have a great kids area and nice indoor and outdoor pools.

We meet my aunt Tracy, three of her girls, her niece and my cousins Jenny and Amy at John Ball Zoo. We had lots of fun feeding the birds, petting the sting rays and enjoying the animals. That night we met Craig at the pool.

Allison feeding the birds

Friday we spent most of the day with friends. Our good friends Mia and Janelle came for the afternoon to have lunch, see the house and hang out. It is always good to spend time with them. Then we went to another friend's house for Thai food and hung out with friends. The kids had a great time.

We had a busy and fun week hanging out at the pool, meeting new friends, hanging out with old friends and enjoying our new life in EGR.

July

Allison

Ella

Connor

Ella showing off "SO BIG"

Craig's graduation from U of M

Craig, Connor and Tom Izzo

Ella at aunt Katie's house

It is has been a long time since my last post. Life has been crazy busy and now that we are moved into our new home, things have settled down a bit. I have decided to get back to the blog. My hope is that I can blog once a week and talk about what has happened over the week. Allison is now 5 1/2 and has been going to safety town all week in EGR. She is loving it and has met a lot of new friends. Thank goodness she is very social and making friends is very easy for her. I actually felt a bit sick to my stomach leaving her with a bunch of people we didn't know, but when I picked her up she said she loved it and wished she could stay all day. She told me she met a new friend named Kathryn and she LOVED safety town. I should have known that it would be an easy transition for her. Connor is two and boy is he two! He is in to EVERYTHING, is talking up a storm, now sleeps in a big boy bed, and is just plain BUSY. He is doing really well with the bed and is a ton of fun. Ella is now 10 months old and she is crawling everywhere and pulling herself up to everything. My little sack of potatoes is now mobile! She is such a little sweetie. This week we joined MVP and the kids have been enjoying the indoor and outdoor pools. They spent 45 minutes in the kids' spot while I worked out. Allison and Ella did really well, but it was a bit hard for Connor. He doesn't like me to leave him. Hopefully this will get easier. We have also spent a lot of time at the beach with my cousins, and time in Grand Haven with family. Craig and Connor got to meet Tom Izzo and Connor got a ball signed from him. Lots of fun! Craig and I just recently went to our 15 year reunion! Lots and lots of fun and great to see old friends.