Another bday party for Arthur, this time in Tekonsha

Sorry for the poor video quality - I really need to get a new phone that takes better video.

Arthur's 4th birthday & a trip to Briarwood

The big news is that Arthur has had his 4th birthday!  Hard to believe.  For his birthday, we got a room at Weber's Inn and had his friends Sammy and Adin join us for swimming, pizza poolside, and birthday cake in our room.  It was lots of fun and Arthur got to spend a lot of time in the swimming pool which he really liked.  He doesn't really swim of course, he mostly climbs out of the pool, jumps on daddy in the pool, then climbs back out and does this over and over again.  And check out his bday cake - yes, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are still a thing (having been brought back and modernized) and Arthur loves them right now.  The cake was a big hit.


This next video is actually a few weeks old now, and it shows Mark holding a toy doctor's/dentist's mirror that he has become oddly attached to.  Not much happens here.


This last video was just taken yesterday, the 19th.  It shows Mark and Jessie playing in the turtle play zone at Briarwood Mall.  Arthur was there too, of course.  Mark really took to the place and threw himself into the action.  Jessie was considerably more cautious and didn't move around much.  She watched Mark a lot almost as if she was thinking to herself "I can't believe he crawled way over there, isn't he scared."  This video was shot with my cell phone so the quality is not so great.

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Until next time...

Christmas, and more pics from December 2012

2012_12, a set on Flickr.

We have uploaded many new pics for the month of December, including Christmas photos and more from our trip to Grand Rapids a month ago. Happy New Year to everyone that checks-in to our family blog from time to time - we wish everyone well. Let's hope for an even better 2013.

December pics so far....

2012_12, a set on Flickr.

Here's our December pics so far...pre Christmas. You will see some pics from Bonnie & John's visit, including John's bday party, along with our visit to the Gerald Ford Museum in Grand Rapids. You will also see the E-man holding the M&J at Holly's recent Xmas party. More pics post-Christmas, I am sure....

Mark & Jessie have had their 1st birthday!

Is it possible that Mark & Jessie are already 1 year old?  It is indeed.  It seems like only yesterday that we were visiting them every day in the NICU at Motts Children's Hospital.  How time flies.  We celebrated bday #1 with their Grammi Bonnie and Grampi John.  They shared a cupcake, well the frosting anyway.  Arthur hammed it up and, as you will see, the party was really hopping.  Enjoy...

November 2012

2012_11, a set on Flickr.

Here are some pics taken during the past month, including some taken at our Thanksgiving celebration at Grammi & Grampi Sherwood's. Toward the end, you will see a quick set of pics of Cathy and the kids meant to show off Mark's and Jessie's new birthday clothes. In these pics, you will see how Arthur has become Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes fame. Each photo was preceded by daddy saying "OK Arthur, now smile and BE STILL and don't make a funny face. Well....