Saturday, August 14, 2010

More Summer Fun

All the cousins (minus Genevieve and Ella) and the Carnival

Grace, Craig, Allison

Allison and I went to the movie Beezus and Ramona

Sweet Ella

The Kitchen is almost finished. Ready for paint!
Ella LOVED this dog that Colton got for his birthday
Carli with Ella and Colton

The last two weeks have been a lot of fun. Craig had most of the first week of August off, so we took advantage of the fun Coast Guard festivities. We spent a lot of our time with family and friends. Allison, Connor and Ella enjoyed a day at the carnival with all of their cousins, we went to the parade, the fireworks, and the beach. We also went down to the three on three basketball tournament to see my cousin Casey and his cousins take first place. It was an enjoyable, but hot week!

This past week was busy as well. Monday Allison had swim lessons and then I spent the rest of the day in the ER with Connor. He was in terrible pain, but luckily it was resolved before the end of the day. The rest of the week we spent time at MVP swimming, hanging out with friends, hosting my sister in-law and nieces, and then a day at the beach with them on Friday. Allison had two sleepovers in a row. One at Aunt Amy's house and then last night with my parents. Busy girl. Last night we said good-bye to Bob, Traci, Carli, Casey, Cameron, Caydee, and Colton. It is always sad to see them go back to Florida. We are hoping that they return for Christmas this year!

This week our kitchen is going to have the final stage in the makeover process....PAINT! I cannot wait to have the kitchen done so that I can unpack the rest of our stuff into all the cabinets. What a joy that will be! We are also getting a new roof. Although we were hoping to not have to replace the roof for at least another year, we now have a leak that is going into our sunroom and we have to have a new roof. The one plus is getting rid of the green! All that will be left of it is the shutters, front door, and garage doors. Thank goodness for paint.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Safety Town and Fun in Grand Haven

Allison holding her Safety Town Certificate
Connor and Genevieve
Connor, Craig and Allison at Uncle David and Susan's Pool
Anna and Allison
This was Allison's last week of Safety Town and I have to say that it was nice to have her involved in something for the mornings. She really enjoyed meeting new friends and I enjoyed having only two kids for a couple of hours. It meant that I could jog each morning with Connor and Ella, take Connor to the playground, get a coffee, and relax. On Friday she "graduated" from Safety Town and Connor, Ella and I went to her her sing and get her "diploma". It was very cute.

Friday night we headed to Spring Lake. We stayed the night at my parents and were up early to kick off Coast Guard week with the Coast Guard Run. Craig and I both ran the 5K. My goal was to go under 21 minutes and Craig was hoping to run under 18 minutes. I ran it in 20:38 and Craig was a few seconds over 18. Then we were off to the kids' Parade where they took in a HUGE amount of candy and had a ton of fun with their cousins. We topped off the day with a great dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Alguire's house.

Today we spent the afternoon at Craig's Uncle David and Susan's house celebrating their 40th anniversary. The kids had a ball swimming in the pool.

Wednesday we are heading back to Grand Haven to take in many of the Coast Guard Festivities. Looking forward to another fun week!