Closing out 2014 and wishing everyone a Happy 2015!

Again, it has been quite a while since posting anything. As such, there's lots of material. I know that most of this is of interest to grandparents only, but it also serves as a historical record for the five of us. So, included in this post are videos going back to our time at Woodbury Gardens where we stayed while our kitchen was being remodeled. This video shows the kiddos playing on the bed and one of many trips to Xtreme Bounce Zone. Also included is a video of Jessie and Juliet Butler singing and dancing to the Frozen song. There is a video of Mark's and Jessie's 3rd birthday. But first, there's a video of Christmas morning at our house (this one is particularly long). I have also included some links to our November and December 2014 photo albums on Flickr. So, there's a lot here, enjoy if you want and at your own pace, or not. Until next time...Happy 2015 to all!

First - links to photos
December 2014
November 2014

Now, on to videos...

Christmas morning


Mark's and Jessie's 3rd birthday


Jessie & Juliet perform the Frozen song


Random fun in summer 2014

A move from our house, a kitchen remodel and six months later we get around to posting again.....

Wow, it's been a while since we have posted anything. Arthur is in Kindergarten! Here are links to our latest photos on Flickr. Sorry it's been so long and sorry for the short post. We hope you enjoy the pics.

May 2014: 2014_05
June 2014: 2014_06
July 2014: 2014_07
August 2014: 2014_08
September 2014: 2014_09
October 2014: 2014_10

Grampi John & Grammi Bonnie come for a visit

Grampi John and Grammi Bonnie were here recently  for a visit.  While they were here, we went to Grand Rapids to visit Uncle Chris.  We saw the John Ball Zoo and rode a funicular to the top of the lookout point.  We even ate dinner in the B.O.B (the big old building).  On Sunday (Easter), we had a nice brunch and then returned to Ann Arbor.  Here's a video of a typical evening when Grampi John is around and makes himself available for climbing on.


And here's a video taken a few weeks ago of Marky dosing off -- he's a chip off the old block.


And here are some pics taken during the last couple of months.
https://flic.kr/s/aHsjXE32a5

How about some videos in addition to all the pics just posted?

Here's the first video, taken today shortly after we decided not to drive to Tekonsha, due to the weather, to visit Grammi & Grampi.  Here's just a small dose of the chaos and noise that you missed today, Tekonsha people.


This next video was taken a couple of weeks ago at the Butler's house.  Jessie had been playing on the hippity hop until, of course, I got the camera out and then things sorta became less interesting.  But there's a full 4 minutes of it here nonetheless for your pleasure.  Enjoy!

February 2014 photos

2014_02, a set on Flickr.

These pics include a few from our trip to Frankenmuth to play at the waterpark, and some pics of the event where POTUS kicked off our effort to address greenhouse gas emissions from big trucks (which I attended and, no, I didn't actually meet him).

January 2014 photos

2014_01, a set on Flickr.

These pics include Arthur's birthday party at Xtreme Bounce Zone, his birthday party in Tekonsha, his friend Joey's bday party and some other random pics.