More pictures discovered!

We found a whole bunch of great pictures that Daddy took on his phone - some go back as far as mid-summer!  So take a look back and enjoy more fun from the past 6 months :-)

Millennium Park fountains downtown

4th of July at our friends' Jamie, Charlie, and Stella's house in the burbs

Water fun night at summer camp at church

Bouncy house at our block party

Kidzapalooza (part of Lollapalooza music festival downtown)

Cousin Spike (Michael) was there too!

Lots of ice cream stops this summer - Tastee Freeze, Burger King...

U.P. Beauty

Happy Birthday Nana!

Koen's first time on the tube with mom

And Noah's first time by himself!

"Touch a Truck" event with our friends Joshua and Lauren

Farm market in MI with Emmie

Visiting Emmie

We had a great time visiting Uncle Nick, Aunt Kristine, and Emmie last weekend!  We got to see their new house - their HUGE yard was my favorite part - and we also went to Grand Rapids to the Art Prize festival, went to a farm market to see animals and get donuts and cider, and took rides on Uncle Nick's tractor/mower/plow.  What a great fall weekend!

First Day of Preschool

My first day of preschool was Sept 24th and I am having so much fun learning lots of new things.  Once I turned three, I decided it was time to grow up all at once!  So now I go to preschool three times a week, go to Awana with Noah on Thursday nights, go in the water by myself at swim class, and am completely potty-trained!

Koen's Birthday Weekend

I had a great time celebrating my third birthday - we stretched it out into a four-day party!  Uncle Ray and his girlfriend Narin came to visit and we took the Metra train out to the Botanical Gardens.  It was a beautiful day, but the best part was the huge model train display in one section of the gardens - I could have stayed there all day!

Grandpa Bob and Grandma Chris came on Sunday and we all took the train downtown on Monday - the weather was beautiful again and we saw more trains, of course!

It's a Thomas cake!!!!!

Gordon is my favorite engine!

A birthday weekend full of family and trains - what more could I ask for?!

First Day of Kindergarten

Here I am, ready for my first day of Kindergarten!  I picked out a new backpack, lunch bag, and got all my school supplies while we were in MI and I couldn't wait to try them out.  I go to kindergarten every day from 7:45am until 2:45 pm.

I can ride my bike to school which is really fun.

 We all have our own hooks in the coat closet, mine is right next to my buddy Nathan.

 This is my seat at my table with 6 other kids.  We have breakfast first thing in the morning and then we get started with our school day.  Now that I have a full day of school we have specials every day (art, music, computers, library, and gym), reading groups, and we get to eat lunch in the lunchroom.  I had a lot of fun my first week and am so happy to be in kindergarten!

A few more from the U.P.

Couldn't forget hiking Hungarian Falls with Grandma and Grandpa and enjoying the rides at the Houghton County Fair with our buddy Max!