Saturday, June 16, 2012
Carson and Mackenzey at the Lake
May 2012 - Memorial Day Week/Weekend
The week before and the weekend of Memorial Day was a quite busy one for us this year. Sara had three different appointments at her doctors to check on the baby, which meant lots of time off work. Normally that would be great, but it was an insanely busy week at work to begin with, so it just made it more stressful. It was also Carson's last week of school and the holiday weekend.
On Carson's last day of preschool, the parents were all invited in to the classroom during the last 15 minutes to hear the children sing some songs and dance. Then we all headed out to Rust Park in Grand Blanc for a picnic and playtime at the park. We had a lot of fun! Carson was kind of sad to say goodbye to his friends and teachers - he really, really loved preschool this year. But we are looking forward to setting up some playdates with some of his friends throughout the summer. And we'll see many of them at Vacation Bible School and Faith Lutheran's Summer Camps.
On Saturday, we went over to Aunt Sharon's house for a family party. Carson and Mackenzey had a lot of fun swimming and playing in the lake. We took a boat ride later in the day, just as it was looking like rain was rolling in, so it was a little chilly, but it was still good to get around the lake.
We did a lot of yard work over the holiday weekend. We got a lot of stuff cleaned up and got the front of the house looking pretty good with new mulch in the flower beds, a freshly painted door and screen door, and finally very few to no weeds in the front yard! There are still some things we need to do in front, but its nice to make some visible progress for once. We had set up the swimming pool the weekend prior, so we'd spent the whole week and part of the weekend filling it up with water. So we spent some time in the pool over the weekend, which was awesome since it was 90 degrees!
On Carson's last day of preschool, the parents were all invited in to the classroom during the last 15 minutes to hear the children sing some songs and dance. Then we all headed out to Rust Park in Grand Blanc for a picnic and playtime at the park. We had a lot of fun! Carson was kind of sad to say goodbye to his friends and teachers - he really, really loved preschool this year. But we are looking forward to setting up some playdates with some of his friends throughout the summer. And we'll see many of them at Vacation Bible School and Faith Lutheran's Summer Camps.
On Saturday, we went over to Aunt Sharon's house for a family party. Carson and Mackenzey had a lot of fun swimming and playing in the lake. We took a boat ride later in the day, just as it was looking like rain was rolling in, so it was a little chilly, but it was still good to get around the lake.
We did a lot of yard work over the holiday weekend. We got a lot of stuff cleaned up and got the front of the house looking pretty good with new mulch in the flower beds, a freshly painted door and screen door, and finally very few to no weeds in the front yard! There are still some things we need to do in front, but its nice to make some visible progress for once. We had set up the swimming pool the weekend prior, so we'd spent the whole week and part of the weekend filling it up with water. So we spent some time in the pool over the weekend, which was awesome since it was 90 degrees!
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Update on Baby Girl
So it looks like I can't get through a pregnancy without becoming a high-risk patient. :) This time, my blood sugars are a little whacky, so I officially have gestational diabetes. At least its pretty mild and its really only my fasting blood sugar (from my blood draw when I wake up in the morning) that has issues. I can control the rest by diet with no problems (yet). I do have to take medicine at bedtime each night to help with my fasting blood sugars, but that's it other than poking myself 3-4 times a day to check my blood sugar levels and peeing on sticks to test for ketones. :) When they diagnosed me with GD, they expressed concerns over increasing my risk of pre-eclampsia... but ever since the GD diagnosis, my blood pressure has been great. Pretty much where its at without being pregnant - usually right around 100/58. Although this last week, it had jumped up to 120/72, but that's still not bad and is much lower than it had been 6 weeks ago. I'm still having some problems with throwing ketones in my urine in the mornings when I wake up - not every day, but its been about 3 days a week or so. We're still trying to figure that one out. I can eat and exercise exactly the same for two days in a row, with two different results the following mornings (one negative, one with a small amount of ketones). Its strange. But I don't have too much longer to deal with it all, at least. Everything should normalize and the diabetes should disappear once I give birth.
Being a high-risk patient means I've been going to my OB twice a week since the 31-week mark (I'm now 36 weeks along... officially 9 months pregnant). And on the weeks I visit the Maternal Fetal Medicine office at the hospital, I end up going to the doctor 3 times a week. Talk about eating into my leave time at work... but I'm very thankful my OBs and the Maternal Fetal Medicine team are being so vigilant and watching things very closely. I basically have non-stress tests (NSTs) at least once a week, twice a week during the off weeks that I don't have an ultrasound. And I have an ultrasound every two weeks to monitor the baby's growth, the amount of amniotic fluid, and the health of the placenta. As much as I cringe to think about having so many ultrasounds and their possible effect on the baby, I have to admit that it is kind of nice to see the baby so often now and feel reassured that things are going ok. We were even able to finally get a peek at her features via the 4-D ultrasound at one of my visits - she definitely resembles her big brother! :) She even puckered up her lips while we were watching and blew us a kiss one day. The last ultrasound I had was during her nap time, so we had to wake her up. Her little yawns were quite cute on the screen. But then she wasn't too happy to have been woken up and I paid the price having her beat me up inside. ;) There have been a couple of days recently where I honestly wondered if she was going to rip my stomach open, she was moving so much and so strongly. I literally felt bruised for a couple of days afterwards. She has also moved from being head-down at a diagonal to having her head at the top of the birth canal and being more straight up-and-down. This makes it quite uncomfortable, even just to sit. But it looks like she is getting herself ready to make an appearance at some point. As of last Tuesday, I was only dilated to 1cm and only slightly effaced at this point, so we probably have some time yet. Although it looks like my OBs will likely be inducing me around June 18th if she doesn't arrive sooner.
Anyway, here are a couple recent ultrasound pictures and a video of her facing the camera and blinking her eyes.
Being a high-risk patient means I've been going to my OB twice a week since the 31-week mark (I'm now 36 weeks along... officially 9 months pregnant). And on the weeks I visit the Maternal Fetal Medicine office at the hospital, I end up going to the doctor 3 times a week. Talk about eating into my leave time at work... but I'm very thankful my OBs and the Maternal Fetal Medicine team are being so vigilant and watching things very closely. I basically have non-stress tests (NSTs) at least once a week, twice a week during the off weeks that I don't have an ultrasound. And I have an ultrasound every two weeks to monitor the baby's growth, the amount of amniotic fluid, and the health of the placenta. As much as I cringe to think about having so many ultrasounds and their possible effect on the baby, I have to admit that it is kind of nice to see the baby so often now and feel reassured that things are going ok. We were even able to finally get a peek at her features via the 4-D ultrasound at one of my visits - she definitely resembles her big brother! :) She even puckered up her lips while we were watching and blew us a kiss one day. The last ultrasound I had was during her nap time, so we had to wake her up. Her little yawns were quite cute on the screen. But then she wasn't too happy to have been woken up and I paid the price having her beat me up inside. ;) There have been a couple of days recently where I honestly wondered if she was going to rip my stomach open, she was moving so much and so strongly. I literally felt bruised for a couple of days afterwards. She has also moved from being head-down at a diagonal to having her head at the top of the birth canal and being more straight up-and-down. This makes it quite uncomfortable, even just to sit. But it looks like she is getting herself ready to make an appearance at some point. As of last Tuesday, I was only dilated to 1cm and only slightly effaced at this point, so we probably have some time yet. Although it looks like my OBs will likely be inducing me around June 18th if she doesn't arrive sooner.
Anyway, here are a couple recent ultrasound pictures and a video of her facing the camera and blinking her eyes.
UPDATE: I forgot to add that as of the last ultrasound on Friday, June 1st, they estimate baby girl to be 6 lbs, 8 oz, measuring a week ahead of schedule, which puts her in the 80th percentile. If she continues this rate of growth, they estimate she will be in the mid to high 8 pound range at full-term. Of course, this could be off a pound either way, as their margin of error is quite high, in my opinion. They thought Carson would be close to 10 pounds up until I actually delivered him... and he was only 7 lbs, 9 oz. So I don't put much faith in these estimates, really.
UPDATE (6/6/12): I went in for my normal Tuesday NST and OB appt. yesterday. The NST was non-reactive - which basically means few movements and the few she had, her heart rate did not react/go up as it should. I told them she'd been quite lazy all day, really. She'd been moving, but not as often or as strongly as she normally moves. So they sent me for an ultrasound - her biophysical profile checked out great again, 8 out of 8 factors. They were still concerned, so the OB sent me over to the hospital to labor & delivery's triage for further monitoring. Thankfully this little lady started paying attention so I wasn't in triage for more than an hour and a half or so before they said I could go home. I guess this little lady just likes to keep us guessing. :)
May 2012 - Mother's Day Week/Weekend
Carson's preschool class had a Mother's Day party for all of the moms on the Thursday before Mother's Day. Sara went into class for it. The kids all sang some songs for the mothers, then they presented their mom with a special card and gift made by them. The cards were so cute and the kids had all made heart-shaped pins for their moms to wear. Sara wore hers proudly all day at work after the party and has worn it since, as well. Then we went to the fellowship hall for some snacks. The kids were all asked why they love their mothers... Carson said "because we have a nice house." LOL!
On Saturday of Mother's Day weekend, we invited Kevin's whole family over for a Mother's Day celebration. Great Grandpa and Great Grandma made the trip from Grand Rapids and Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Danny joined us for a nice visit and dinner. Sara had asked Grandma what she wanted for dinner and after giving her a few choices, Grandma picked a greek feast. So Sara made chicken souvlaki, greek salad, fruit salad, roasted asparagus with feta, and brownies for dessert. Everything was delicious and everyone seemed to enjoy it since everyone but Sara and Carson went back for seconds (and thirds for some, too). :) We gave Great Grandma and Grandma their Mother's Day gifts after dinner. We decided to do a joint Mother's Day and Father's Day gift for Grandma and Grandpa this year and gave them an overnight stay at the Park Place Hotel in downtown Traverse City with tickets for a schooner cruise on the Traverse Bay. They went over Memorial Day weekend and had a wonderful time by the sounds of it. We had a very nice visit with everyone, but did not think to get the camera out once! It was nice to just focus on visiting than taking pictures.
On Sunday of Mother's Day weekend, we went out to Aunt Jeri's and Uncle Mike's house for a family party. It was a beautiful day outside with perfect weather. Carson went swimming in the lake... and nope, this was not his first time in the lake... he was actually swimming in March this year!! He did some fishing, too. And we all had a delicious mexican feast for dinner.
It was a wonderful week and weekend, all around! It was so nice to see both sides of our family throughout the weekend and we were very thankful that Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Van made the trip from Hudsonville to visit us all! We hope that everyone had a Happy Mother's Day, as well!
On Sunday of Mother's Day weekend, we went out to Aunt Jeri's and Uncle Mike's house for a family party. It was a beautiful day outside with perfect weather. Carson went swimming in the lake... and nope, this was not his first time in the lake... he was actually swimming in March this year!! He did some fishing, too. And we all had a delicious mexican feast for dinner.
It was a wonderful week and weekend, all around! It was so nice to see both sides of our family throughout the weekend and we were very thankful that Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Van made the trip from Hudsonville to visit us all! We hope that everyone had a Happy Mother's Day, as well!
Early May 2012 - Photo Shoots, Great Jackie's Bday
May was quite a busy month for us, so I'm breaking it into more than one post for catching up.
The first weekend in May, Sara's best friend from college, Sara, came home for a spontaneous visit from Colorado with her son, Aiden. Sara and Carson took a drive out to Sara's parents' house on May 5th to spend some time with Sara, Aiden, and Sara's family and also to do some photo shoots. It's been a long time dream of Sara's to start up a small photography business... but for now it's just a hobby, really... I've got a lot to learn and experiment with before really moving forward with it more aggressively. We did three different photo shoots - the first was of Aiden and his cousins Noelle and Noah. Then I did an engagement photo shoot for Sara's sister, Amber, and her fiance, Russ. I'll be photographing their wedding in Grayling at Hartwick Pines State Park in August - I can't wait! And finally, we did a mini shoot of Sara's sister, Rachel, and her husband, Kevin. It was a lot of fun! I'm setting up a separate blog with the different pictures I take with clients - and I'm sure I'll include plenty of my own kids, too - but its a work in progress right now and not ready to publish yet. As a result of these pictures, I've already got a few more photo shoots lined up this summer, too! Fun, fun!! I can't wait! :) Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our shoots on May 5th. I had just gotten a new camera the day before, so I didn't play around with aperture, shutter speeds, ISO, etc. as much as I'd have liked to ahead of time. But they still turned out pretty well.
On May 6th, we had Sara's dad's family over to celebrate Great Jackie's birthday. Sara's cousin, Josh, ended up breaking his arm so badly he needed surgery on a dirt bike trip up north the day before, so he and his family did not end up making it. But we still had a lot of fun. Carson and Tyson really enjoyed playing together and riding the little four-wheeler around the yard. And I think Great Grandma Jackie enjoyed seeing everyone and had a good time, too.
The first weekend in May, Sara's best friend from college, Sara, came home for a spontaneous visit from Colorado with her son, Aiden. Sara and Carson took a drive out to Sara's parents' house on May 5th to spend some time with Sara, Aiden, and Sara's family and also to do some photo shoots. It's been a long time dream of Sara's to start up a small photography business... but for now it's just a hobby, really... I've got a lot to learn and experiment with before really moving forward with it more aggressively. We did three different photo shoots - the first was of Aiden and his cousins Noelle and Noah. Then I did an engagement photo shoot for Sara's sister, Amber, and her fiance, Russ. I'll be photographing their wedding in Grayling at Hartwick Pines State Park in August - I can't wait! And finally, we did a mini shoot of Sara's sister, Rachel, and her husband, Kevin. It was a lot of fun! I'm setting up a separate blog with the different pictures I take with clients - and I'm sure I'll include plenty of my own kids, too - but its a work in progress right now and not ready to publish yet. As a result of these pictures, I've already got a few more photo shoots lined up this summer, too! Fun, fun!! I can't wait! :) Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our shoots on May 5th. I had just gotten a new camera the day before, so I didn't play around with aperture, shutter speeds, ISO, etc. as much as I'd have liked to ahead of time. But they still turned out pretty well.
On May 6th, we had Sara's dad's family over to celebrate Great Jackie's birthday. Sara's cousin, Josh, ended up breaking his arm so badly he needed surgery on a dirt bike trip up north the day before, so he and his family did not end up making it. But we still had a lot of fun. Carson and Tyson really enjoyed playing together and riding the little four-wheeler around the yard. And I think Great Grandma Jackie enjoyed seeing everyone and had a good time, too.
April 2012 - Easter, A Visit to the Farm, Holland Tulips, Auntie Jaime's Visit
I am quite behind on posts here... so here's a quick effort to catch up a little... all the way back to Easter. :)
Easter this year fell on April 8th. We went to church at Resurrection Reformed where we met up with Kevin's family. Uncle Justin, Aunt Mary, Rebecca, and Abram even made the trip for it. This was the first time we'd all been together since Christmas! So it was long overdue and so good to see everyone. After church, we went back to Grandma's and Grandpa's house for lunch and some playtime and visiting. All of the cousins were very excited to be together, I think. They just have so much fun playing together. As a parent, it is so fun to watch them play and interact, watching their relationships grow. Since we hadn't had them all together since Christmas, we tried to snap some pictures with all of the cousins. This is quite a difficult task with so many little ones. :)
We left Grandma's and Grandpa's house and headed over to Nana's and Papa's house for a family party with Sara's extended family. Unfortunately, we were late, so we missed seeing Mackenzey and Brooklynn, and missed participating in the easter egg hunt. But Papa went out and hid some eggs for Carson to find for his own private easter egg hunt. We spent time catching up with family and enjoyed another nice meal. It was a long day, but it was great to see everyone and celebrate our risen Lord.
The weekend after Easter, we decided to make a trip out to Hudsonville to visit Kevin's grandparents. Kevin's parents and Uncle Danny had the same idea, so we met up with them at the farm. We all had a wonderful visit with Great Grandma and Great Grandpa. We were there for a few hours, but it really only felt like we were there 30 minutes. We spent some good time inside visiting and catching up. Then we all headed outside to check out Grandpa's progress on the camper, see how Uncle Danny's car is doing in the barn, and explore the barn and yard. It was really fun to hear Great Grandpa, Great Grandma, and Grandma reminiscing about life on the farm when it was still a full working farm. We caught some of the stories on video and Kevin video taped a nice tour of the farm. It was such a wonderful visit.
We left the farm and headed to Holland to check out the tulips. Uncle Danny decided to join us to check out his old stomping grounds. With the early warm spring we've had this year, the tulips were at their peak the weekend of Easter, actually... a full month before the annual Tulip Time festival even would start. Some of the tulips were already past their prime when we were there, but most of them were still quite beautiful. We walked around Centennial Park and took some pictures with the tulips. Then we drove around Holland a bit to check out some of Uncle Danny's favorite places from his years at Hope College. Then we headed into Grand Rapids to have dinner at Brewery Vivant. We had to wait quite awhile to get in, but it was so worth it! The food was amazing and the boys liked the beer quite a lot, too. I am anxious to go back there after baby girl is born so I can enjoy the beer, too. ;) Kevin and I always enjoy visiting local microbreweries.
It was a great day trip to the west side. Another long, full day, but it was worth it! :)
We did some other fun things in April, but didn't really take many pictures.
We got to spend some time with Sara's best friend from high school, Auntie Jaime, and her son, Grant, when they were home for a week in April, but I forgot to take my camera every time we saw them! I think Jaime got some pictures, but I haven't seen them on her Shutterfly site yet. (Ok, so I just saw this one posted on her blog... so I borrowed it for here, too.) :) It still seems so crazy that we are both moms and how fast our kids are growing up! Life sure has changed over the years! But in a fantastic way! :)
We also spent some time working on getting the nursery set up for the baby. Slowly but surely we're getting ready for this baby girl's arrival.
Easter this year fell on April 8th. We went to church at Resurrection Reformed where we met up with Kevin's family. Uncle Justin, Aunt Mary, Rebecca, and Abram even made the trip for it. This was the first time we'd all been together since Christmas! So it was long overdue and so good to see everyone. After church, we went back to Grandma's and Grandpa's house for lunch and some playtime and visiting. All of the cousins were very excited to be together, I think. They just have so much fun playing together. As a parent, it is so fun to watch them play and interact, watching their relationships grow. Since we hadn't had them all together since Christmas, we tried to snap some pictures with all of the cousins. This is quite a difficult task with so many little ones. :)
We left Grandma's and Grandpa's house and headed over to Nana's and Papa's house for a family party with Sara's extended family. Unfortunately, we were late, so we missed seeing Mackenzey and Brooklynn, and missed participating in the easter egg hunt. But Papa went out and hid some eggs for Carson to find for his own private easter egg hunt. We spent time catching up with family and enjoyed another nice meal. It was a long day, but it was great to see everyone and celebrate our risen Lord.
The weekend after Easter, we decided to make a trip out to Hudsonville to visit Kevin's grandparents. Kevin's parents and Uncle Danny had the same idea, so we met up with them at the farm. We all had a wonderful visit with Great Grandma and Great Grandpa. We were there for a few hours, but it really only felt like we were there 30 minutes. We spent some good time inside visiting and catching up. Then we all headed outside to check out Grandpa's progress on the camper, see how Uncle Danny's car is doing in the barn, and explore the barn and yard. It was really fun to hear Great Grandpa, Great Grandma, and Grandma reminiscing about life on the farm when it was still a full working farm. We caught some of the stories on video and Kevin video taped a nice tour of the farm. It was such a wonderful visit.
Carson actually took this picture - he's quite good at the age of 4! :)
We left the farm and headed to Holland to check out the tulips. Uncle Danny decided to join us to check out his old stomping grounds. With the early warm spring we've had this year, the tulips were at their peak the weekend of Easter, actually... a full month before the annual Tulip Time festival even would start. Some of the tulips were already past their prime when we were there, but most of them were still quite beautiful. We walked around Centennial Park and took some pictures with the tulips. Then we drove around Holland a bit to check out some of Uncle Danny's favorite places from his years at Hope College. Then we headed into Grand Rapids to have dinner at Brewery Vivant. We had to wait quite awhile to get in, but it was so worth it! The food was amazing and the boys liked the beer quite a lot, too. I am anxious to go back there after baby girl is born so I can enjoy the beer, too. ;) Kevin and I always enjoy visiting local microbreweries.
It was a great day trip to the west side. Another long, full day, but it was worth it! :)
We did some other fun things in April, but didn't really take many pictures.
We got to spend some time with Sara's best friend from high school, Auntie Jaime, and her son, Grant, when they were home for a week in April, but I forgot to take my camera every time we saw them! I think Jaime got some pictures, but I haven't seen them on her Shutterfly site yet. (Ok, so I just saw this one posted on her blog... so I borrowed it for here, too.) :) It still seems so crazy that we are both moms and how fast our kids are growing up! Life sure has changed over the years! But in a fantastic way! :)
We also spent some time working on getting the nursery set up for the baby. Slowly but surely we're getting ready for this baby girl's arrival.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Summer Bucket List 2012
With a new baby joining us very soon, we won't likely be doing as much traveling as we normally would do in the summer time. So I figured I'd jump on the bandwagon and make a Summer 2012 Bucket List in honor of today being the unofficial kick-off for summer. Hopefully we'll actually get to do most of these things, but obviously much will depend on the new baby and her personality and flexibility. Some items will be much more easily accomplished than others and some will be accomplished many times over, but we'll try our best to make it through the list. So here is our family bucket list for this summer... numbered, but in no particular order whatsoever...
1. Meet up with friends at a local park.
2. Meet up with friends at the Bicentennial Park Splash Pad.
3. Go on a family hike on the Dauner-Martin trails in Fenton
4. Camp in a tent in the backyard... we'd actually really like to go camping at a campground, but I'm thinking that is pretty unlikely this summer, so we'll do some backyard camping instead.
5. Father-son camping trip... the backyard camping will be fun for all of us, but Kevin and Carson both really want to do a father-son camping trip for one night at a campground within an hour or two of our house, as well.
6. Play with bubbles in the backyard.
7. Take a short walk to get ice cream together as a family at The Twist.
8. Make and eat homemade popsicles.
9. Meet up with family from the west side of the state in the Lansing area for playtime and hanging out.
10. Draw in the driveway with sidewalk chalk.
11. Fly a kite.
12. Take a day trip to Lake Michigan (either to Grand Haven or South Haven... we seem to always migrate towards Holland, so we figure we should change it up... we've been to Grand Haven many times before, but not in the last couple of years and we've never been to South Haven.).
13. Take a day trip to Lake Huron (either to East Tawas or Port Austin... we've never been to either).
14. Walk through the forest at Hartwick Pines State Park... we'll be there to photograph a wedding in August.
15. Visit the Grand Blanc Farmers' Market for one of their kids' days.
16. Go fruit picking at a local farm/orchard.
17. Visit a local park that we have never been to.
18. Set up a playdate with Carson's friends from preschool.
19. Catch fireflies and put them in a jar.
20. Invite the neighbors over for a fire in the backyard, make s'mores, and have fun with sparklers.
21. Visit a local beach - Holly State Park, Silver Lake Beach, Clover Beach.
22. Attend a Silver Lake Ski Club ski show.
23. Do messy finger and feet painting in the backyard.
24. Swim as much as possible in our backyard pool.
25. Attend Vacation Bible School at Faith Lutheran.
26. Attend summer camp for a week in August at Faith Lutheran.
27. Visit the local library for story time and/or other activities for kids.
28. Go play miniature golf.
29. Go to an outdoor community concert in one of the local parks.
30. Visit a friend or family member we have not seen in awhile.
Ok, so that's our list for now. I may come back and add to it as I think of more things, but it's a pretty good start. Look for more blog updates soon... I need to catch up on some posts dating back to Easter!
1. Meet up with friends at a local park.
2. Meet up with friends at the Bicentennial Park Splash Pad.
3. Go on a family hike on the Dauner-Martin trails in Fenton
4. Camp in a tent in the backyard... we'd actually really like to go camping at a campground, but I'm thinking that is pretty unlikely this summer, so we'll do some backyard camping instead.
5. Father-son camping trip... the backyard camping will be fun for all of us, but Kevin and Carson both really want to do a father-son camping trip for one night at a campground within an hour or two of our house, as well.
6. Play with bubbles in the backyard.
7. Take a short walk to get ice cream together as a family at The Twist.
8. Make and eat homemade popsicles.
9. Meet up with family from the west side of the state in the Lansing area for playtime and hanging out.
10. Draw in the driveway with sidewalk chalk.
11. Fly a kite.
12. Take a day trip to Lake Michigan (either to Grand Haven or South Haven... we seem to always migrate towards Holland, so we figure we should change it up... we've been to Grand Haven many times before, but not in the last couple of years and we've never been to South Haven.).
13. Take a day trip to Lake Huron (either to East Tawas or Port Austin... we've never been to either).
14. Walk through the forest at Hartwick Pines State Park... we'll be there to photograph a wedding in August.
15. Visit the Grand Blanc Farmers' Market for one of their kids' days.
16. Go fruit picking at a local farm/orchard.
17. Visit a local park that we have never been to.
18. Set up a playdate with Carson's friends from preschool.
19. Catch fireflies and put them in a jar.
20. Invite the neighbors over for a fire in the backyard, make s'mores, and have fun with sparklers.
21. Visit a local beach - Holly State Park, Silver Lake Beach, Clover Beach.
22. Attend a Silver Lake Ski Club ski show.
23. Do messy finger and feet painting in the backyard.
24. Swim as much as possible in our backyard pool.
25. Attend Vacation Bible School at Faith Lutheran.
26. Attend summer camp for a week in August at Faith Lutheran.
27. Visit the local library for story time and/or other activities for kids.
28. Go play miniature golf.
29. Go to an outdoor community concert in one of the local parks.
30. Visit a friend or family member we have not seen in awhile.
Ok, so that's our list for now. I may come back and add to it as I think of more things, but it's a pretty good start. Look for more blog updates soon... I need to catch up on some posts dating back to Easter!
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