Soaking in the Family Time

We have been in Michigan now just over 2 weeks.  We have just been soaking in the family time and loving it!  We love being able to go to all the birthday parties and family get togethers.  We even went to Dearborn for a few days to spend some time with my parents, Alec's company has an office near there as well so it works out that he can go to work from there.

While in Dearborn my mom and I were walking and we found a kid sandbox on the side of the road in someone's trash pile.  SCORE!  Grabbed it and dragged it all the way home, cleaned up, and poof....FREE sandbox!  

Things are going well though, we definitely feel like we are living in transition, but it is going just fine.  Brie has not really been sleeping all that well still, which is frustrating.  Especially since she WAS sleeping 12hrs at night, and now she gets up 1-2x/night.  Oh well, something we will deal with at the new house.

She usually makes her way to our bed around the 5am hr.  Alert: bad parenting moment about to be admitted......  This morning she was in our bed, NOT sleeping.  Alec had gotten up to get ready for work, well I must have fallen asleep and all the sudden THUMP....followed by CRYING.  Yeah, she fell out of bed.  Thank goodness it is nice carpet and a low bed, she was fine just freaked out.  Oh well, I like to think she is stronger for it.....makes me feel better about it anyways :)

I have been enjoying the country life-style though here in Grant!  Laying on the hammock, putting clothes on the line, walking down the country roads....a real country woman I tell ya!  Josie LOVES it here, she loves running around the 10 acres, chasing the cats, exploring in the field, and barking at anything that moves.

 Having fun at the Scholtens' house!  Rob and Anne got a 4-wheeler and the kids love it!  I had my 8yr old nephew take me for a ride, and one ride was enough for me.  Josie hated us jumping on the trampoline, she just barked and barked the whole time.  And Brie and Evelyn rolled around the floor together, so cute watching them grab at each other and steam roll each other.  

We enjoyed some time at the Fulton Farmer's market.  

And then lunch at Ramona's Table in East Grand Rapids.  SOOO good!

Spent some time in Newaygo with Anne and Will and Bumma.  Brie loves the swings!

We did a girls outting in Rockford.  It was a gorgeous day, perfect for walking around, doing some shopping, lunch, and ice cream!

We walked down the street to go watch our nephews in their spring concert at Grant Christian School.  They did a great job, and I think my favorite part was that Gage wore a suit!  Brie was a little bit squawky so we had to walk around with her.  She just wanted to sing with the big kids!  In the picture below she was trying to reach for her cousin Will's cookie.  He was NOT thrilled with this and was leaning waaaaay over to the other side to avoid her.