Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Friday, October 26, 2012

pumpkins, pancakes, and pool

We had the very special treat of being visited by my whole family this past weekend! It was so fun to have them here and get to spend time all together.

On Saturday night we went to the Highwood Pumpkin Fest. There were 38,000 carved pumpkins. Pretty impressive. There were also 38,000 people (slight exaggeration) so we didn't stay long. But, we were there long enough to get a few good pictures!





At the festival, there were two bands playing at once and lot of vendors and food. But, it was way too crowded to enjoy any of that. I really did enjoy seeing this cutie! He melts my heart!

Nephew Ethan - 9 months


Sunday morning we got together for breakfast. Ethan loves to put his feet up and relax.




Then it was off to the pool. The water was so warm. I had a great time swimming around with Ethan. He is so much fun to be around. As is the rest of the family :)



It was so great to have a visit from family. Dave felt so refreshed after having some down time. Thanks everyone for coming and enduring the long car ride with an infant. It meant so much to us.

Now, we get to look forward to another visit from family this week....so stay tuned!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

happy easter to you

Dave and I got to go to my family's for Easter this past weekend.  We were both really looking forward to going. Dave hadn't seen Ethan since his birth and I haven't seen him in about a month. One of the difficult things about living far away is missing out on one family's get together. This time we missed Dave's family Easter and that was tough.

Uncle Dave and Ethan (11 weeks)
Dave jumped right in with his uncle duties.  Ethan loved to look at Dave when he talked with him and would smile and coo back.

Saturday we went and took some family photos. We were in need of an updated picture with Ethan joining the clan. It was beautiful weather and we had a lot of fun taking the pictures. Ethan was great the whole time as well! Can't wait to see how they turned out!

Sunday we went to church then grilled out at home. Dad manned the grill and the steaks were perfect!

photo courtesy of Dave


Elizabeth and I had a "friendly" Easter egg hunt! You would have though my mom hid those in the back yard for Ethan, but no, they were for us :)


I won technically but Liz stole some eggs out of my basket :)

Overall, a great weekend home. Ethan is growing so much already! Here are a few more because I know you want to see his cute little face!

Ethan's Easter hat...it will come in handy on the pontoon this summer!

Monday, March 5, 2012

sisters, sisters...

...there were never such devoted sisters! Name that movie!


We grew up in a household of old movies, mostly musicals. I remember my sister and I (on several different occasions) turning bed sheets into beautiful gowns and dancing around the living room (to my sister's choreography of course). It didn't matter what the movie was, the sheets always made the perfect outfits. We had all the songs memorized and would sing and act our hearts out.

I remember one summer we spent many hours writing down all the lyrics of Don McLean's American Pie so we could have the entire song memorized. We listened to it on the record player so "rewinding" every few lines made the task even more difficult ;) Its funny to think how now you can click a couple of times on the internet and have they lyrics right there! Oh well! We got it memorized!

My big sister and I had a lot of fun together growing up. There were the fights like all siblings have, but its easy to forget those and remember all the great times. A lot of our fondest memories are from the lake. One that has come to mind recently is when we would play Little House on the Prairie. I don't really recall ever watching the show, but that was what we named our pretend game. We would set up little houses by using rocks to make the perimeter of our houses and fire pits. We would take our dishes out and make pretend meals. We would sweep the floors and keep the fire going. We could play like that for hours.

aren't we so cute!

Then we grew up and did way cooler things like take a road trip and visit the worlds largest spur and ball of twine!


aren't we cool!?!

As we have grown into our adult lives, we have had ups and downs. We have learned a lot about each other. We have supported each others hobbies. Listened to each other during rough times. Loved each other even when it was hard. We have become such great friends. I miss her so much. I want to be around to see her grow into the role of being a mom and grow our relationship.


My sister was always strong for me. She would always encourage me to be brave and tell me I could do things when I never thought I could. I remember her sacrificing for me so that I would be comfortable. I remember her holding my hand so I wouldn't be scared. I have a great big sister. I'm so thankful for how our relationship has grown. I love her so much these words don't seem to be enough.

I could go on and on with stories and great pictures. But this will do for now. I love you seester!

Sunday, February 19, 2012

pit stop

Last week and last night we got to be the pit stop for Dave's brothers family as they traveled to and from Mexico. They got to our house last Thursday evening and stayed the night. The girls were extra cuddly after not seeing us for a while :)

Lillian

We were all up bright and early at 4 a.m. so that Uncle Dave could take them to the airport.

Olivelle (its 4a.m. don't judge!)

They got to the airport at almost midnight last night and Dave went to pick them up. I didn't wait up for them but got to spend a couple hours with them this morning.

Uncle Dave and his favorite nieces!

They are getting so big and we miss getting to see them on a more regular basis. It was good to see them all even though it was a very short visit.