An Afternoon in the Woods

Corey took Brooke and Kenzie out to his parents house on Saturday to look for sheds (deer horns). They both were so excited to go. They got their camo on and packs snacks so were all set for an afternoon hiking and one proud dad to take his girls. Corey took his 4-10 along so Brooke could practice shooting at his parents house. When they got home Brooke had some big news to tell me. She came in and said "I shot a bird" I was surprised that she hit something that small and killed it. Looks like Corey has a great hunting partner in the near future. Kenzie was not to be left out so she collected "treasures" on their walk to show me. Here are a few pictures of their afternoon with dad.

Butterfly Garden

It's been a few years since we visited the Fredrick Meijer Gardens. We decided to go see the butterflies. We went with our neighbors who will be moving back to Oklahoma in a few weeks, so I'm bringing her to all the "cool" places around here before they take off. All the girls talked about on the way there were the butterflies and once we got into the gardens all they talked about was lunch. After the butterflies we had lunch and then headed outside for the girls to play on all the fun kid stuff. Before we left we went through the butterflies one more time. It was a fun morning outing with some good friends.

Gymnastics

For Christmas this year Kenzie got a gymnastic class through Zeeland Rec for 5 weeks. She was not very excited at all to go, but once she got there and knew I was gone she was fine. We got to watch on the last day of class, but her orders were we had to leave first then come back to watch. We walked out the door and walked right back in and she was happy. It was funny to watch her - she's not very coordinated. I think we might try dance with her next. She is so theatrical and loves dancing around the house.

Great Wolf Lodge

We spent two nights at Great Wolf Lodge this week with our girls. It was so much fun to see them enjoy the water park, games, story time, and ice cream. Brooke had a fever when we left on Sunday and got car sick on the way up, but once we got there she was ready to have some fun. She did run a little fever throughout the two days, but nothing to hold her back from having fun. Ashley LOVED the water. I think she did everything there besides the big water slides. Each morning when she woke up she said "suit" and ran to the bathroom and got it. Brooke did everything there and loved it all. Kenzie did everything but the two water slides. On the last day Kenzie wanted to go down the tube slides by herself so I let her not knowing how that was going to go. I went first and meet her at the bottom and she was smiling and loving it. When we weren't in the water park the girls liked walking around and playing in the arcade a.k.a. Chukie Chesse, and eating ice cream. Each night they had bedtime stories for the kids where they where their nighties and go down and listen to a story. All the girls loved doing that and they made sure we didn't forget about it. We had a great time with just the 5 of us. I don't remember ever going on a vacation with just us it's usually friends or family with us. Was was so great to see the joy on their faces!!

Valentines Day

I kind of forgot about posting about Valentines day so here is how we spent out day. Both girls had school and handed out their Valentines cards to their classmates. While they were at school I was busy with making red cupcakes and chocolate covered strawberries. The girls got home and had to show me all their cards and candy they got. Corey came home with 4 red roses one for each of his girls. We had a candle light supper with red spaghetti and red finger jello. We got done eating and Kenzie asks "Were are our gifts" leave it to her to remember those things. We got each girl a pet pillow and told them about our trip to Great Wolf Lodge. It was a great day with my love ones.

First Haircut

Ashley had her first haircut this week. She is no different than my other girls with very fine hair and it dos not grow fast. She was a little hesitant to sit in the chair, but once sitting she did great. She even got a piece of candy afterwards.

Blizzard 2011

The big winter storm of 2011 hit us and shut school down for 2 days. It was nice not have to run back and forth to Zeeland, but having all 3 home was something else. Brooke and I were were glad when school was back in session on Friday. We did venture out on Wednesday morning with Corey to his parents house. I was glad he was driving and not me some roads were impassable. It took Corey 2 hours to clear our driveway which usually only takes 20 minutes. I'm sure glad we didn't have to shovel the whole thing. Here are a few picture's that I took of all the snow.