April 18, 2012

New Condo/Moving

Ryan has accepted a new job at St Ives Golf Course in Stanwood, Michigan.  We moved him (and half of our stuff) up to a condo in Canadian Lakes the first weekend in April.  Erin and I will follow him once we sell the house or I can find a job in the area.  Stanwood is a SMALL town (200 people) in Central Michigan about an hour north of Grand Rapids.  We are slowly getting used to having to drive a while to get anywhere.  Luckily there is a grocery store and gas station about five minutes from our house, otherwise I think we would go crazy. We usually go to the store once or twice a weekend!

Living Room

off the entry way
Erin's Room. She is so proud to have her very own bathroom!

The view of the front yard



Erin's bathroom. she picked out yellow all by herself
Bedroom/Living Area from Foyer (see the tv. if anyone remembers the tv in our basement, this is the same tv. It looks insanely smaller in this room vs in our basement!)
Living room/Kitchen off foyer
master bath
Water Closet (I feel fancy!)
walk-in-closet (that is as big as Erin's bedroom at our old house!)
shower
the view from our bedroom
our bedroom into foyer
living/dining area
kitchen (I don't cook at my old house anymore. Can you tell why?)
dining area (Erin asks to set the table every night for dinner. :D)
kitchen from dining area
my wine cabinet :)
why stop with a walk-in-closet. how about a walk-in-pantry.
deck off kitchen
view from kitchen
View from Deck looking west
view from deck looking west
fireplace
living room windows!
front door
laundry room


April 17, 2012

Getting Ready for T-Ball!

T-Ball Season Starts on April 28th! Erin got a t-ball set from Papa and Susan for her birthday. She has been practicing hard!

April 16, 2012

Erin Turned 4!

Almost a month ago! Yikes! I've been terrible about updating. We had a great time at her birthday party. It was Rapunzel themed and Erin's favorite part was her cake. :)

Really Excited to Open Her Presents from Her Mom & Dad!

She Got a Rapunzel Dress to Wear to Her Party!
All Set to Go!
Tutus around the house as decorations :)
The food table
Cake Pop Favors
Opening gifts the morning of her actual birthday
It was unseasonably warm and a beautiful sunny day!!
trying out her Bounce House!
Taking a quick Cat Nap Before the Guests Arrive!


Rainbow Fruit Skewes & Dragonfly Wands!
Cupcakes on a homemade cupcake stands
Erin's Tower Cake!
Opening Presents!
With her 'tar, one of her favorite gifts!
Abby and Erin
Abby and Erin (too much birthday!)

March 20, 2012

Movie Tuesday!

Erin and Abby Driving in Her Barbie Jeep at Erin's Birthday this past weekend


Bouncing in the Bounce House!


Playing Games :)


Playing Just Dance

March 15, 2012

Just Dance!

Erin LOVES to dance! Her favorite Wii game is Just Dance.  A few weeks ago we were at Grammy's house and decided to play. Erin was a dancing machine!




March 2, 2012

Friday Phone Dump!

I tend to collect a lot of random pictures and in order to expediate their arrival on the blog I decided it might be easier just to have a bunch of cute pictures with minimal text or captions.  Enter the arrival of the Friday phone dump! Enjoy!


Mitch's new dog, Max. He loves me. I think he secretly likes me best. :)



















My beautiful Valentine's Day flowers from Ryan!
























Playing with Cat toys at Phil & Kip's