Happy Birthday, Haleigh!

On Sunday, we went over to Aunt Jeri's house to celebrate our cousin Haleigh's birthday.  Haleigh lives in Virginia with Sara's cousin, Megan, and her husband, Marty, so we don't get to see them very often.  Usually only twice a year - once in August and again at Thanksgiving.  So we haven't seen Haleigh in quite a while - and she sure has grown!  She was just a baby, just taking her first few steps, the last time we saw her.  Now she is a happy-go-lucky, beautiful toddler!  Haleigh's birthday is actually in January, but since they live so far away, the family doesn't get to celebrate with her.  So my aunt decided to throw her a birthday party.  So fun! 

We spent most of the day just visiting and playing, with some time out on the lake worked in there, too.  :)  Carson had so much fun with Haleigh and Mackenzey!  They are all at great ages (Haleigh is 1.5, Mackenzey is 2.5, Carson is 3.5) and interact so well together.  And they're all so full of energy and laughter! 

 Making engine noises while he rides the trike.... :)

It was such a fun day!  We were sad to see it end.  Carson, especially.  But we look forward to seeing Megan, Marty, and Haleigh again in just a few months when they are home for Thanksgiving! 

Henry Ford Museum

Last Saturday, we took a day trip down to Dearborn to visit the Henry Ford Museum with our friends, Ben, Kati, and Tony. It had been many, many years since Sara had been there, and surprisingly, Kevin has never actually been to the Henry Ford Museum. He'd been to the Imax theater and to Greenfield Village, but never the museum. So we were excited to go check it out. Unfortunately, the big car exhibit was under construction, so we really didn't get to see the main attraction, but we still saw a lot of cool stuff and had a great time!

Carson loved the Weiner-Mobile.  He thought it was HILARIOUS!  He also enjoyed making a hot dog out of Daddy.  :)

They have lots of interactive exhibits... of course, those are a favorite for any 3-year old... or any 34-year old alike.  :)

Even baby Tony had a great time!  He loved seeing all the lights and big vehicles.  He is also fascinated with Carson and watches him quite a lot.  Carson loves him.  He's always giving him kisses or saying how cute he is.  :)  They are going to be such good buddies! 

We all had a lot of fun with the airplane exhibit, especially.  We got to make paper airplanes and fly them to measure whose could fly the furthest.  Then we went to watch an old-school air show (via video) and had fun with the manequins. 

Another SLSC Ski Show

Last week, we went to our last Silver Lake Ski Club ski show of the summer.  We met up with Aunt Julie, Anna, Joel, and Jonah at the show and had a great time.  The show was awesome!  The team was super pumped to have placed so well at Nationals the weekend prior.  They came in 4th overall!  And they took many other high honors, as well - top barefooter, MVP female skier, and top overall show.  On the way home from Nationals (in Wisconsin), they made a stop in St. Ignace to drop in the boat and had something like 18 skiers ski across the Straits of Mackinac for 7 miles... under that Mackinac Bridge, from the Upper Peninsula to the Lower Peninsula.  How cool is that?! 

They put on a fantastic, high-energy show.  It was a great one to see, for sure.  They even got the air-chair out...

After the show, we all went over to the playground to have some fun.  We took lots of fun pictures of the kids playing and having a ball!  What a perfect night!