Ice Hill

Parker made a list of things he wanted to do over Christmas break. One of which was to go sledding. We didn't have alot of snow but thought we would give it the best shot we could. So off we went to the local snow hill. We were pleasantly surprised to find the snow hill open and vacant! Mind you everytime we have ever been to the hill it has been packed. So we took advantage of the time and played until our heart was content. It was much fun! Here are some shots of our adventure.

county fair 2010

Park was ready for the big kid rides. He is so brave. I love that boy!

1st hockey game ever/ Kalamazoo Hockey

Our team won!

It was a surprise for Melissa's 30th
We just went from being ok parents to the coolest mom and dad ever in our kids eyes.

The troopers totally didn't believe that we were taking this photo of John for our kids sake. The huge smile could have given it away.

This is with some Fam there.

Notre Dame game

Notre Dame won!!!!!!

I didn't know how the boys would do at the game but they never cease to surprise me. It seems Payton is a huge Notre Dame fan and kept saying "Notre Dame is my team!" He would cheer loud and expressed great sorrow when they missed a shot. It was Hilarius.

Then Parker had some napoleon dynamite moves he broke out during some of the rocking songs they played.

Good time had by all.

Park and his bud had the privilege of introducing the flags in the middle of the court during opening ceremonies. They did a terrific job.

John played around with the camera a little and took this awesome picture.

When he was working here he installed the lights at the top of the stadium.

They were all a-glow and looked perfect. Great Job honey.

Rainforest Cafe

We ended our day in Chicago with dinner at the Rainforest Cafe. We didn't have to wait at all.

The food was not spectacular but I dont' think people go there for the food. We did have a pretty cool waitress. The kids liked the animatronics.

The Shedd

We listen to the beatles yellow submarine song all the time. The boys almost know all the words. We had to drag them from playing in the submarine.

We were pretty tired when it was all said and done.

The scientist was exploring.

Little P kept talking about the starfish.

The boys loved the computer screens that gave you info about the fish. I liked it better than the fish phones they used to have.

Here are my boys in the Amazon flood area.

This was the hands on star fish exibit. I was the only one brave enough to touch.

They had a kid area where they got to dress up like penguins and climb around on a rock. This was a hot spot.

Parker really got into character. He put an egg on top of his feet and tried to walk from one end of the rock to the other like in Happy Feet the movie. It was so cute. Alot harder as a human. He was missing the big belly to hold it in place.

Little P made a couple of buddies in this area.

One of Johns fav was the sponge bob 4-D movie. I told him I would watch sponge bob all the time if it was in 3d.

The windy city held up to its name that day.

This is us shutting it down.

Thank you Shedd for a super fun family day. We can tell you love God's creatures. Thanks for showing us a bit of everything from around the world.

last day of summer vacation was a splash

Deep River Falls

4H fair

They sure are weird looking things.

John won $100.00 and $50.00 went to riding fair rides.

Parker played the game where you slam the hammer down on the scale and make the bell ring and won this. He could not believe it. Fair games have changed alot since I was a kid. Now you tell them what prize you are trying to win and that determines the price of the game and they give the kids lots of turns and make sure that they win one way or the other. But honestly I think Parker won ligit.

Parker named his dog Blue Dot and Payton named his Bear senior. Ha Ha

This was their favorite ride.