Sarah is just learning how to to sign more. Its not quite the real sign but familes learn how to interperet their small children. The video is long and she only really signs at the beginning. The rest of the time I just think her and Rachel are cute.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Pre-Walking
This is a video we took a few days ago of Sarah. We will see if she will be walking by the time Grandma and Grampa come for Thanksgiving.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Razzi's Wedding
Razzi and Lonnie's wedding was a lot of fun. Very chilly up in northern Michigan this time of year but very beautiful. They picked a great place to turn Lonnie into Uncle Lonnie. It was great to see family and to let Razzi and Lonnie show us around one of their favorite places on earth. Sarah got ear infections the day before, but with some antibiotics was able to recover even though her parents took exposed her to lots of hot and cold transitions. She and Rachel were both troopers. It really is kind of fun traveling with them.
Rachel's Dad is still recovering from seeing her in a mini wedding dress and counts himself lucky that she still wants to dance with him.
One tradition that should be changed. Music at weddings needs to be brought down a decibel or two. Really...who decided that no one should be able to talk if it was time to dance. Maybe people wouldn't dance if the bass wasn't pounding through their chests but they probably would.
Rachel's Dad is still recovering from seeing her in a mini wedding dress and counts himself lucky that she still wants to dance with him.
One tradition that should be changed. Music at weddings needs to be brought down a decibel or two. Really...who decided that no one should be able to talk if it was time to dance. Maybe people wouldn't dance if the bass wasn't pounding through their chests but they probably would.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Sarah laughing
This is about 2 and a half minutes of Sarah laughing. So if you aren't interested in that, skip it. If you like laughing babies though, this is pretty cute.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
106.8 degree day
We are experiencing record heat here in our neck of the woods. And the McDougalls have no A/C. So they came over and took advantage of the hose bib on the front of my house that we recently had fixed. Having little girls is something else. You will notice them referring to the mist setting on the nozzle as perfume. *sigh*
Sunday, July 26, 2009
First Camping Trip with Kids
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We have been beaten. Ian and I both took a half day of vacation for a camping trip whose preparation time to trip time ratio was way too big. Upon arrival Molly started to get sick resulting in several puking episodes and the mosquitoes at this place were overwhelming. We were so excited about the views that we experienced on our way to the campsite that we were shocked by the kamikazi-like attack we experienced when we stepped out of our cars. Imagine 5 grown adults going into a frenzy trying to get their hands on any bug spray they could find. Of course we tried to get the kids covered first. But in the end there was quite the fall out. Alli, we now know, welts up in a horrifying manner when bit by these skeeters. She got one by her eye that made her look like she got decked in the face.
On the bright side, I have new camping gear. The kids slept great, and Rachel specifically enjoyed camping. On the down side we got to the campsite at 6PM on Friday and left by 5:30 PM on Saturday. A whole day earlier than we planned (and paid for)
Winners:
Mosquitos who got way more food in their first 2 hours than most get in a lifetime.
Kim and Kurt who decided not to go purely based on the length of the drive
Pat who left after work and did not take any vacation time.
Nicole who continues to declare " I LOVE CAMPING!"
Bruce - I had 4 goals, hike around the lake, a campfire, a nap and canoeing. I did not get to canoe since we left early. 3 out of 4 ain't bad.
Losers: Molly whose whole trip was pretty much miserable. She even paid for a fishing license which did not get used, not to mention she was the one who anticipated this trip the most and tried the hardest to keep it going.
Alli: Welts
The kids who lost out on time on the water and a second night of s'mores.
Bruce and Ian who spent a half day vacation which equaled 1/6 of the entire time at the campsite.
In the end, there were some good pictures, and some quality time spent with friends which can at least be called an "adventure".
Might I add that I think the fact that I have to go to great lengths to get these music backed videos to your eyes is super annoying. I tried to put this on youtube and it stripped the sound track. LAME!!
We have been beaten. Ian and I both took a half day of vacation for a camping trip whose preparation time to trip time ratio was way too big. Upon arrival Molly started to get sick resulting in several puking episodes and the mosquitoes at this place were overwhelming. We were so excited about the views that we experienced on our way to the campsite that we were shocked by the kamikazi-like attack we experienced when we stepped out of our cars. Imagine 5 grown adults going into a frenzy trying to get their hands on any bug spray they could find. Of course we tried to get the kids covered first. But in the end there was quite the fall out. Alli, we now know, welts up in a horrifying manner when bit by these skeeters. She got one by her eye that made her look like she got decked in the face.
On the bright side, I have new camping gear. The kids slept great, and Rachel specifically enjoyed camping. On the down side we got to the campsite at 6PM on Friday and left by 5:30 PM on Saturday. A whole day earlier than we planned (and paid for)
Winners:
Mosquitos who got way more food in their first 2 hours than most get in a lifetime.
Kim and Kurt who decided not to go purely based on the length of the drive
Pat who left after work and did not take any vacation time.
Nicole who continues to declare " I LOVE CAMPING!"
Bruce - I had 4 goals, hike around the lake, a campfire, a nap and canoeing. I did not get to canoe since we left early. 3 out of 4 ain't bad.
Losers: Molly whose whole trip was pretty much miserable. She even paid for a fishing license which did not get used, not to mention she was the one who anticipated this trip the most and tried the hardest to keep it going.
Alli: Welts
The kids who lost out on time on the water and a second night of s'mores.
Bruce and Ian who spent a half day vacation which equaled 1/6 of the entire time at the campsite.
In the end, there were some good pictures, and some quality time spent with friends which can at least be called an "adventure".
Might I add that I think the fact that I have to go to great lengths to get these music backed videos to your eyes is super annoying. I tried to put this on youtube and it stripped the sound track. LAME!!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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