My Family Vacation!

Doing what we do.

We are still around! Doing what we do. My sister is here right now, which reminds me I need to whip out my camera. Maybe I will post some pics of their stay sometime in the next 6 months or so. Horrible horrible mommy blogger!!!

Auntie JJ

James and Ada loved having their Auntie JJ and Uncle Dean stay with them!

Missing my sister!

Already! Even though they probably were bored out of their minds!
They spent a lot of time on this couch...
We drank some wine...

Played some Farkle...

Used our amazing psychic abilities to determine dice numbers...

And getting some tummy trouble relief from some acupuncture...

All in all, a pretty normal Christmas vacation!

Christmas Eve

My sister and her boyfriend Dean came and stayed with us for over a week during Christmas! It was so much fun seeing them! They flew in on Christmas Eve and then we headed over to my Aunt Amy's house to celebrate Christmas. I was kind of bummed this year though, Caleb and James ended going over to Caleb's mom's to celebrate. This will be the last year we split up! So, in the following pictures, you will only see Ada.

Ada and my sister Erika.

Ada and Dean.

My cousin Jasper ripping it up on the guitar. We have a little talent show every Christmas Eve. I must add that I have one talented family!

Me and Ada opeining a present.

My beautiful cousins and sis.

Say What!?

I am a crappy blogger and photographer to my family and friends. This past week was spent with lots of friends and family. Guess what gang? Pretty sure I took about 5 pictures the whole time. I am sitting here kicking myself...what the heck is my problem? The pictures I am posting were mostly taken by Auntie JJ and Grampy McP. So kuddos to you guys for capturing something from the last week! Good grief! I have had numerous family get-togethers, a wedding, a shower, and lots of other fabulous photo opportunities. FAIL! I get a big FAT FAIL!!! Aside from my failure, I will fill you in on what this last week was all about.

My dad and Vicki came into town and finally met Ada! We went to a little BBQ at Vicki's parent's house. And just to mention, on this particular day, I am pretty sure it was about 150 degrees with and humidity of 1000. I may be exaggerating just a tad. Needless to say, it was FREAKING HOT!

My pops and I. This blog post will probably be the most you will ever see of me since I was hardly ever behind the camera. I suck.

Oh, and Caleb and I finally got hitched :) We had a little ceremony and dinner on 8/9/10!

My lovely sis and I.

Erika and Ada at the dinner after the wedding ceremony.

A family pic :)

My new hubby!

My mom, Bruce, and I went out to the Mall of America and took James on some rides. He really liked them! We also went to Ikea after, but I don't want to talk about it. Right Bruce? :)

James and Sponge Bob!

The whole week was great, fun, special, full of love, and more, that words can't explain. I sit here all alone (with my kids of course). It feels very weird since I have been surrounded by people for so long. Everyone is DEEPLY missed already. What I am basically saying is: TO ALL OF YOU WHO I LOVE SO MUCH AND ALL LIVE OUT OF STATE: THE GREAT STATE OF MINNESOTA IS CALLING YOUR NAME. IT IS TIME TO CONSIDER MOVING. YOUR KIDS, GRAND KIDS, NIECE AND NEPHEW, SISTER AND NEWLY BROTHER MISS YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND WANT YOU MORE IN THEIR LIVES!!! No guilt trip here at all :)

My sister's visit.

I miss her so much already. :( I am not sure when those wackos who are living in Arizona are going to come to their senses and move back HOME.

Anywho...
My lovely sister came to visit and meet Ada for the first time. I feel bad because we were in the middle of moving. It was so nice having her around.

We headed to my Grandparent's to celebrate the March birthdays, including mine. A lot of my aunts and cousins and such have not met Ada either so they all got to meet her. Above- my aunt Hannah and her son Mick holding Ada. What a little whipper snapper that Mick is :)

My cousin Roxanne and Ada.

The birthday people (Roxanne, my aunt Debbie, Mick, and Me) and James.

My aunt Amy came to visit.

COME ON SISTER. MOVE THE FREAK HOME ALREADY. WHAT THE HECK IN SHMECK?

Michigan part 4 Final part

My grandpa Bob and James

My grandparent's Bob and Nancy

with my dad

4 generations

The last night we were there Erika whipped up her first ever camp fire by herself! It was smokin :) (I am sorry sometimes I can't help but be cheesy!)

And that concludes our MI trip! Stay tuned for pics from my grandparent's 60th anniversary party.

Michigan part 3

Yep, there is more...and even more to come!!! It was such a beautiful place to take pictures. Enjoy...

This last picture was taken at Treasure City, "The largest gift shop in the U.P." We go there every time we go to MI. They have a lot of fun things!