Fall

It's hard to believe that in my last post Jonah was wearing shorts and a t-shirt! Fall is definately here now! I love all of the changing colors in the trees, and the fun things fall has to offer. We have taken advantage of the last couple weekends to do some of those fun things.
This morning we drove out to Green Acres Farmers Market out towards Grand Haven so Jonah could pick out a pumpkin. Don't ask me why we go all the way out there for over-priced pumpkins, but we have the last couple of years :) It is fun because they literally have MOUNTAINS of pumpkins to choose from, so Jonah likes to go through searching for the best one. I think maybe next year though we will need to start a new tradition and go to a pumpkin patch. Any suggestions of a good one we should visit?



This is Jonah modeling his sweater that his Great Grandma Driy made for him (she made one for all of the cousins.) Jonah loves it because it is very warm and cozy.

Last weekend we went to Crane's in Fennville to pick apples. Jonah loved to pick every apple he could reach :) We didn't stay long because it was alot chillier there than it was at home, so we just quick picked enough for a few apple crisps (if Jonah doesn't eat them all before I make it!) and then went to enjoy some delicious donuts and hot apple cider. Yumm!!

Daddy's Little Helper

my boys fixin the car together

Labor Day Weekend

We spent a nice relaxing Labor Day weekend up in Cadillac with the family. On Friday we drove up early and spent the afternoon canoeing down the Manistee River. It was beautiful and peaceful... well, for the first half hour or so, until Jonah got sick of sitting and we had to dive across the canoe to keep him from jumping in! Besides being a little restless, he loved it.. he had alot of fun looking for turtles and helping daddy row the boat- I had it pretty easy since Jonah stole my oar for most of the trip. :) Then Jonah had a blast playing in the FREEEEZING cold river with daddy when we were done, and riding in the bus back to our car with no carseat!

We spent most of the rest of the weekend just laying on the beach, taking boat rides, swimming, daddy did some jet-skiing, and playing catch on the hill. What a perfect end to summer, though I am not ready for summer to be over! Hopefully we'll get a few more nice weekends in before the snow flies!

Binder Park Zoo

On Wednesday Jonah and I took a fun trip to Binder Park Zoo with Grammie and Auntie. It was a fun day of seeing lots of animals and we had perfect weather!

Jonah and a monkey
Sharing a drink with Auntie

Riding on the Zebra Tram with Jonah's new giraffe

Jonah, Grammie and the bull -- this one's for you , Grandpa! :)

We got to feed the giraffe some lettuce

Auntie, Jonah and Marty the Zebra :)

4th of July Weekend

We had a fun 4th of July weekend with the family up in Cadillac. On Friday it was a bit chilly, and in the afternoon my mom, Liz and I went to check out "The Greatest Fourth in the North" in Lake City. Lets just say there must not be much competition if that's the greatest fourth in the north :) We could have bought some nice earrings at the craft show made from fishing lures... and they were guaranteed to catch us fish! We passed on those though. The fireworks in Cadillac were on Friday night as well. We had hoped to keep Jonah up for them, but by 9:30 he had had enough, so he missed out. The fireworks were not so spectacular, but in the middle of them the sprinklers came on and got a few people wet, so that added a little excitement for the few people watching from the lawn. :)

On Saturday we went up to Traverse City for the day for the Cherry Festival and to watch the air show. It was a gorgeous day, and Jonah loved watching all the airplanes and eating lots of popcorn!

On Sunday we enjoyed one of Wade's pancake breakfasts, then Chris and Jonah played in the lake for awhile and I enjoyed some time on the beach, and then we took Jonah on his first paddleboat ride. Last weekend Jonah learned to swim in the pool & lake with swimmies on, so he is alot more independant in the water. On one hand its really nice because he is not clinging to us the whole time in the pool, on the other hand its kind of scary that he is so much more confident around the water. After some play time my dad made some delicious kabobs on the grill. Good work dad :)

1..2..3.. WEEE!!

Girls Week @ Sunset Shores

We had a fun girls (and little boys) week up at Sunset Shores. We went with my mom & Liz, Laura & her boys Ty and Josiah, and Kathy, Rhonda & Taylor. The boys had so much fun playing together on the beach, rolling down the hill, playing 'ring around the rosie', and squirting eachother in the pool. We went to Johnny's Fish and Game Park for the first time, and got to see and feed lots of animals and fish. We ate way too much, got some reading done on the beach, and Laura and I even got to play some double solitare after the boys went to bed. Just like the good old days when we'd play about every night in college :)