Traverse City vacation with friends

The end of June we went to Traverse City with friends and stayed in cottage all together. We had such a great time! I think we are all hoping we can do this again next year.

A picture of the whole group

Friends

Kayaking on the Crystal River

Ryan took on a giant dune...the kids and I just watched and cheered him on :)

Enjoying hexabits first thing in the morning

Nothing like taking an 8:00 am dip in the lake

Sweet treats for these sweet kids

Evelyn enjoying the hammock with her Dad

Happy Father's Day!

S'mores!

My boys

Yes, they all finished!

family fun

I love that I can bring Evelyn's toys outside now that the weather is warm.  She loves the outside and her exer-saucer.  Win-win!

Sylvia loves to dress up.  She had to wear her life jacket now!

I'm so glad that she can now sit up with the help of the Bumbo.  I think she enjoys life a bit more too.  You will also find her with her hands in her mouth 99% of her waking hours :)

I just love these two

Silly sisters

Building a fort on a rainy day. Here they are peeking through their 'window.'

major cuteness

Look how much Evelyn has grown! I look at this picture of her on Andrew's lap and she looks huge! We had her four month check up and she now weighs 15 lbs and is 24.5 inches long. What a chunk!

Typical Sylvia.  She wants to climb our huge oak tree so she problem solves by bringing her stool from inside to the tree in hopes that she can accomplish her goal.

And she is tenacious!  She continues to try to get milk from her chest (put the whole thing together herself and even plugged it in!)

What a sweetie!

Look at how they both adore each other :)

Sweet kiddos

                        Once again, this girl is trying her best to revert back to being a baby

Evelyn is learning to like her Bumbo seat

Playing hide-and-seek with Sylvia.  Where could she be?

Relaxing on the couch

Today was Andrew's last day of preschool.  He loved his teacher so much and kept on saying how much he was going to miss her.  So we decided to hang his locker picture on his bedroom wall along with this note that he came up with: "I miss school and Mrs VandenBosch but this picture will make me remember."  He is just such a sweet boy.

Rainy, hot, humid and this girl decides to ride her bike in her diaper, crocs and mittens.  She makes me laugh everyday!

Sylvia is 3!

Our dear Sylvia turned 3 on May 15. So hard to believe! She continues to be our easy to smile and laugh little girl. She is also a Daddy's girl, stubborn, and loves to pretend to be a dog (specifically, Porter--my sister's dog). Our lives would be so empty without her.

Sylvia has been anticipating her Angry Birds cake for a long time.  So happy that the day finally arrived

Sylvia opening her gifts with a little help

Modeling the dress that Grandma made for her

Our life

Each day is different in our crazy house. Thank goodness! Keeps life exciting :)

Just chillin'

All three kids having fun together!

Beauty

Getting his hand painted at a fundraiser

Sylvia had her face painted

Andrew made two pictures for Evelyn.  He wanted to make sure she could see and enjoy them

My son is a bit obsessed with designs.  He's even using our floss to make designs.  Silly kid!

Another beauty

Evelyn was a bit fussy, so the other two kids took that as a sign to bring her every baby toy they could get their hands on

This girl is just crazy!