December Wedding

Congrats to Keri and Derek who were married on Dec. 8. (Sorry to Derek, who I failed to get a picture of with Keri. I was much more concerned about getting this picture because it is a tradition.)

Red Wings

We went to a Red Wings game last week with a couple of my co-workers. (David was there too...he just didn't want to be in the picture.)

Ready for Winter

Jamie is ready for winter.

It has been a long time.

I know it has been a very long time since we have updated this thing...so sorry! We have been up to a lot. I posted some pictures from Halloween and other fall activities today - so you can all see what we have been doing the last couple months.

Halloween

Dawson the dinosaur and Jamie the clown.

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Lets go get some Candy

Ready to go get some treats. (Dawson already got some from one of our neighbors - he pretty much ate candy the entire time we were out.)

Downtown

Once again our neighboorhood was packed with people...Trick-or-treating and checking out the tons of houses that go all out for halloween.

Carving Pumpkins

Carving (or using power tools, whatever...) our pumpkins.

The Finished Pumpkins

Here are the results of all the drilling and cutting.

Hayride

We went to a pumpkin farm to pick out pumpkins and went on a hayride one really warm October Saturday.

Big Hay Bales

Way up high on the hay bales.

Picking out a pumpkin

Looking for a pumkin to take home.

Trying out the tractor

Trying out the big tractor

Horsey

We wont get away with these naked baby pictures much longer...she's getting too big!

Happy 1st Birthday Jamisen!

It was Jamie's 1st birthday on Sept. 14.

We had a party this weekend at the park near our house with both sides of the family. Then We went to a Tigers game (but left Jamie at home...I know, that wasn't very nice to do on her birthday, but she had a good time I promise.)

Dawson the big helper

Dawson helping Jamie open her presents.

Walking

Oh, and by the way...she is walking all over the place now.

Mmmm Ice Cream Cake

Mmmm Ice Cream Cake

Tigers Game

We ended the day at a Tigers game. We picked the right one to go to...it was a pretty good game and they won. (I know it looks like they aren't having fun, but it was fun.)

Too Loud?

The ballpark was pretty packed, which made for a loud crowd.

Mmmm pretzel

Preztels like this only taste good at ballparks.

Joel & Emily's Wedding - August 26, 2006 - Heritage CRC in Kalamazoo

I think I can now consider myself a professional bridesmaid at this point...(at least for this summer) since being in my brother Joel and Emily's wedding this weekend was the third one of the month that I stood up in. It was a lovely day, and here are the pictures to prove it:

All Dressed Up

Here we are all color-coordinated and everything...but we couldn't get a good picture of the 4 of us no matter what we tried. This is one attempt and another one is below.

Another attempt at a family picture

How cute are these 2?

Don't they clean up well?

J&j

I kind of had the perma-smile thing going for all the pictures, sort of like I had on our wedding day.

Joel & Emily

Since it really was Joel and Emily's day, not ours...there really should be some pictures of them. So here are a couple.

Family Picture

The original 7.

Bigger Family Picture

And now there are 24.

Joel & the flower girls

Megan & Sarah the flower girls.

Jack & Sarah

Wedding Party

The entire wedding party. Yep, there were a lot of people.

Reception at WMU Fetzer Center

Reception Time.

Still Perma-smiling

The perma-smiles are still there. (but Jamie started to get cranky soon after this point. It was a long day!)

Fishy crackers at the wedding reception?

Of course, Dawson wanted nothing to do with the food, so he poured himself a plate of fishy crackers for dinner.

Dawson on the dance floor

Dawson tearing up the dance floor with Jack & the other kids. (Athough, when the dancing portion started, he was too scared of the loud music to show off his moves.)

More Dancing

This one is just funny because I think David is laughing at the fact that my parents are actually dancing.

Rehersal

Here are some pictures from rehersal, since I don't have any actual ceremony pictures yet. This is what happened, just picture a white dress, some red dresses and black tuxes instead of what we are wearing. (Also, the guy I walked down with is one of Joel's friends Steve...not a long lost family member that you don't know.)

Happy One Year Anniversary to our Blog!
One year ago, in August, we started this Blog. (Just before Jamie was born...hard to believe, she is going to be one soon also!)

Vacation in Cadillac, MI

A week of vacation on Lake Mitchell has come and gone. Here are the pictures to prove it: (keep checking back for more, as I get time to add them.)
Also, if you look back at the August 2005 archives (link on the left) you can see last year's vacation and how much everyone has changed since then.

Entertaining Jamie

The kids (& aunts & uncles) kept Jamie pretty busy.

Mmmmm....

Mmmmm....watermelon!