double trouble

Claudia turned 2 and Bella was baptized... double trouble? or double the fun? either way, we were there... allelulia! (you, again, simply MUST double click the slideshow to view some amazing church footage. sean was clapping and dancing along with the rest of the congregation to the amazing 20 person gospel choir.) it was also corey's first visit to the romero's place. he seemed to particularly like claudia's room...

potawatomi pasttimes

Aunt Clare (aka "godmother" to james) is here!!! she'll be with us for 2 months and the good times are-a-rolling! on our list of things to check off was visiting the zoo. we headed out with quite the troop- erin, ava, max, jackson, lizz, luke, hugh, me, clare, james, sean and jeanne!!! the boys all got along swimingly. it was pretty cute. luke and max are the same age, and james and sean sandwich them. the butterfly exhibit was going on and though clare and i kept hoping one would land on us (it's supposed to be good luck) we had no such luck, but each of the kids did- jeanne included!

spring sing

ok. so, you simply MUST double click on the slideshow and watch the videos of this... at the end of the year, montessori always has a "spring sing" where all the kids sing songs and do hand movements for all their parents to eat up. and we did! it was SO cute and hysterical.

almost heaven

my 30th birthday was spent at "almost heaven." corey found a fantastic cottage in union pier for us to stay at. our little family unit headed up friday for an awesome day at the beach. the boys had a blast in the sand and then we all headed in the hot tub for a little relaxation afterwards (there was one on our screened porch!) the boys even shared a room! we had hoped they'd do alright in the bunkbeds, and james did manage the top bunk but sean got a little confused about being able to get out of bed whenever he wanted... so he ended up peacefully going down in the pak-n-play but still in the same room! trustme, this really was a milestone for us. we woke up and had an amazing fun breakfast of donuts and coffee (it's official- corey and i are hooked. good thing there was a cafe in our backyard that opened at 7am!) don and pat were kind enough to meet us for lunch and then took the kiddos home to windingbrook so we could be SANS all 3 kids (first time ever!!! jeanne had NEVER been away from me for more than 4 hours!) and were joined by laura, andrew and lil' lucy. another fun night and more beach time truly did make my birthday weekend feel like it was almost heaven...

Memorial Weekend

Memorial day weekend was a blast. We stayed up at Fairview and enjoyed some good cookin' thanks to mimi and some nice pool time (first of the season!) We even squeezed in a boat ride. AND, most importantly, I got my new camera!!!! So I can now SEE what it is I am shooting.