Fun with Friends

Last Sunday, Andy's swim team had a meet in Adrian, MI. The girls and I tagged along for the drive, because our good friends the Roehrig's live in the same town. We hung out with them at their house while Andy went off to coach. Natalie cooked a delicious dinner for us to enjoy as well. Olivia and Noelle are close in age and Mia and Violette are only 2 weeks apart. They also have an adorable energetic little boy Max, who wasn't around much when the camera was out. Sorry Max, no pictures of you this time. The girls got along swimmingly, as usual. Too bad they don't live closer. All of us truly get along so well together.

Mia and Violette had fun climbing around in a tent they set up in their newly finished basement. It looks so good, I'm jealous. Some day our's will be done too.

Sisterly love

Mia and Violette....ready for their close ups. Aren't they both soooo cute?

The big girls being silly and saying their good byes.

Our Pal Cal!

One of Olivia's dearest friends, Callahan Lamb, turned 4 just over one week ago. Our entire family went to his birthday party at the Creative Gymnastics Center. A great time was had by all. We even got to see his triplet brothers there, although between chasing kids, and different adults holding all the boys, I was unable to snap any pictures of all of them. Happy birthday Callahan, and thanks for a day of fun!

This was the perfect contraption to corral Mia in and still allow her to have fun.

Olivia practicing her balancing act.

I would guess the favorite piece of equipment there for all the kids would be the Tumble Track. It's a long strip on trampoline material that the kids run down and jump off of into the foam pit. Even though this photo isn't straight on of Olivia, you can still see the enjoyment plastered all over her face.

Belle of the Ball

Last weekend Olivia got to be a princess for a day and attend the Beauty and the Beast party at the Sturges-Young Auditorium. We met some friends there and had fun decorating a picture frame to remember the day with. Olivia enjoyed getting to meet Belle and Mrs. Potts, but played shy with the Beast and Gaston. What a great fund raiser for the High School musical. Little girls got to live out their dreams if only for an afternoon.

Little Miss Mia is walking all over the place and getting into everything! If it's something she's not supposed to have, or a place she's not supposed to be, well then, that's her target. Daddy can bring tears to her eyes, just by saying, "No!" She is still such a happy and good baby, but is keeping us on our toes.

A cold snowy afternoon we tested out Olivia's four wheeler in the snow at Nana and Papa's. It went through the snow well, with the exception of the depth of the snow. Olivia and the "Big kids" had lots of fun that day.

A cute picture I snapped of Mia who snuck off into Olivia's bedroom.